Clinical Nurse Specialist

Sue Ryder; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading palliative care organization in the UK is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to provide high-quality, person-centred care for individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. The ideal candidate will have experience in palliative care and relevant qualifications. This role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Enhanced pay for unsociable hours

Company pension scheme

27 days holiday, rising to 33

Healthcare Cash plan

Staff discount on new goods

Structured induction programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Palliative and End of Life Care.
• Evidence of additional role-specific qualifications.
• Demonstrated professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload and provide expert care.
• Collect and maintain accurate service user records.
• Ensure emotional support and advocacy for patients.

Skills

Clinical Case Load Management

Communication with patients and families

Support for diverse patient needs

Commitment to inclusion

Education

NMC registered adult nurse

Job description

Employment Type: Permanent

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week with weekends on rotation

Ref No: SD503395NOV2025

Closing Date: 21/12/2025

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice
Oxenhope, Keighley

Annual Salary: £39,031.78 - £43,120.44 or £43,359.78 - £47,169.21 for an NMP (plus competitive benefits)

About Us

Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice is in Oxenhope, near Keighley. As well as expert palliative care, we support people with life-limiting conditions, and their families. We work across Airedale, Wharfedale, Craven, and north Bradford.

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 and therapies teams are on hand to visit people and provide care for people in their own home.

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 the 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.

• Manage your own caseload and provide expert care to service users, appropriate to their needs, wishes and culture.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate service user records.

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.

Minimum Essential Criteria

• NMC registered adult nurse
• Previous Clinical Case Load Management and Community experience
• Ability to support adjustments for diverse patient needs
• Skilled in accessible communication with patients and families
• Commitment to inclusion and patient advocacy

Desirable Criteria

• Advanced communication training (e.g. Sage & Thyme)
• NMP qualification
• 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.

Benefits

• 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
• Enhanced sick pay
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Healthcare Cash plan, to claim back costs of routine healthcare
• Death in Service benefit
• 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
www.sueryder.org/jobs/careers-in-palliative-care/benefits-of-working-for-sue-ryder/

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

At Sue Ryder, we recognise that a diverse workforce allows us to provide the best care and support. We are committed to encouraging equity, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

We welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ individuals, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and those living with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we’re 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.

We use inclusive recruitment practices including sharing interview themes or questions in advance, offering remote interviews where needed, and other accessibility support.

If you require support to complete an application or participate fully in the interview process, please email [e-mail].

Once in post you’ll have access to staff and volunteer networks for LGBTQ+ colleagues, ethnic diversity and equity, people with disabilities, and women and non-binary individuals, plus an Inclusion Passport to record and carry your workplace adjustments.

For more information on our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion work, please visit: www.sueryder.org/jobs/equity-diversity-inclusion

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