Clinical Nurse Specialist

Southern Hospice Group; Hove; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme or NHS pension

Up to 35 days annual leave

On-site education support

Bupa access

Free parking

Gym membership discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in Service

Job summary

Southern Hospice Group in Hove is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our community team. You will deliver expert palliative care and expert advice to patients and families through visits and telephone support, covering Brighton & Hove and surrounding areas.

The role requires significant palliative care nursing experience, holistic assessment and advanced communication skills, plus a valid driving licence to support travel for business purposes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in palliative care nursing.
• Expertise in holistic assessment and palliative symptom management.
• Advanced communication skills.
• Full driving licence and willingness to use your own vehicle for business purposes.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice and care to patients and families, both through scheduled face-to-face visits and telephone support.
• Work as part of a supportive and integrated clinical team, covering Brighton & Hove and surrounding area.
• Deliver specialist palliative care in collaboration with primary care network colleagues.
• Share clinical responsibility for patients referred to the hospice, supported by our community manager and medical team.

Skills

Palliative nursing

Advanced communication

Holistic assessment

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist SHG0339

• Location: Hove
• Vacancy Type: Full Time/Fixed Term
• Pay Range: Grade 7 - £48,751 - £54,661 (DOE) Pro rata for part time roles
• Contracted Hours: 37.5 hours per week
• Application Deadline: Monday, November 2, 2026
• Job Profile: Job Profile document

Are you passionate about palliative care nursing? Do you excel in a collaborative team environment? Are you looking for a role where you can make an immediate and positive impact on the lives of those you care for? If so, we would love to hear from you.

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our community team at Martlets Hospice in Brighton & Hove. This position is ideal for a senior nurse with extensive experience in caring for patients with life-limiting illnesses, who possesses proven expertise in holistic assessment, palliative symptom management, and advanced communication skills.

You’ll be:

Providing expert advice and care to patients and their families, both through scheduled face-to-face visits and telephone support

Working as part of a supportive and integrated clinical team, covering Brighton & Hove and surrounding area

Delivering specialist palliative care in collaboration with primary care network colleagues

Sharing clinical responsibility for patients referred to the hospice, supported by our community manager and medical team

Requirements:

Significant experience in palliative care nursing

Expertise in holistic assessment and palliative symptom management

Advanced communication skills

Full driving licence and willingness to use your own vehicle for business purposes

Working Hours:

Full-time position with hours between 8am to 6pm. Reduced hours may be considered

Participation in a rota system providing seven-day cover, including Bank Holidays, via our Hub advice line.

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Chestnut Tree House is the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Bupa and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Your application and interview should give us an accurate and authentic picture of your skills and experiences. Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Before you submit an application, we will ask you to confirm the information you provide is true and accurate. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.