Clinical Nurse Specialist

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leeds is seeking an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to deliver high-quality palliative care and support. The role includes managing a caseload, providing advocacy, and ensuring the best outcomes for individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. Candidates should have significant experience in palliative care and be NMC registered. This position offers competitive hourly rates and extensive training opportunities.

Benefits

Enhanced pay for unsociable hours

Company pension scheme

NHS annual leave honored

27 days holiday rising to 33

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Healthcare Cash plan

Discount on goods online

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Palliative and End of Life Care.
• Ability to support diverse patient needs.
• Experience with symptom management in complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct assessment, support, and advocacy for service users.
• Manage your own caseload and provide personalized expert care.
• Collect and maintain accurate service user records.

Skills

Palliative Care expertise

Complex care management

Advanced communication skills

Patient advocacy

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Specialist nursing qualification

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice

£16.94 - 20.68 per hour

£22.17 - 26.40 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 (terms and conditions apply)

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

NHS annual leave honoured (terms and conditions apply)

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Healthcare Cash plan, to claim back costs of routine healthcare

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

Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, were proud to support the Offer an Interview scheme. This means we will offer an interview to all disabled applicants who best meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Job responsibilities

About the role

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.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• About you
• 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.
• To work in our service, you should be able to demonstrate:
• NMC registered and a Specialist nursing qualification and experience in complex care
• Ability to support adjustments for diverse patient needs
• Skilled in accessible communication with patients and families
• Commitment to inclusion and patient advocacy
• Advanced communication training (e.g. Sage & Thyme)
• Experience with symptom management in complex needs
• 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.

£16.94 to £26.40 an hourDependent on exp and qualification