Palliative Care Nurse

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and highly motivated nurse to join the hospital-based Palliative Care team, focusing on end-of-life care and symptom management.

You will work within an MDT, provide expert guidance, teach colleagues, and help implement national guidelines. A degree and palliative care qualification are required.

The role includes managing a caseload, supporting families, and contributing to education, research, and service development within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with a degree and ongoing commitment to CPD.
• Palliative care qualification or working towards.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Experience in leading or mentoring MDT staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist palliative care to patients with malignant or non-malignant disease.
• Educate other healthcare professionals and contribute to service development.
• Manage a caseload within a 7-day visiting palliative care service.
• Lead on discharges and coordinate patient pathways.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to improve end-of-life care.

Skills

Registered nurse

Palliative care

Mentor prep

CPD

Leadership

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated nurse who is passionate about palliative and end of life care to join the hospital based Palliative Care team. You will play an active part in clinical practice, education, research/audit and the implementation of national guidelines.

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated nurse who is passionate about palliative and end of life care to join the hospital based Palliative Care team. You should also have a degree/or working towards this, a palliative care qualification and excellent communication skills. You should be committed to continuing education. We offer a friendly and challenging working environment with a strong commitment to personal professional development. Main duties of the job Advise and provide specialist palliative care for those patients recognised throughout the Trust as requiring palliative or terminal care as a result of a malignant or non-malignant progressive disease. To increase the standards of palliative and end of life care across the Trust through the provision of direct patient care, educating other health care professionals and developing services. The successful applicant will work as part of a well-established dynamic multi disciplinary team who provide specialist advice and support to patients, their relatives and all members of the health care teams with the hospital. The service is offered to patients with both malignant and non-malignant disease. You will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with specialist needs. The team provides a 7 day specialist palliative care visiting service within the hospital. Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Act in a consultancy role as an expert in palliative care, offering specialist advice, guidance and supervision to clinical staff, patients and carers referring to a Band 7 CNS as necessary
• Demonstrate patient centred approach to the assessment planning
• Implementation and evaluation of care for palliative care patients through the use of a holistic assessment approach
• Provide excellent symptom management to patients and refer complex cases to the appropriate specialist practitioner
• Work collaboratively with the Palliative Medical Consultants and other members of the palliative care team to promote a multi-disciplinary approach to care across the Trust
• Lead on palliative care discharges and fast track patients to their preferred place of care in a timely fashion to reduce length of stay and avoid re-admissions. Communicate with all health care professionals involved to promote a seamless service for patients and their families.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• registered general nurse with degree
• Palliative care qualification
• Mentor prep
• Evidence of continuous professional developmet

Desirable criteria

• Oncology qualification
• communication skills training

Specific competencies

Essential criteria

• Good written presentation skills
• Experience in leadership
• Awareness of palliative and EOLC guidance

Desirable criteria

• Leadership course
• Experience of change management

Specialist experience

Essential criteria

• Training and education of others
• Previous palliative care experience
• MDT working

Desirable criteria

• Audit experience

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.