At Prospect Hospice, we provide outstanding, personalised and compassionate care for everyone in Swindon, Marlborough and the surrounding areas affected by a life-limiting illness, completely free of charge. For more than 40 years, we’ve been a dedicated, non-hospital, end-of-life care service for patients and their loved ones - around the clock, every day of the year. Our mission is to ensure that anyone can access the best possible expert care whenever and wherever they need it – whether at the hospice or in their own home. As a charity, we only exist because of the generosity and support of our amazing local community.
Find out about the range of end-of-life care services that we offer to patients and their families. These delivered free of charge and are designed to provide compassionate, personalised support during every stage of a life-limiting illness in every kind of care setting, to anyone who needs it.
We couldn’t do what we do without considerable support from our local community. Find out all the different ways in which you can support Prospect Hospice, including fundraising, volunteering and purchasing from our shops. All contributions are greatly appreciated and enables us to deliver care that is free of charge to our patients and their families.
Our café sits at the heart of our hospice in Wroughton and serves a range of delicious home cooked meals to suit all tastes. Whether you're looking to catch up with friends over lunch or relax with coffee and cake, our Heart of the Hospice café has you covered.
Whether shopping with us in person or online, or donating your pre-loved goods, we thank you for supporting us through our shops where you help to raise around £2million a year for Prospect Hospice.
We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and we're always looking for outstanding people to join our team at the hospice across all areas of the charity.
Prospect Hospice is the leading provider of education and training for end-of-life care in Swindon and north Wiltshire. Working closely with you, our colleagues within partner organisations, we want to ensure that the very best care is available to everyone facing the end of life. This is why we provide education and development opportunities, all of which aim to encourage learning and build confidence in end of life care and support.
Come and meet our team which delivers outstanding care to our local community and find out more about what it's like to work at Prospect Hospice.
We are delighted to be recruiting for registered nurses and healthcare assistants to join our teams helping to care for local people who are terminally ill or dying.
If you’re interesting in joining our outstanding team, you don’t need to have worked in end of life care before as we offer excellent training and development in a rewarding field of work.
Please note these session are drop in sessions and you will not be required to stay for the full length of the open day. Pop in at a time that suits you and chat to members of our team about the roles that interest you – all we ask is that you register below so we know which one you would like to come along to.
As a member of the team at Prospect Hospice, you’ll enjoy high staffing ratios, allowing you to spend more time hands-on with patients.
To get an idea of the difference you’ll make to our patients and their families when you join the hospice team, some of them have shared their experience below.
In a recent staff survey:
We also asked staff what Prospect Hospice did well and they said:
Working at Prospect Hospice, you’ll receive:
(rising with length of service)
Below you’ll find more about the roles available including the job description and person specification.
Not been to the hospice before and want to get a feel for the place before you attend? Take a look at our virtual tour by clicking below.
If you’d like to find out more or attend our open days, please register your interest below and we’ll give you a call to talk about the event, your individual circumstances, including shift preferences, and your work experience.
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So what’s it really like to work at Prospect Hospice?
Read trainee advanced nurse practitioner Ruth Alderton’s profile.
“Our open days provide a great opportunity to find out more about working at Prospect Hospice. If you are a nurse or health care assistant interested in working in palliative care or hadn’t considered it before but would like to know more, please register above for our open days. We would love to see you and talk to you more about the opportunities available at the charity. The hospice is a special place and you could be part of the team making a real difference to patients and their families every day.”