St Catherine’s Hospice offers a rewarding and challenging range of employment and volunteer opportunities across five key areas of work.

We employee over 220 members of staff, with a range of hours and working arrangements. In addition we also have 700 volunteers contributing their time.

Our main hospice site is situated in Southgate, Crawley just five minutes away from the mainline rail station and the town centre. The local transport system provides easy commuting from surrounding towns and villages, as well as London (Victoria) and Brighton and we're easily accessable from the M23 and M25. We also operate a satellite hospice site in Caterham.

If we do not have current vacancies that suit your requirements, please do not hesitate to register an interest in working with us. We will be happy to keep your contact details on file and let you know if an appropriate vacancy arises.

Patient Services

Our Patient Services team offer a range of services to patients, their families and carers. The departments/teams include:

Medical: A Medical Director and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, a staff grade doctor, local GPs – all of whom are permanent staff – and other qualified doctors who spend time at St Catherine's Hospice to gain experience of palliative medicine.
In-patient Services: A Director of Patient Services, Ward Sister, Staff and Senior Staff Nurses and Nursing Assistants.
Community Services: A Director of Community Services, Specialist Community Nurses and a Practical Care Team
Day Hospice and Out Patients: Specialist Nurse, Staff Nurses, and Nursing Assistants.

All of the above services also have input from:

Therapists: Team Leader, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist and Complementary Therapists.
Patient & Family Services Team: PFST Manager, Counsellors, Bereavement Support Visitors, Spiritual Care Co-ordinator, Welfare Advisor and Administrators

Support Services

There are various support roles that underpin our clinical services. Our support staff are valued members of the hospice team and are key to St Catherine’s continued success.

The roles within these departments include:

Administration: Team Co-ordinator and Administration Assistants
Human Resources (including Volunteer Services): Head of HR, Advisors, Co-ordinators and Administrator.
Finance: Manager, Finance Officer, Assistants and Contracts Officer
Information Technology: Manager, Technicians
Facilities : Site Co-ordinator, Deputy Co-ordinator
Hospitality Services: Hospitality Manager, Catering and Housekeeping Supervisors, Assistants

Fundraising and Marketing

At St Catherine’s Hospice we have a dedicated team of Fundraisers. We rely heavily on support and contributions from local community groups.

Every year fundraising within our community raises an amazing amount of money and the number of people wanting to support our work continues to grow.

We have Managers and Fundraisers in Corporate, Community, Events and Donor Development, as well as a PR & Communication Manager and administration roles, including Receptionists.

In addition, in the Lottery Department we have administrators and canvassers.

Education and Training

Education is an important element of our work and as a teaching hospice we provide in-house education for doctors, nurses and other health professionals. We are also able to provide corporate facilities for the local community and business.

Roles include: Head of Education, Teaching Practitioner, Lecturer Practioner and Information Resource Co-ordinator.

Retail

We currently operate 14 charity shops across the area we serve in Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex and East Surrey and a warehouse in East Grinstead. Our shops rely on the generous donations of good quality clothes, bric a brac and furniture. The profits from our shops are a very important contributory factor towards patient care.

We employ Shop Managers, Assistant Managers and Shop Assistants and driving staff