Palliative & Anticipatory Care Specialist

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Witney; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Clinical Nurse Leader to champion palliative and anticipatory care within community services. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a passion for supporting patients and families during challenging times. This role emphasizes collaboration within multidisciplinary teams and requires extensive experience in community nursing. Excellent benefits include career progression and generous annual leave.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS Discount

Competitive pension scheme

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Wealth of experience in community nursing.
• Deep understanding of the complexities of palliative care.

Responsibilities

• Work with teams to ensure holistic patient care.
• Manage and plan care for patients with complex palliative needs.
• Contribute to service improvements and pathway development.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Collaborative approach

Understanding of palliative care

Job description

Role Overview

Are you a compassionate and experienced nurse leader with a passion for palliative and anticipatory care? Do you thrive in supporting patients and their families through some of the most challenging times in their lives? If so, we would love to hear from you. We are seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse Leader to champion high standards of palliative and anticipatory care within our community services. This role is ideal for someone who is enthusiastic about educating and empowering the workforce to deliver exceptional care at the end of life. End of life and palliative care is a key priority within the NHS, and we are committed to getting it right.

Qualifications

• A wealth of experience in community nursing
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• A collaborative approach to working within multidisciplinary teams
• A deep understanding of the complexities of palliative care

Responsibilities

• You will work closely with district nursing and community therapy teams to ensure patients receive holistic, compassionate, and coordinated care.
• Clinically this role involves providing anticipatory care for those with palliative conditions and additional support in community settings for palliative patients with psycho‑social complexity through autonomous clinical practice.
• To be ultimately accountable for managing and planning care for patients with complex palliative and end‑of‑life needs in the community, escalating needs in a timely manner.
• To work with primary care and partner agencies to ensure palliative patients are identified, anticipatory care is delivered and onward care is secured to reduce the need for secondary care intervention.
• Play an active part in service improvements for Palliative and End‑of‑Life Care and management of people with complex needs in the Trust.
• Contribute to Trust‑wide palliative and end‑of‑life pathway development, monitor pathway implementation and audit patient outcomes in relation to End‑of‑Life Care initiatives.

Application Process

You will need to use the "supporting statement" element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust‑wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.

Appointment to this post is subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.

We are advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.

Equal Opportunity

We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are an Equal Opportunities employer. We have internal networking groups to support our employees and, where possible, will always look to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to fulfil the role to your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring, and excellent. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

About the Trust

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. We actively support anti‑racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion and encourage applications from under‑represented groups, including people with disabilities, men from all socio‑economic backgrounds, diverse ethnic backgrounds, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust‑wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team