Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Palliative Care

Job summary
Palliative and End of Life Care Services provide various of levels of support to people with limited conditions and those who are in the final phase of life. The service provides, one to one support as well as advisor capacity to other professionals. The service will work through a central point of referral, working in conjunction with the Community Nursing Teams.

The Palliative Care Team is a health and social care team that provides an expert clinical and social care service for patients with challenging and complex life limiting diagnoses and their families. All senior team members act as clinical or social care experts, leaders and educators for their service areas. The team provides a service in all care settings across the North East Lincolnshire locality.

Please note that Care Plus Group are not currently registered to sponsor applicants from outside the EU and EEA.

Main duties of the job
Job title: Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Department: Palliative and End of Life Services
Base: St Andrews Hospice
Hours: 37.5 hrs a week
Permanent
Salary Range 8a £51,883 - £62,262 per annum
Interviews to take place 12 October 2026

The role plays a critical part in ensuring Palliative Care Services are delivered safely, effectively and in line with local and national standards, while supporting our strategic ambitions and continuous growth. Working closely with senior leaders, commissioners and partner organisations, you will work alongside the Palliative Care Consultant to provide specialist care to complex palliative patients, support team management and help shape and deliver services that reflect our commitment to high quality care, coproduction and our Commercially Compassionate ethos.

You will demonstrate advanced clinical skills across the four pillars of advanced practice: Clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research working in various care settings include community, hospital and care homes as appropriate

You must be Registered with the NMC/HCPC and have a Masters degree or equivalent in Advanced Clinical Practice as well as being an independent prescriber.

In return you will receive support and opportunity to further develop your practice and education, receive regular clinical supervisor and contribute to service and organisational growth.

About us
Care Plus Group (CPG) is an employee-owned Community Benefit Society dedicated to improving health, wellbeing and independence for the communities we serve. Providing a diverse range of services including community nursing, urgent care, primary care, rehabilitation, adult social care, learning disability, specialist support services, and event medical services, CPG supports people at every stage of their health and care journey. As a socially responsible organisation, we combine a commercially minded approach with a compassionate heart, ensuring we remain financially sustainable whilst always prioritising the needs of the people and communities who rely on us.

We offer excellent terms and conditions including optional membership to a contributory pension scheme, Independent Provider closed access to the NHS pension scheme, lease cars, a full induction programme and an extensive range of CPD/development opportunities. We recognise continuous service from partner Health and Care organisations for the purposes of annual leave entitlement. We are a supportive employer and operate in a way which supports family friendly and flexible working. CPG is an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.

Job responsibilities
The job description is attached as a separate document with the person specification please refer to this for more information.

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Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Extensive Clinical experience, particularly in the community or outpatient setting
• Experience of leading a team
• Evidence of involvement in clinical audit
• Evidence of case management
• Experience of working within Quality agenda and undertaking audit
• Experience of delivering presentations, and teaching to small groups
• Experience in partnership working across professional disciplines and service specialities
• Experience of working within a defined budget

Desirable

• Experience of working with the clinical area and client group
• Experience of Conducting Investigation and RCA

Other
Essential

• Ability to demonstrate commitment to CPG core values
• Ability to access sites around N E Lincolnshire

Desirable

• Evidence of contributing to research or publication in relevant journals

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered with the NMC/HCPC
• Masters degree or equivalent in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Teaching qualification

Desirable

• Leadership qualification or experience of leading a team

Knowledge & Skills
Essential

• Advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills, with the ability to recognise and respond to complex patients
• Proficient in interpreting diagnostic tools
• Ability to work autonomously
• Excellent, time management, organisational skills
• Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act; safeguarding adults and children;
• Clinical governance; risk management; Conduct investigations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build rapport and trust with patients and multidisciplinary teams
• Knowledge of national guidelines and ability to research best practices solutions
• Knowledge of working within budget and understanding financial management
• Ability to deal with changing priorities, work under pressure, and work to tight deadline and flexible
• Ability to motivate, empower and lead teams from different professional disciplines
• To identify, manage and mitigate risks
• Ability to problem solve and make sound decisions concerning issues
• Effective IT skills including use of M365 applications, including but not limited to Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word

Desirable

• Use of Outcomes Tools
• Partnership working across health and social care

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.