Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; City Of London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Band 7. This role involves providing expert palliative care nursing advice, managing a caseload, and ensuring high-quality individualized care in a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity for career development and flexible working options while contributing to the Trust's commitment to patient care and staff wellbeing.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Optional benefits like Cycle to Work and car lease schemes

Qualifications

• Ability to manage a caseload of patients with required clinical input.
• Experience in conducting comprehensive palliative care assessments.
• Strong organizational skills to manage resources and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Ensure appropriate referrals and discussions to optimize patient care.
• Manage care plans effectively in line with Trust’s policies.
• Act as a clinical expert for palliative and end of life care.

Skills

Expert palliative care nursing

Communication with patients and families

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical expertise in palliative care

Education

Nursing degree

Specialized training in palliative care

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Palliative care 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 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.

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.

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

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.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Monday 27 Oct 2025