Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Community Specialist Palliative Care

NHS; Chester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Chester is seeking a full-time Advanced Clinical Practitioner for Specialist Palliative Care. The role involves providing team leadership, developing clinical skills, and championing patient safety. Candidates must hold a relevant professional qualification and possess extensive experience in Specialist Palliative Care. This position offers a salary between £55,690 and £62,682 annually.

Qualifications

• Extensive post qualification experience in Specialist Palliative Care.
• Ability to work independently and make autonomous clinical decisions.
• High level knowledge of multi-agency working.

Responsibilities

• Provide team leadership in clinical workforce development.
• Lead on the expansion of non-medical prescribing.
• Champion patient safety and continuous improvement.

Skills

Advanced clinical expertise

Non-medical prescribing

Leadership in clinical workforce development

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree in Advanced Practice or Palliative Care

Relevant Professional qualification - RGN

Mentor qualification

Job description

Overview

We are looking to recruit a full time Advanced Clinical Practitioner for Specialist Palliative Care.

This exciting new role will be part of the specialist palliative care (SPC) multidisciplinary team, working in partnership with the specialist palliative medical consultants, clinical nurse specialists, SPC physio, OT and therapy assistant. There will be regular liaison with the Hospice and Hospital SPC team. This role will clinically support the SPC caseload across 8 neighbourhood teams. Working within the four pillars of advanced practice we require a specialist palliative care ACP to support in shaping the future of palliative care in West Cheshire. Our core values of care, compassion, commitment, communication, competence and courage are at the heart of everything we do.

If you share the same values and have the specialist palliative care skills and experience we\'re looking for, we\'d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

Main duties of the job

• Provide team leadership in driving clinical workforce development and embed general palliative care competencies across community services.
• Be a specialist palliative care advanced practitioner who is an experienced non-medical prescriber with advanced clinical expertise, knowledge, and an evidence-based approach within this specialism.
• Develop enhanced clinical skills within the specialist team, facilitating clinical supervision, supporting autonomy and advanced clinical decision making.
• Lead on the expansion of non-medical prescribing, empowering specialist palliative care clinicians and the wider workforce to deliver timely and effective symptom management.
• Champion patient safety, continuous improvement and collaborative working with system partners.
• Support driving quality, person-centred outcomes, research and innovation; focus on clinical audit, service evaluation and continuous quality improvement initiatives.

About us

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall. As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award holder, CWP is committed to inclusive recruitment and valuing differences.

All new starters commence on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme, which offers up to 3 weeks training to meet induction requirements.

Details

Date posted: 01 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 373-NBH0779-B RR

Job locations: Hospice of the Good Shepherd, Gordon Lane, Backford, Chester, CH2 4DG

Job responsibilities (cont)

Please download a copy of the job description for full details of the main responsibilities for this role. At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence and values.

Person Specification

Qualifications – Essential

• Relevant Professional qualification - RGN
• Primary degree
• Master\'s degree in Advanced Practice, Palliative Care or equivalent
• Non-medical prescriber V300
• Clinical Examination and Diagnostics modules if not part of Master\'s qualifications
• Mentor qualification

Qualifications – Desirable

• Teaching qualification
• Clinical supervisor
• Community nursing specialist qualification

Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care
• High level knowledge of multi-agency working (housing, social services, independent sector, etc)
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance
• Quality improvement and change management
• Ability to work in a highly demanding environment
• Teaching and mentorship in clinical settings
• Ability to work independently and make autonomous clinical decisions
• Knowledge of community profiling and health-needs assessment
• High level communication skills, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of audit/research and applying findings to practice
• Clinical supervisor and ability to reflect on own practice

Desirable

• Knowledge and implementation of research
• Development and implementation of protocols and clinical guidelines
• Working with community development initiatives

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post qualification experience in Specialist Palliative Care
• Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice/speciality
• Supervision experience and ability to support trainee advanced practitioners and practice nurses
• Ability to work autonomously at advanced practice level and make expert clinical decisions
• Experience leading related research and audit
• Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
• Negotiation and conflict management within multi-agency working
• Evidence of multi-agency/professional working
• Demonstrates leadership of teams in multiagency contexts

Desirable

• Advanced communication training
• Experience in patient involvement/patient feedback
• Experience in delivering nursing-led services
• Recent experience in primary and/or community settings
• Experience at an advanced clinical level

Other

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and UK registration requirements are noted in the job posting. See admissions, sponsorship and UK registration sections for details.

Employer details

Employer: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Hospice of the Good Shepherd, Gordon Lane, Backford, Chester, CH2 4DG

Employer website: https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/