Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a dedicated Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist. This important role entails providing expert palliative care nursing, managing your own caseload, and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high-quality patient care. Candidates must hold NMC registration and possess relevant palliative care experience. This full-time, fixed-term position offers a competitive salary package, focusing on professional development and wellbeing benefits.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing schemes

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Palliative/end of life care.
• Experience managing clinical caseloads.
• Ability to handle difficult emotional situations.
• Ability to deal with difficult emotional situations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure optimal patient care as part of a multi-professional team.
• Manage budgets and resources efficiently.
• Champion learning and quality improvement.
• Champion a culture of learning and quality improvement within the team.

Skills

Palliative care nursing

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Autonomy

Education

NMC registration (Adult Nursing)

Degree level study or Palliative care qualification

Mentorship/ Teaching qualification

Advanced Communication course

Job description

Job Summary

We have an excellent opportunity for a Palliative care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Band 7 to join our dynamic team. If you are passionate about palliative care, but are not sure if the specialty is the right one for you, then this is the chance to work with the team and understand what it takes to be a Palliative care CNS on a fixed term contract.

As a specialist palliative care CNS you will provide expert palliative care nursing advice, to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients and relatives/carers in collaboration with the multi professional team, in line with the local and national targets.

The successful candidate will be trained to manage own caseload of patients with appropriate input from the senior team, working as part of the multi-disciplinary specialist palliative care team. Maintain effective communication with patients, families/carers and healthcare professionals to ensure seamless service delivery.

As part of the specialist palliative care team, you will be supported to undertake comprehensive palliative care assessments identifying/diagnosing patients physical, social, psychological, cultural and spiritual needs; to facilitate the provision of quality nursing care and to contribute to decisions regarding clinical care and priorities. Attend or initiate case conferences as appropriate.

About Us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job Details

Date posted: 02 December 2025

Band: Band 7

Salary: £56,276 to £63,176 a year inclusive

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 6 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 290-SCCS-2104

Job location: Trust wide, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF

Job Responsibilities

• As a key member of a multi professional team, ensure appropriate referral and discussion with other members of the team to optimise patient care.
• Ensure patients are assessed, have care plans that are implemented and evaluated in accordance with Trust's evidence based procedural documents.
• To have local open and transparent communication channels that support the multidisciplinary team to do the right thing for people we care for, to be bold when they have good ideas and to speak up when things go wrong.
• Act as a clinical expert for palliative and end of life care.
• Ensure staffing is in line with Trust policy.
• Manage budgets and resources efficiently and effectively.
• Champion a culture of learning and quality improvement within the team
• Be an ambassador for palliative and end of life care across the Trust.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications (Essential)

• Appropriate NMC registration (Adult Nursing)
• Degree level study or willingness to work towards Palliative care qualification
• Mentorship/ Teaching qualification
• Advanced Communication course or similar

Education/Qualifications (Desirable)

• Master's degree or working towards in relevant subject
• Advanced physical assessment qualification
• Non-medical prescriber, or ready and willing to train as such

Experience (Essential)

• Extensive experience within Palliative/ end of life care/long term conditions
• Experience of managing a clinical caseload.
• Experience of delivering educational sessions and developing training programmes
• Ability to deal with difficult emotional situations

Experience (Desirable)

• Recruitment and selection skills
• Evidence of leadership skills
• Experience with managing change in the work place
• Assertiveness skills

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities (Essential)

• In depth knowledge of speciality and use of evidence-based practice
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities (Desirable)

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see https://www.nhs.org.uk/

Employer Details

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Trust wide, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF

Website: https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/