Community Palliative Care Senior Staff Nurse

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Uxbridge is seeking a Community Palliative Care Senior Staff Nurse to manage a patient caseload and provide high-quality care. You will work alongside a Clinical Nurse Specialist within a dedicated team, ensuring effective nursing practices in a palliative care setting. The role requires postgraduate experience and excellent interpersonal skills, with a salary range of £44,485 to £52,521 annually.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate experience in community, hospital, or hospice with palliative care.
• Numeracy skills for safe medication administration.
• Experience caring for patients at the end of life.

Responsibilities

• Support patients in their preferred place of care.
• Implement and maintain high standards of nursing care.
• Assess, plan, and treat patients and their families.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication with multidisciplinary teams

Clinical record maintenance

Education

Degree/Masters level education

Oncology/Palliative Care course

Advanced Communication Skills Training

Job description

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Community Palliative Care Senior Staff Nurse

The closing date is 05 December 2025

CNWL are pleased to announce a vacancy within Palliative Integrated Care Service (PICS) Hub. The role will involve working with a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist to pro-actively manage a patient caseload. The nurse will also work alongside and within the Palliative Integrated Care Service (PICS) Hub and at times will work within the Your Life Line 24/7 responsive end of life service

The post holder will

• support the community Clinical Nurse Specialists to support patients in their preferred place of care/death
• be responsible for implementing and maintaining high standards of nursing care for individual patients
• provide skilled nursing care, treatment, advice and support to patients and their carers

You should have excellent interpersonal skills with post graduate experience of working in the community, hospital or hospice environment with associated palliative care experience. As part of a 6 month rotation period between specialist palliative services we would expect this post holder to deliver clinically effective, efficient and high quality nursing care to clients with complex needs. You would be responsible to assess, plan and treat a caseload of patients and their families in partnership with other care providers with the clinical nurse specialist support.

This is a 7 day a week post with some shifts covering the 24 hours service, day and night shifts required.

Main duties of the job

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To respond to urgent need, identified within the community setting to prevent unnecessary /unwanted admission to Hospital

To participate in the planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of nursing care, supplementing the care provided by the District Nursing Team to enable the patient to continue to be cared for at home.

To provide advice, support and respite care for the carers and family according to their needs and the level of intervention required during the shift.

To communicate and liaise with medical and nursing colleagues, providing accurate reports of any changes in the condition of the patient.

To administer medication according to the care plan and be aware of the current drugs and therapies used in the treatment of pain and other symptoms.

To set realistic goals for each of the identified needs in liaison with professionals and carers.

To support conversations around future care planning to support end of life plans with patients and their family and carers

To support creation and review and creation of Universal Care Plans (UCPs)

To demonstrate knowledge of the grieving process and recognize normal and abnormal grief reactions, referring for bereavement support where indicated.

About us

Working for your organisation

Palliative Integrated Care Service (PICS) Hub are a small team which consists of the Your Life Line 24/7 responsive end of life service and Specialist Palliative Care Team (SPCT). YLL 247 are a small team of CNS's, HCA's and SPCT consist of CNS's and admin that strive to provide the best possible care to Palliative/end of life patients in their own and homes in the community.

Working for SPCT and YLL 247, we pride ourselves on great team work and rising to the challenges of day to day working in such a diverse community. No 2shifts are the same with SPCT and YLL 247 which makes it challenging but rewarding at the same time.

This post holder to deliver clinically effective, efficient and high quality nursing care to clients with complex needs that is both evidence based and reflects current best practice. You would be responsible to assess, plan and treat a caseload of patients and their families in the field of palliativecare working in partnership with other care providers with the support of the CNS.

Job responsibilities

To support creation and review and creation of Universal Care Plans (UCPs)

To critically evaluate nursing care which has been given and liaise with the clinical nurse specialists and the district nurse if the care plan requires altering.

To act as the patients advocate in communicating information between the patient and members of the multi-professional team.

To demonstrate insight into the many cultural aspects of life and death, and the implications for nursing care.

To demonstrate knowledge of the grieving process and recognize normal and abnormal grief reactions, referring for bereavement support where indicated.

To assist in the orientation of new members of staff to the service.

Participate in formal and informal educational programs.

To adhere to CNWL policies, procedures and protocols.

To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and be conversant with the Scope of Professional Practice.

To attend the induction program, team meetings and training sessions

To keep up to date with current developments in nursing and palliative care.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

• Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
• Non-medical prescribing or willing to undertake
• Educated to Degree/ Masters level
• Oncology/Palliative Care course
• Advanced Communication Skills Training

Experience and Knowledge

• Recent experience of nursing patients with palliative care needs and/or oncology needs
• Experience in caring for patients at the end of life
• HR skills training e.g. recruitment, managing absence
• Care planning: being able to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
• Empowering and working in partnership
• Knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding/Advocacy
• Knowledge and understanding of Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• Knowledge and understanding of Mental Health Act
• Obtaining consent
• Medicines manager and administration
• Infection control and Asceptic Non Touch Technique
• Experience of working in a palliative care environment, e.g. hospice
• Experience of working within the community
• Supervision, Line management and appraisal training

Skills and Abilities

• Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports
• Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
• Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
• Able to maintain electronic patient records. Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
• Understanding the concept of quality and their role in improving safety, clinical outcomes and the patient experience

Personal Qualities

• Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable and enthusiastic
• Manage others and contribute to the management of the team
• Contribute to the culture of the team and play a role in making it inclusive, kind and hardworking
• Help others in the team achieve their objectives and deliver safe, effective care

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.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£44,485 to £52,521 a yearPer annum incl. HCAS