Health Equity and Inclusion Lead


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bristol, BS10 6NL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Aug 2026
Closing date:	27 Aug 2026

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Summary

To lead, coordinate and deliver St Peters Hospices (SPH) health equity and inclusion work under the supervision of the Head of Clinical Engagement. To improve equitable access, experience and outcomes of hospice care for Inclusion health groups and local underserved communities. To provide line management to the Community Engagement coordinator. The post holder will work across hospice clinical services and with external partners to identify barriers, co-produce solutions, support culturally competent and accessible care, and embed equity, diversity and inclusion into service development, workforce practice and community engagement. Lead the development and delivery of the hospices health equity and inclusion work in line with organisational strategy under the supervision of the Head of Clinical Engagement, with a focus on reducing inequities in access, experience and outcomes. Use internal and external data, feedback and community insight to map local health inequalities, identify unmet need, and prioritise action. Build trusted relationships with underserved communities, including but not limited to people experiencing homelessness, people with learning disabilities and autism, LGBTQ+ community, refugees and asylum seekers, minority ethnic communities, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, and people in prison or with experience of imprisonment. Work with communities and partners to co-produce practical solutions that improve access to and experience of hospice care. Support the development of culturally competent, trauma-informed and accessible approaches to care, information and bereavement support. Work across hospice services to identify and remove barriers to access and service delivery, considering protected characteristics, communication needs and neurodiversity. Support compliance with the Accessible Information Standard and relevant CQC autism and learning disability priorities, helping teams implement inclusive practice. Provide supportive line management, supervision and direction to the Hospice Community Engagement Coordinator, including work planning, support, oversight of activity, and undertake their IPR. Work closely with the Spiritual Care Lead, Learning and Development team, and Marketing and Communications team to strengthen community engagement, staff capability and inclusive communications. Develop, deliver and evaluate staff awareness sessions or micro-training as a subject matter expert in collaboration with the Clinical Education team to increase confidence in working with diverse communities. Contribute to service development, quality improvement and policy work so that equity, diversity and inclusion are embedded across the organisation. Monitor progress against agreed objectives, maintain clear records of activity and outcomes, and produce reports, case studies and presentations for internal and external audiences. Be willing to engage with SPH marketing and communication team as required, ensuring SPH is represented in a professional and compassionate manner. Represent the hospice in relevant partnerships acting as an ambassador for our work to networks and multi-agency forums, contributing to system-wide efforts to improve equitable access to palliative and end of life care. Maintain own professional registration. Seeks feedback from others about work to help identify own development needs. Keep up to date with all mandatory and statutory training, and apply learning to practice Understands what sustains own resilience and proactively invests in this. As required present at meetings, study days or external events optimising opportunities to communicate our hospice services and work. Follow hospice policies, procedures and risk assessments to ensure a safe working environment. Report incidents and near misses and suggest improvements where needed. Manages identified risk in the best way possible using risk assessments, including dynamic risk assessment in the moment. Works to deliver the organisations and team strategiesin collaboration with line manager and Head of Clinical Engagement. Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and apply your learning to the work situations. Treat everyone with dignity and respect, actively foster a non-discriminatory approach. Challenge bias, prejudice, and intolerance if appropriate or bring it to the attention of their line manage. Contribute to funding, assurance, regulatory and business planning requirements by providing evidence of impact, risk and improvement. Work with our grants team to maximise opportunities to support our work. Work within professional, organisational and information governance requirements, maintaining confidentiality and acting in line with hospice values. NB This role will incur very occasional evening or weekend work at an event. This would be discussed and agreed prior to the event. TOIL would be agreed.

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