Palliative Care Staff Nurse - Huntingdon | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Huntingdon seeks a Palliative Care Staff Nurse to deliver high-quality palliative care support. You will assess patient needs, provide evidence-based nursing care, and collaborate with senior colleagues and multidisciplinary teams to ensure optimal patient comfort. Ideal candidates will possess compassionate counselling skills and experience in palliative care. This role offers an opportunity to specialize in palliative nursing within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing high-quality palliative care.
• Knowledge of NMC Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping.
• Ability to work within the scope of practice.

Responsibilities

• Assess and reassess the needs of patients with specialist palliative care needs.
• Provide effective evidence-based nursing care.
• Ensure clear records are kept according to NMC Guidelines.
• Participate in audit for clinical practice.

Skills

Compassionate counselling skills

Palliative nursing practice

Evidence-based nursing care

Job description

Palliative Care can be offered to Patients when their illness can no longer be cured. This is not only for people with cancer but also other illnesses like heart failure and respiratory diseases.

Palliative Care shifts the focus from ‘getting better’ to ‘feeling well’ whilst managing an incurable illness; optimising quality of life and then supporting Patients and their families as they approach the end of their lives and are dying, focusing on dignity and comfort.

The Palliative Care Staff Nurse role will support delivery of:

• High quality palliative care support and interventions across the Acute Trust and Community.
• Support the delivery of training to specialist and non‑specialist Colleagues across the Trust to support best practice in palliative and end of life care.
• Working collaboratively with generalist colleagues to support excellent care both directly and indirectly using influencing, situated learning and role modelling.
• Work within your scope of practice, seeking advice from senior expert colleagues in complex patient care and delivering the plan of delegated care to the highest standard.
• Working with a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Specialist Palliative Care and as part of the Multidisciplinary Team.

The Palliative Care Staff Nurse role offers the opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced staff nurse to develop into a more specialist field, whilst delivering high quality safe and effective palliative care support and guidance.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Assess and reassess the needs of Patients with specialist palliative care needs under the guidance of the senior Specialist Palliative Care nurse on duty. Within own scope of practice and the palliative care framework, plan, implement and evaluate individualised holistic nursing care.
• Provide effective evidence‑based nursing care to the highest standard delegated by the senior Specialist Palliative Care Nurse on duty.
• Be confident and competent in all areas of palliative nursing practice, understanding own limitations.
• Participate in audit for clinical practice and assist with data collection for research.
• Exercise compassionate counselling skills and act in an advisory and guiding role in all aspects of nursing care for both patients/clients and members of the team.
• Play an active role in best practice and also ensuring hygiene and cleanliness including disseminating good practice; participating in audits; benchmarking; raising awareness of service users; challenging colleagues.
• Ensure accurate and clear records are kept according to NMC Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping.
• Comply with the NMC codes of practice and understand scope of practice when working as a staff nurse within a specialist team.
• Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.

Please see attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role.

This advert closes on Sunday 4 Jan 2026.