Specialist Palliative Care Nurse
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Clapham, MK41 6ATView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 November 2026
10 days leftJob description
We are seeking a motivated, dynamic, and passionate Band 7 Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse to join our North Bedfordshire Team. The success...
This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your knowledge, skills, and experience within a specialist palliative care setting. The team provides expert symptom management, psychological and emotional support, and advance care planning, helping patients to remain in their preferred place of care with the appropriate support and resources in place.
As a Band 7 Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals with complex palliative and end-of-life care needs. The post offers the opportunity to enhance your leadership capabilities, strengthen your advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills, and work collaboratively within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team in a specialist area of practice.
We offer excellent development opportunities and training directed towards your needs/goals.
Experience and an NMP qualification in the field of palliative care is desirable but a willingness to learn and contribute is more important.
You must have a driving license and have access to a vehicle in order to carry out your duties. You will be required to cover 7 days a week between the hours of 08:00-18.00.
For further information, or if you would like to arrange a visit prior to interview, please contact:
Sarah Myford (Lead Nurse Specialist Palliative Care) 07789 651 312
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Education
Essential: - Registered Nurse; - Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- First degree
- Evidence of further study in palliative/end of life care equivalent to masters level or willingness to work towards
- Nurse Prescribing Qualification or willingness to work towards
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Other
Essential: - Current driving licence; - Ability to travel across sites and across Trust boundaries to attend meetings, etc.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in caring for patients with palliative and end of life care needs
- Extensive experience of complex assessment of health and social needs.
- Experience of clinical leadership
- Demonstrable experience in supporting and educating teams including teaching pre &post registration students
- Ability to communicate highly sensitive and complex information with patients, their relatives and carers; and with colleagues at all levels
- Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues and the wider multi-disciplinary team, including internal and external agencies
- Excellent written communication skills, to include record keeping, report writing, data collection, and evaluations
Desirable
- Community Nursing Experience
- Knowledge of national and local agenda for community nursing and end of life care
- Knowledge of NHS legislation, underpinning palliative and cancer care, long term conditions and professional practice.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills in order to persuade, influence and negotiate in order to overcome barriers
- Excellent written communication skills, to include record keeping, report writing, data collection, and evaluations
- Ability to assess , review and evaluate complex patient situations
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to manage multiple and complex caseloads, prioritising care and monitoring quality accordingly
- Ability to collect and interpret data in relation to patient activity and nursing care
- Ability to manage frequent exposure to highly sensitive and emotional issues such as end of life care plans, deterioration of conditions and bereavement, with upset and distressed children and relatives
- Experience of partnership working
- Ability to undertake a broad range of nursing skills eg: syringe drivers, basic wound care
Desirable
- Knowledge of national and local agenda for community nursing and end of life care
- Knowledge of NHS legislation, underpinning palliative and cancer care, long term conditions and professional practice.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills in order to persuade, influence and negotiate in order to overcome barriers
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
30 October 2026
Last checked
30 October 2026
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