Access and Community Nurse Specialist (Band 6)

Nightingale Hammerson; Bristol; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare service is seeking Band 6 Palliative Nurse Specialists to enhance its Community Nursing Service. This advisory role focuses on providing top-tier palliative care, managing patient caseloads, and promoting professional development in a supportive environment. Flexible hours available with opportunities for specialized training, including Independent Prescribing.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Specialist training in palliative care

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge in palliative care essential.
• Confidence in decision-making required.
• Passionate about continuous improvement in nursing.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical Telephone Advice Line and triage urgent referrals.
• Support complex patient caseload, providing community nursing care.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external teams.

Skills

Holistic assessment

Problem solving

Decision making

Symptom control

Prescribing advice

Advance care planning

Bereavement support

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for Band 6 Palliative Nurse Specialists to join the Community Nursing Service and rotate between the Access and Community Nurse Specialist Teams.

We are a supportive and dynamic team delivering outstanding palliative care to people in our community. You will need knowledge and experience of palliative care, confident decision-making skills and a passion to continuously improve and develop. This role is primarily advisory, with minimal hands-on nursing care.

The Access Team manage the clinical Telephone Advice Line between 08:00 and 20:00 Monday to Sunday in addition to triaging all urgent external referrals to the hospice. The team are currently trialling a mix of long and short shifts over 7 days.

The Community Nurse Specialist Team support a complex patient caseload of 400-450 patients, triaging all routine external referrals to the hospice. The team work 7.5 hr days Monday to Friday with a regular commitment to the weekend/ bank holiday rota.

We can offer either full or part time hours (37.5 or 30 hours per week)

Working as a Palliative Nurse Specialist within the Community Nursing Services requires a core skill set
• Holistic assessment – face to face and by phone
• Problem solving, decision making, symptom control and prescribing advice
• Independent prescribing
• Advance care planning and completion of Respect plus
• Joint working / liaison referral / signposting with internal and external MDT
• Initial bereavement support

You will be given excellent support to develop your nursing skills into a specialist role. There are opportunities for professional development and specialist training in palliative care, including Independent Prescribing.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Jane Jones, Community Nursing Services West Team Leader [e-mail] or by phoning 0117 915 9414

Interview Date: 25th July 2025

Please note the jobholder will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Sensitive DBS applications:
If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, please call 0300 131 2784 or email [e-mail] once the form has been issued to you.

We will also require vaccination history or evidence of immunity.

Strictly no agencies.

Salary / Benefits:Band 6 equivalent, £38,633 - £45,861 FTE, dependent on experience