Band 7 Specialist Palliative Care Nurse

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in North Cumbria is seeking a Specialist Palliative Care Nurse to join their community team. This role involves providing high-quality palliative care and managing staff while developing specialist skills. Candidates should be registered nurses with advanced communication abilities and significant clinical competence. This part-time position offers competitive pay and promises a rewarding workload focused on patient care in a supportive environment.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme

Flexible working scheme

NHS discounts

Competitive NHS pension scheme

Opportunities for development

Qualifications

• Must have experience as a registered nurse.
• Evidence of recent study at a Masters/post-graduate level in a relevant area is vital.
• Highly advanced communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert assessment, planning, and delivery of specialist palliative care.
• Lead and manage a team including caseload allocation.
• Ensure clinical governance and patient safety standards are met.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Clinical governance

Team management

Teaching ability

Clinical competence

Education

1st level registered nurse

Degree level education

Teaching qualification

Post-registration qualification in palliative care

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Specialist Palliative Care Nurse to join our community team at an exciting time of development. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone passionate about palliative care and looking to contribute to how specialist services can support the NHS 10-Year Plan.

The role involves working alongside a talented, dedicated team to provide the highest quality specialist palliative care, supporting patients, families and carers across Carlisle and Penrith, with occasional support across North Cumbria or at secondary care sites.

In addition to clinical duties, the post includes operational management of staff and caseloads, requiring strong organisational and leadership skills, alongside a sound knowledge of the governance agenda to ensure our patients are safe.

This role offers the chance to develop specialist skills, make a tangible difference in patients' lives, and contribute to the evolution of specialist palliative care across the region.

Main Duties

• Provide expert assessment, planning, and delivery of specialist palliative and end‑of‑life care.
• Lead and manage a team, including caseload allocation, supervision, and operational management.
• Ensure clinical governance, risk management, and patient safety standards are met.
• Mentor and educate staff, patients, families and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate effectively across teams and sites to ensure continuity of care.

About Us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our five key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of "safe, high quality care every time":

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

We are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are focused on being an inclusive and compassionate workplace. We are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030 and all staff are expected to support sustainability.

Details

• Date posted: 14 November 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: 7
• Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year, pro‑rata
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 12 months
• Working pattern: Part‑time
• Reference number: 262-A-25-7565885
• Job locations: Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY

Benefits

• 27‑day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working scheme
• NHS discounts*
• Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Excellent opportunities for development*
• Competitive NHS pension scheme
• Vivup – a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work‑related problems

Disclosure and Barring Service

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. Standard check: £21.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40 (deducted over 4 months or one‑off). Enhanced check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40 (deducted over 4 months or one‑off).

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information. If sufficient responses are received this post may close earlier than the specified closing date. Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be asked to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time, usually within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st level registered nurse
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Teaching qualification
• Highly advanced communication skills training/qualification from a recognised body
• Post‑registration qualification in palliative care
• Evidence of recent study at Masters/post‑graduate/Highly specialist level in relevant area

Desirable

• Non‑medical prescribing independent prescriber course V300
• Community nurse prescriber V100 or V150

Knowledge

• Highly developed specialist knowledge in the relevant field
• Demonstrable advanced clinical skills within specialist area, including physical assessment skills and basic life support
• Ability to obtain and evaluate information to aid decision making and to develop others in this area
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its application
• Ability to develop standards of care
• Committed to continued professional development of self and others
• Demonstrate people management skills including motivation of staff and team building, negotiation, decision making, leadership, staff development, conflict and problem solving
• Ability to concentrate in an unpredictable work environment
• Understanding of current NHS issues and initiatives
• Ability to apply research into practice
• Exceptional organisation and time‑management skills
• Intermediate IT skills in word processing, email, spreadsheets, PowerPoint and desktop publishing
• Highly developed expert communication skills both verbal and written
• Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and maintain

Skills

• Post‑basic qualification experience, with some in‑depth experience in relevant field
• Evidence of management and leadership experience
• Evidence of clinical competence in the speciality
• Evidence of teaching and developing staff
• Experience of and ability to work as a member of the multidisciplinary clinical team
• Experience of undertaking audit; exercise a high degree of autonomy within specialist area

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking research

Other Requirements

• Adaptable to the changing needs of the service
• Self‑motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible
• Approachable, assertive

Employer Details

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
 Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY
 Website: https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/