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Clinical Nurse Specialist - Specialist Palliative CareNorth West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust • Peterborough, United Kingdom
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Clinical Nurse Specialist - Specialist Palliative Care

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Specialist Palliative Care

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust • Peterborough, United Kingdom
29 days ago
Job type
  • Part-time
  • Permanent
Job description
Job summary
Shape the Future of Specialist Palliative Care with NWAFT!

Are you passionate about enhancing the lives of patients with complex palliative and end-of-life care needs? We have an exceptional opportunity to join the Specialist Palliative Care Team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (NWAFT), where you'll play a key role in delivering and influencing holistic care across our acute hospitals and community settings.

As part of our integrated Specialist Palliative Care service, you will work across both the acute hospital setting and community setting, demonstrating how our service can support Patients in a joined up way . Here, you will bring your expertise in symptom control and caseload management, ensuring that patients with complex needs receive the highest standard of care across the service

What We're Looking For:
  • A dynamic, adaptable professional with a deep commitment to specialist palliative care, willing to take on a new challenge and work across the service flexibly to meet Patient need.
  • Proficiency in symptom management and caseload handling, with a collaborative approach to working across diverse settings.
  • Access to your own vehicle, as you will be required to travel within the community and between sites.

Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
  • Deliver compassionate care for patients and carers, managing complex symptoms with expertise.
  • Educate healthcare professionals on best practices in end-of-life and specialist palliative care across both acute hospital and community settings.
  • Actively engage in audits and clinical governance to uphold standards of excellence in palliative care.
  • Line manage junior staff

About us
We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our workforce and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging those from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as candidates from our local area.

As part of our commitment to supporting our employees we offer a range of benefits including:
  • Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days and increasing to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, in addition to the national Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
  • Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme;
  • Flexible working opportunities;
  • Enhanced hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
  • Opportunities for career development and training to help you progress in your role;
  • Wellbeing support and activities to promote a healthy work environment;
  • Access to our in-house physiotherapy service;
  • On-site canteens offering subsidised meals;
  • Subsidised staff parking (currently free);
  • Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Details
Date posted: 23 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 176-F-8136891
Job locations: Peterborough City Hospital, Bretton Gate, Peterborough, PE3 9GZ, United Kingdom

Job description
For further information regarding this role, please refer to the full job description for a full list of responsibilities.

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
  • Advanced Communication Skills
  • Specialist Module in palliative care

Desirable
  • Masters level qualification or unit in specialist palliative care
  • Independent prescriber

Experience
Essential
  • Can demonstrate nurse leadership through extended roles
  • Multi-disciplinary Team working
  • Managing people

Desirable
  • Up to date evidence of 4 Pillars of Practice

Other
Essential
  • Ability to drive/ travel

Knowledge
Essential
  • Specialist palliative care symptom control and ability to identify palliative emergencies.
  • Holistic Palliative Assessment
  • Up to date knowledge of palliative care guidance and best practice local and national initiatives
  • Ethical dilemmas and how to approach them
  • Legislation including knowledge of Mental Capacity and Care Act .

Key Skills
Essential
  • Ability to work collaboratively and build positive working relationships
  • Good written and verbal communication Skills
  • Demonstrate ability to formulate a patient plan of care

Desirable
  • Quality Improvement and innovation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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