Palliative Care Nurse

Leaders In Care Recruitment Ltd; Arborfield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension continuation

35 days annual leave

Healthcare Cash Plan

Enhanced pay for unsocial hours

Job summary

Leaders In Care Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist (Palliative Care) in the UK, with autonomy and support to deliver exceptional end-of-life care across Berkshire West and South Oxfordshire.

You will assess, manage complex symptoms and provide expert guidance within a multidisciplinary team, while maintaining meticulous clinical records and patient advocacy.

Qualifications

• RGN with active NMC registration.
• Previous palliative care experience.
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
• Excellent communication, assessment and clinical decision-making skills.
• A genuine passion for delivering outstanding palliative and end of life care.
• If you haven't yet completed your Non-Medical Prescribing qualification, you'll receive full support to achieve this as part of your ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Delivering holistic assessments and developing individualised care plans
• Managing complex symptoms and supporting patients approaching the end of life
• Providing specialist advice and guidance to patients, carers and healthcare professionals
• Supporting telephone triage and responding to clinical enquiries
• Working collaboratively with GPs, community teams and the wider multidisciplinary team
• Acting as a patient advocate, ensuring compassionate, person-centred care at every stage
• Maintaining accurate, high-quality clinical records

Skills

RGN with NMC registration

Palliative care experience

Full UK driving licence

Communication & clinical decision

Non-Medical Prescribing (training)

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist (Palliative Care)

Up to £46,946.89 per annum

Full Time (37.5 hours) or Part Time (22.5 hours)

Berkshire & South Oxfordshire Hubs

Make every conversation, every assessment and every decision count.

Are you an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care Nurse, Hospice Nurse or Community Nurse looking for a role where you'll have the autonomy, support and time to deliver truly exceptional end of life care?

Join a specialist palliative care service supporting patients with life-limiting illnesses across Berkshire West and South Oxfordshire. Working alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, you'll provide expert clinical care that helps patients remain comfortable, supported and in control, while making a lasting difference to the people closest to them.

Based from one of the Berkshire hubs, you'll work across local services throughout Berkshire West and South Oxfordshire, combining autonomous clinical practice with close multidisciplinary collaboration.

The Role

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you'll provide specialist assessment, expert symptom management and high-quality palliative care for patients with complex needs.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering holistic assessments and developing individualised care plans
• Managing complex symptoms and supporting patients approaching the end of life
• Providing specialist advice and guidance to patients, carers and healthcare professionals
• Supporting telephone triage and responding to clinical enquiries
• Working collaboratively with GPs, community teams and the wider multidisciplinary team
• Acting as a patient advocate, ensuring compassionate, person-centred care at every stage
• Maintaining accurate, high-quality clinical records

About You

You'll be an experienced clinician who enjoys working autonomously while remaining part of a supportive specialist team.

You’ll have:

• RGN with active NMC registration
• Previous palliative care experience
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle
• Excellent communication, assessment and clinical decision-making skills
• A genuine passion for delivering outstanding palliative and end of life care
• If you haven't yet completed your Non-Medical Prescribing qualification, you'll receive full support to achieve this as part of your ongoing professional development.

Why Join?

• Salary up to £46,946.89
• Enhanced pay for unsociable hours
• Full-time or part‑time opportunities
• Structured induction with protected supernumerary period
• Fully supported Non-Medical Prescribing training
• Excellent career progression and specialist education
• NHS pension continuation (where applicable)
• 35 days annual leave
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and sick pay
• Death in Service benefit

If you're looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist opportunity where your expertise is valued, your development is supported and every day brings the chance to make a meaningful difference, we'd like to hear from you.