Clinical Nurse Specialist

We have an opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Palliative Hub Team in a part-time role. The role is primarily working from home providing support to patients over a dedicated phone line.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities. Please contact us if you'd like any further information regarding the role.

About us

Arthur Rank Hospice Charity has an outstanding reputation for excellence in palliative and end of life care. We support people in Cambridgeshire, who are confronting life-limiting illnesses. Our positive and practical services deliver care, counselling and education, helping patients to live well and their families to live on.

We offer a range of benefits to our staff, including the option to retain membership to the NHS Pension scheme (subject to conditions). Other benefits include:

• NHS matched annual leave
• Enhancements paid on top of basic salary for unsociable hours
• Regular management supervision
• Access to Restorative Resilience Supervision, mental health first aiders, wellbeing champions, and pastoral care
• Access to our Lease Car service
• Access to further training and development (to specialist nursing level)
• Free hot/cold drinks from our staff room and subsidised hot/cold meals from our Bistro at the Hospice in Cambridge
• Family friendly leave
• Employee Assistance programmes
• Long Service Awards
• NHS Blue Light Discount scheme
• Yearly performance review
• Christmas Club Saving scheme
• Social activities such as quiz nights

Job responsibilities

We are seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Palliative Hub Team in a part-time role, working 24 hours per week. The work can primarily be performed from home, with flexibility regarding the contract location being either Cambridge or Wisbech.

The Palliative Hub service provides specialist palliative and end-of-life care to adults (18+) registered with a GP within the Cambridge and Peterborough Integrated Care Board, via a telephone advice line. Our goal is to help patients remain in their usual residence for as long as appropriate and safe, supporting patients, carers, and healthcare professionals to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.

This service encourages calls from out-of-hours services, on-call doctors (HUC), the East of England Ambulance Service, and other community services.

Please note, this is not a patient-facing role.

The successful candidate will holistically assess, plan, implement, and review therapeutic interventions for patients contacting the advice line, with the aim of avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions.

Willingness to undertake prescribing qualifications is essential unless already qualified as a non-medical prescriber.

The role involves working across a 7-day period, providing 24-hour advice and support as part of a rota, with at least monthly visits to the hospice.

Starting salary of £47,071, with opportunities to progress to £53,866.

Please note that the salary quoted is based on full-time hours and will be pro-rata for part-time posts. New starters usually commence at the minimum of the salary band, but exceptional candidates with significant relevant strengths may negotiate higher.

We are a Disability Confident employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Support for application processes is available upon request.

Arthur Rank Hospice Charity does not hold a sponsor license; therefore, we cannot sponsor individuals without the right to work in the UK.

We are committed to inclusivity, respect, fairness, engagement, and equality of opportunity. We value diversity and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, including BAME communities.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of those who draw on our care and support services.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse, First Level degree
• Prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake prescribing training

Experience

• Holistic assessment experience
• Advanced care planning experience
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role is subject to a DBS check due to the nature of the work and the vulnerable populations served.