Ambulatory Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; AUD 63,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic Ambulatory Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the IMPaCT Hub team based at Woodlands Hospice. You will manage a caseload of community patients, run nurse-led clinics, and triage referrals in collaboration with hospital, hospice and community teams.

Applicants should have palliative care experience and role-specific training; advanced communication and Advance Care Planning skills are desirable as you will

Qualifications

• Previous experience and knowledge of palliative pain and symptom control and management, holistic assessment and patient-centred planning and delivery of care are essential for this role.
• Advanced Communication Skills and Advance Care Planning training and experience are also desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload of palliative care patients in the community.
• Coordinate and run nurse-led ambulatory clinics.
• Triage referrals and requests for advice and support from patients, carers and other healthcare professionals.
• Provide clinical expert guidance to the generalist multi-professional team caring for palliative patients.

Skills

Palliative care experience

Advanced communication skills

Care planning

Advance Care Planning training

Job description

Ambulatory Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

Company:

Company: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are seeking a dynamic Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team, based within Woodlands Hospice Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team. Candidates must have previous palliative care experience and training specific to the role.

You will part of a team of Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialists, working closely with the Specialist Palliative Care multi-disciplinary team, and wider teams from the Hospital, Hospice and Community, caring for palliative patients. Your role will involve management of your own caseload of palliative care patients in the community, known to the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Service, and supporting these patients via Nurse-Led Clinics. The post holder will be based within the Integrated Mersey Palliative Care Team (IMPaCT) Department at Woodlands Hospice, working as part of an integrated team of CNSs from hospital, community and hospice settings, triaging referrals and requests of advice and support from our shared patient caseload.

Previous experience and knowledge of palliative pain and symptom control and management, holistic assessment and patient-centred planning and delivery of care are essential for this role. Advanced Communication Skills and Advance Care Planning training and experience are also desirable.

The Clinical Nurse Specialist will act as the clinical expert and

professional resource to the generalist multi-professional team caring for these patients in the community, and to palliative patients and their carers.

The CNS will participate in the rota as the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team triage coordinator within the IMPaCT Hub, triaging referrals for ambulatory services, and coordinating and responding to requests for advice and support from patients, their carers, and other healthcare professionals caring for these patients.

The post holder will carry responsibility a defined case load, offering specialist advice include setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The CNS will conduct and coordinate independent holistic assessments, and nurse-led follow up clinics for this caseload, using all available media, including face to face in the department, attend anywhere, telephone, and on occasion, in the patient's own home.

The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical Palliative Care & Acute Oncology corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework.

The post holder will also be required to support the Hospice at Home service as a Band 6 Clinical Coordinator in cases of absence. This may include participating in their on call Rota, covering the service remotely 09:00-17:00 at weekends and on bank holidays.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For full details of requirements for this role, please see attached job description and person specification. If you would like to discuss your previous experience and suitability for this role or arrange an informal visit, please contact our clinical admin team on 0151 529 2637 to arrange to speak to Jennifer Warren, Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care CNS Team Leader.

This advert closes on Tuesday 20 Oct 2026

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust