Community Nurse Specialist

NHS; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A community healthcare organization in Chippenham is seeking a part-time Community Nurse Specialist to provide expert palliative care. The successful candidate will be part of a supportive team dedicated to improving the quality of life for patients and their families. Essential qualifications include a first-level nursing qualification and experience in palliative care. Benefits include competitive pay, extensive training, and flexible work hours.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Industry leading training

Pension with Life Assurance

Colleague discount in retail stores

Mileage reimbursement

Qualifications

• Clinical experience in relevant speciality.
• Demonstrates evidence of palliative care knowledge.
• Experience in teaching/education.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist palliative care to patients with life-threatening illnesses.
• Support CPCT development of new models of care.
• Initiate formal training programs for staff.

Skills

Excellent communication/interpersonal skills

Ability to work independently

Clinical assessment and analytical skills

Experience facilitating Learning and Practice

Education

First Level Nurse qualification with clinical experience at Band 6 level

Relevant degree or post graduate qualification in Palliative Care

Job description

Overview

The successful candidate will work alongside existing members of a supportive Community Palliative Care Team (CPCT) and will contribute to the delivery of palliative care by providing expertise in decision-making, advance care planning & holistic symptom control. This position will be within the North Wiltshire area.

Main duties of the job

To work with the CPCT Clinical Lead to develop a program of continuous quality improvement and service development to improve patient, family, carer and staff experience.

About us

Providing outstanding care as rated by CQC, Dorothy House provides compassionate, supportive and holistic care for people in our community with a life-limiting illness. Our focus is on quality of life, helping patients to live well and die well. We are here for anyone in our community who is facing a life-limiting illness. Using our full breadth of service, we create individual care journeys, which start at diagnosis and continue with bereavement support for family, carers and children.

Job responsibilities

COMMUNITY NURSE SPECIALIST | Band 6 | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (2025 pay award pending)

• To participate in the development of services in line with the organisational strategic direction, to assist individuals to support “Death is a part of life”, “Living Well”, to lead to a “Peaceful death”, incorporating a “Supported bereavement” and participate in developing/maintaining an “increase in income”.
• To provide coaching support to the CPCT within the development of a new model of community palliative care.
• To work with the CPCT Clinical Lead to develop a program of continuous quality improvement and service development to improve patient, family, carer and staff experience.
• To work as part of a CPCT, to provide specialist palliative care to those with a life threatening illness and their
• To use learning opportunities to enhance the knowledge and skills of health and social care colleagues.
• To initiate and deliver formal training programmes in collaboration with the DH Education and Research and Training & Development Teams.
• To provide staff support on a day to day basis, to address staff issues as they arise and to promote methods, such as clinical supervision, for personal and professional development.

Job description

Hours of work

This is a Part Time position working 22.5 hours over 3 Days, with occasional weekend work.

About you

Due to the community based nature of the role, the post holder will need to hold a full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle.

About theBenefits

Dorothy House is an incredible place to work, these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

• 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days and then 33 days with length of service
• Excellent industry leading training with a focus on career development!
• Pension with Life Assurance.
• Colleague discount across our 29 retail stores.
• 45p per mile for work travel.
• Mindful Employer Plus Charter - supporting our colleagues with access to impartial, confidential advice when you need it most.

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application. Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First Level Nurse qualification with clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
• Relevant degree or post graduate qualification(s) e.g. Specialist Practitioner qualification in District Nursing, Independent Non-Medical Prescriber, Specialist qualifications in Palliative Care, Oncology or Long Term Illness

Experience

• Clinical experience in relevant speciality
• Demonstrates evidence of palliative care knowledge
• Experience facilitating Learning and Practice
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills
• Ability to work alongside and support other members of the team
• Ability to work independently and manage own caseload
• Ongoing evidence of professional development
• Clinical assessment and analytical skills- PACR course (or be willing to undertake)
• Experience in teaching/education
• Community experience

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.