Clinical Nurse Specialist - Coordination Centre

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care; Watford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A compassionate hospice service in Watford is seeking an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to coordinate care for patients and families. The ideal candidate will have strong clinical leadership skills and experience in palliative care. Responsibilities include providing clinical oversight and ensuring timely referrals, while embodying the values of compassion and excellence in service provision. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to the strategic development of hospice care services.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of managing people and strong clinical leadership.
• Evidence of continuous personal and academic development.
• Drive, enthusiasm, and a caring approach.

Responsibilities

• Act as point of contact for patients and address all clinical enquiries.
• Provide clinical oversight and triage for referrals.
• Work as a Specialist Palliative Care CNS across different settings.

Skills

Managing people

Clinical leadership

Team working

IT literacy

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Teaching skills

Advanced assessment skills

Empathy

Positive attitude

Education

Registered Nurse

Degree Level in Palliative Care or relevant subject

Tools

Excel

Clinical IT systems

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Coordination Centre

Coordination Centre Clinical Nurse Specialist

• Hours: 37.5 per week (part time hours considered)
• Location: Peace Hospice, Watford
• Interview date: Earliest Interview will be 17 September 2025, then will be rolling interviews

Main duties of the job

The role of Coordination Centre Clinical Nurse Specialist is in place to be part of a small team of senior nurses who are responsible for the clinical coordination of care for patients and families referred to Rennie Grove Peace.

This role will suit someone who is an experienced palliative care nurse who would like to be part of a new development which aims to ensure equity of access to Rennie Grove Peace Services.

About us

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, our unique care provides a lifeline of compassion and support to patients, carers, and families facing progressive life-limiting illness. We provide palliative and end of life care support, including bereavement services, within Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and our patient services are available to adults, as well as patients transitioning into adult services (16 to 25 years). Bereavement support is offered for all ages to families of patients and those around them, as well as throughout the community, in schools and workplaces.

We are proud to offer care in the place that best suits the individuals needs, whether that is at home, in a care home, in a short stay in our inpatient unit, out in the community, or in our purpose-built Living Well Centre facilities. As a hospice care charity, we have offered this support, free of charge, for over 40 years.

Our staff team of 340+ includes a wide range of patient-facing disciplines plus operational support based in Watford, Tring, St Albans, Chalfont St Giles and Berkhamsted. The Charity is now one of the larger UK hospice charities, reaching a GP population of 797,037 of whom 75% live in Hertfordshire and 25% in Buckinghamshire.

Job responsibilities

You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:

• Being the point of contact for patients, families, clients and professionals who contact the hospice, dealing with all clinical enquiries.
• Providing clinical oversight and triage for referrals to ensure that the patients and family members get the right Rennie Grove Peace service in a timely manner.
• Developing the Coordination Centres nursing role to ensure it provides a responsive, evidence based and high-quality service to beneficiaries and professionals.
• Working as a Specialist Palliative Care CNS in a different Rennie Grove Peace clinical setting on a monthly basis to maintain and develop skills.
• The post holder will undertake activities such as audits and case review in order to improve the Coordination Centre Service.
• Contributing to the wider strategic development of the hospice and help to translate local and national strategy relating to hospice care and Rennie Grove Peace to implement and deliver an effective service.
• Act as a Rennie Grove Peace ambassador within the community.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse.
• Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject

Additional Criteria

• Evidence of continuous personal and academic development
• Proven experience of managing people/strong clinical leadership
• Proven experience of effective team working
• IT literate including a good knowledge of Excel Word, a clinical IT system
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• Teaching and presentation skills
• Advanced assessment skills and specialist symptom control knowledge to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care
• Drive and enthusiasm with a positive approach
• Caring and empathetic approach
• Flexible approach and attitude to working
• Commitment to Rennie Grove Peace hospice car emission and aims.
• Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have experienced Rennie Grove Peace Hospice care services or be bereaved.
• Be a perfect match with our values:
• We are caring and compassionate
• We engage and empower
• We strive for excellence
• We develop and innovate
• We respect and value
• Nurse Prescriber/commitment to successfully achieve this qualification
• Advanced assessment skills training/commitment to attend this training within one year of being appointed to the position
• Experience of teaching within a clinical setting
• Experience of successfully implementing and supporting change

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.