Palliative Specialist Nurse: Advanced Care & Leadership

Pilgrims Hospices; Canterbury; Sur place; GBP 34 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health and Wellbeing Strategy

NHS pension scheme

Free hospice parking

Cycle to Work

Professional development opportunities

Résumé du poste

Pilgrims Hospices in Canterbury seeks a Palliative Specialist Nurse to join our multidisciplinary team and deliver expert palliative and end-of-life care across east Kent.

This experienced clinician will work autonomously within the team, undertake holistic assessments, provide symptom management, lead advance care planning discussions and contribute to service development, governance and staff education—driving compassionate, person-centred care.

Responsabilités

• Provide expert palliative and end-of-life care to patients with life-limiting illness and those important to them.
• Undertake complex holistic assessments and provide specialist symptom management advice.
• Lead shared decision-making and advance care planning discussions.
• Coordinate care across organisational boundaries as part of the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide clinical leadership and contribute to service development, governance, audit and staff education.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of specialist palliative care services through evidence-based practice.
• Work a full-time, permanent pattern with variable shifts between Monday and Sunday at Canterbury Hospice.

Description du poste

Pilgrims Hospices in Canterbury seeks a Palliative Specialist Nurse to join our multidisciplinary team and deliver expert palliative and end-of-life care across east Kent.

This experienced clinician will work autonomously within the team, undertake holistic assessments, provide symptom management, lead advance care planning discussions and contribute to service development, governance and staff education—driving compassionate, person-centred care.