Clinical Nurse Specialist

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice as a Clinical Nurse Specialist on a fixed-term contract. You will provide compassionate, high-quality palliative care, manage your own caseload, and support patients and families facing life-limiting conditions. We offer a supportive work environment with comprehensive training, professional development opportunities, and competitive benefits including enhanced pay for unsociable hours and holiday allowances.

Benefits

Enhanced pay for unsociable hours

Company pension scheme

Continuation of NHS pension

27 days holiday, rising to 33

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Employee Networks

Staff discount of 10% on new goods

Structured induction programme

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Palliative and End of Life Care.
• Evidence of additional role-specific qualifications.
• Ability to demonstrate up-to-date clinical practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct assessment and advocacy for service users dealing with complex, life-limiting illnesses.
• Manage own caseload to provide expert care.
• Collect and maintain accurate service user records.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Advocacy

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Evidence of continued professional development

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice

£19.19 - 21.74 per hour

£22.74 - 25.62 per hour (Non-Medical Prescriber)

(plus enhancements and competitive benefits)

Main duties of the job

Our Clinical Nurse Specialists play an essential role in providing high-quality, person centred care for individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. Their role extends beyond direct patient care to include education, leadership, and advocacy.

By combining clinical expertise, emotional intelligence, and leadership skills, they ensure that patients and families experience dignity, comfort, and peace during some of the most challenging times of their lives. Their role enhances the overall quality of palliative care and supports the healthcare team in delivering the best possible outcomes.

About us

Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice is in the heart of Headingley, Leeds. We provide expert palliative care at a time when people need this the most. We support you when you are living with a life-limiting condition, and also help your loved ones and family.

We support people aged 18 and over who are living with life-limiting conditions such as cancer, heart failure and lung disease by combining specialist medical care for managing pain and other symptoms with other emotional, practical and spiritual support.

We are able to provide care in our inpatient unit and our CNS team are on hand to visit people and provide care for people in their own home.

Enhanced pay for unsociable hours

Company pension scheme

Continuation of NHS pension (T&Cs apply)

27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays.

NHS annual leave honoured (T&Cs apply)

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non-Binary Individuals

Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org

Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.

For more of our employee benefits please visit our website.

Job responsibilities

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Palliative Care Nurse who wants to work in a supportive environment where care of the patients comes first.

Your main duties will be to provide direct assessment, support and advocacy to service users and carers dealing with complex, distressing and life-limiting illnesses.

In addition:

You will manage your own caseload and provide expert care to service users, appropriate to their needs, wishes and culture.

You will collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate service user records.

The successful applicant will play an active role within our team. Sue Ryder prides itself on giving our patients the best possible quality of life by providing a holistic and individualised service.

Our ideal candidate will have significant experience of working in Palliative and End of Life Care with evidence of additional, role specific qualifications and professional development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Relevant experience in palliative care
• Proven experience of working collaboratively
• An ability to demonstrate up-to-date clinical practice.
• An ability to challenge traditional boundaries using evidence base.
• Effective communication of complex information in a variety of settings
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Sue Ryder provides a thorough induction with supernumerary time to settle into the role and full training/competency assessment will be provided.
• There is plenty of scope to further develop your own skills in specialist palliative care, and planned career progression through our education programme and development framework is encouraged.
• If you would like to arrange an informal visit to our hospice, please let us know.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

Depending on experience(plus enhancements and competitive benefits)