Find your extraordinary nursing career
At Demelza, our nurse-led environment will empower you to deliver extraordinary care to extraordinary children.
What makes nursing at Demelza different?
At Demelza, our nurse-led environment and staffing model empower you to deliver truly personalised care. Here’s what sets us apart:
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Safe, confident practice supported by a well-established clinical governance framework.
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Flexibility to tailor care to the unique needs of each child and family.
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1:1 care model, allowing time to deliver personalised care to children and young people.
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Opportunity to build meaningful relationships with children and families.
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Use your full range of clinical skills in a supportive, personalised care setting.
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Leave each shift knowing you’ve made a real difference.
Staff benefits
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Flexible working for a positive work-life balance
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Option to continue your NHS pension*
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36 days holiday (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
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Enhanced maternity and paternity pay**
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5% palliative care nurse retention payment
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Competitive salaries tracked against Agenda for Change and industry benchmarks
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Ongoing training, career development, and wellbeing support
*You must have contributed to the NHS pension in the last 12 months
**Statutory qualifying length of service applies
Work patterns
We understand the importance of flexibility in nursing. At Demelza, you’ll benefit from:
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Flexible shift patterns with a supportive, communicative team
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A mix of on-site and community-based work
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Average shift length of 12 hours
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Full-time, part-time and flexibank contracts available
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Balanced day and night shifts, planned well in advance
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Additional paid enhancements for unsocial hours
Training & development
We are committed to supporting our teams with their professional and personal development. You’ll have access to:
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Speciality-specific training tailored to your development
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A clinical competency framework for paediatric palliative care
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Regular high-quality training in symptom control and end-of-life support
Making it fair for all to apply
Demelza greatly values the benefits of a diverse team and embraces diversity, equality, and inclusion in all areas of its work. We are committed to building a diverse and authentic workplace, ensuring that our team reflects the diversity of the children and families we support. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds.
If you are interested in applying, you can do so with the knowledge that we anonymously shortlist all applications during the selection process.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK already.
Student placements
We are committed to helping the next generation of nurses develop their careers in children’s palliative and hospice care. We offer high quality training and development opportunities for students wanting to start their careers in a field that will see them change lives.
Demelza offers placements to second and third-year student nurses on paediatric or learning disability pathways from:
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University of Greenwich
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University of Kent
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Canterbury Christ Church University
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London South Bank University
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King’s College London
Students are allocated a mentor and can be placed at Demelza Kent or Demelza South East London.
To find out more about student placement opportunities at Demelza, please contact your university placement co-ordinator, and send us an email.
"At Demelza, we have the skill set but also the time to give the best one-to-one clinical care and the emotional support children and families deserve."
Extraordinary nursing careers at Demelza
Hear from Jenna on how personalised care and clinical variety at Demelza shaped her journey as a Senior Registered Nurse.