Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) / Clinical Paramedic Specialist (CPS)

NHS; Orpington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Orpington is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist / Clinical Paramedic Specialist for a part-time maternity cover role. This position involves providing palliative care at home, reducing hospital admissions, and working closely with a dynamic team to support patients and families. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in palliative and community care. Essential qualifications include palliative care expertise and effective communication skills. Competitive salary and ample training opportunities are provided.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing schemes

Training and development opportunities

Contributory pension scheme

Qualifications

• Proven palliative care/oncology experience at Band 6 or equivalent.
• Experience working in community settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support patients in their own homes, minimizing hospital admissions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to provide palliative care.
• Engage in holistic, responsive care interventions.

Skills

Palliative care expertise

Community care experience

Effective communication

Education

Relevant nursing/paramedic qualifications

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) / Clinical Paramedic Specialist (CPS)

The Bromley Hospital@ Home Service is a dynamic, collaborative and integrated model of care that intends to deliver a range of interventions, including remote monitoring in the community. It aims to help patients avoid hospital admission, enable early discharge from hospital and to remain at home through the use of short-term support and intervention. St Christophers is part of this new service (The Hospital@ Home Palliative Team), and is looking to recruit a CNS/CPS to cover maternity leave within the team.

Main duties of the job

The Bromley Hospital@ Home Service is a dynamic, collaborative and integrated model of care that intends to deliver a range of interventions, including remote monitoring in the community. It aims to help patients avoid hospital admission, enable early discharge from hospital and to remain at home through the use of short-term support and intervention. St Christophers is part of this new service (The Hospital@ Home Palliative Team), and is looking to recruit a CNS/CPS to cover maternity leave within the team.

About us

St Christophers, in our experience, is an extraordinary place to work.

Our aim at St Christophers is to deliver care and support that is of the highest quality to our patients, their families and carers and anyone else who looks to us for help. We know that people working across our organisation will only be able to provide this if they in turn, feel supported in their endeavours.

Job responsibilities

Community Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) / Clinical Paramedic Specialist (CPS) (Hospital@Home)

Location: Bromley but may require working from the Sydenham site

Hours: Part Time 22.5 hours per week Maternity Cover fixed term or secondment opportunity.

Salary: £32,250.5-£36,390.5 (inclusive of HCA, 22.5 hours per week)

Please note, salary will be determined on service and experience within the role

Are you an experienced community palliative care nurse, or paramedic, looking for an exciting opportunity to join a new initiative within the Hospital@Home Team hosted within the St Christophers Community Palliative Care Team?

Are you interested in being part of a dynamic team that provides the best possible palliative care for people living in South East London? A team that responds rapidly, is holistic, reflexive, responsive and uses all your clinical skills to provide high quality palliative care through direct care, or through supporting other clinicians using teaching, education and advancing practice

The Bromley Hospital@ Home Service is a dynamic, collaborative and integrated model of care that intends to deliver a range of interventions, including remote monitoring in the community. It aims to help patients avoid hospital admission, enable early discharge from hospital and to remain at home through the use of short-term support and intervention. St Christophers is part of this new service (The Hospital@ Home Palliative Team), and is looking to recruit a CNS/CPS to cover maternity leave within the team

What will you be doing? You will work across organisations to support people to remain in their own homes rather than attending hospital or facilitating a rapid discharge home from hospital when appropriate using the Hospital@home model as a basis for care provision. The Palliative Pathway in this innovative service, supports people identified as reaching the end of their life. You will be an integral part of the Bromley Hospital@Home Team and St Christophers Community Palliative Care Team. You will also work closely with The PRUH Acute Frailty Unit, St Christophers In Reach Nurse and PRUH Inpatient Palliative Care Team.

St Christophers prides itself on creating an environment of committed and supportive multi-professionals who deliver empowering, compassionate care and support, through making meaningful connections with the people we care for and their families.

St Christophers has services spanning the London boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham, and are connected to partner health and social care organisations in all the boroughs we support. St Christophers CARE, provides learning and development to the communities we support, and we have academic links with a number of universities, nationally and internationally

Benefits of joining St Christophers

• You will gain a stimulating and rewarding career with an opportunity to influence and make a real difference in the community
• Access to excellent training and development opportunities including masters level education and non-medical prescribing dependent on role
• A number of health and wellbeing schemes
• A competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance scheme with generous beneficiary plan

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Fiona Hodson - Nurse Consultant on 0208 768 4500 or [e-mail]

Please have a look at our website for further information on all aspects of St Christophers at www.stchristophers.org.uk and to apply for this position, please click the Apply Online button below.

Closing Date: 21st September 2025

Provisional Interview Date: 25th September 2025

In the event we receive a high amount of applications, we reserve the right to close the job earlier than the initial closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Experience

• Essential: Proven palliative care/oncology with relevant qualifications and experience of working at Band 6/equivalent or above

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.