Macmillan Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Relocation package up to 30% of salary

Job summary

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Scarborough is seeking a Band 6 Nurse for the Specialist Palliative Care Team in Acute Services. You will work with Clinical Nurse Specialists and the Consultant in Palliative Medicine to deliver expert care across acute settings.

The role requires advanced communication, palliative care expertise, and high autonomy in caseload management. The team offers a 7-day service with weekend rota and opportunities for development.

Qualifications

• Expert specialist palliative care knowledge and communication skills.
• High autonomy in caseload management with sound decision making.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work within a 7-day rota.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex caseload with autonomy and clinical judgement.
• Provide 7-day palliative care service including weekend cover.
• Contribute to education, audit and service development initiatives.

Skills

Specialist palliative care knowledge

Advanced communication skills

Emotional resilience

Autonomy in caseload management

Tools

NHS systems

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Nurse to join the innovative Specialist Palliative Care Team (SPCT), working at the Scarborough site for York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's Acute Services.

The successful candidate will be joining a well-established team of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Lead Nurse and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, who provide specialist palliative care expertise across the acute settings. The team values close working relationships with medical, nursing and social health care colleagues, and the local hospice provider.

We have a firm commitment to the education and training of others, and promoting quality and excellence in palliative and end of life care, across York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Please note: Interviews will be held on 11th November 2026

For this Band 6 post, we are keen to appoint a team orientated, highly motivated and experienced nurse, who has expert specialist palliative care knowledge, advanced communication skills and established emotional resilience.

The successful post holder will have a high level of autonomy in the management of their caseload and will need to be a skilled decision maker and able to prioritise workload.

The team provides a 7 day service and this post requires weekend working on a rota basis. The ability to meet the travel requirements of the post is essential.

In joining our team you will be welcomed into a supportive and nurturing work environment. Your personal professional development will be actively encouraged. This includes an annual appraisal and on-going opportunities to contribute to our service development, education and audit programmes.

Trust Information Pack

https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gemma Anderson Job title: Macmillan Team Leader - Specialist Palliative Care Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01723 342446

Rhys Standfield

Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care CNS & Education Lead

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