Senior Palliative CNS — Lead Clinician & Educator

Keech Hospice Care; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Keech Hospice is seeking an experienced Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist to provide senior clinical leadership across the adult services. The role combines hands-on palliative care with management oversight, covering inpatient referrals, mentoring junior staff and leading a 5-day outpatient symptom control clinic rota.

The post includes teaching responsibilities and weekend/bank holiday duty cover, with opportunities to contribute to audits, research and policy development for the

Qualifications

• Advanced nursing skills in assessment, care planning, and symptom management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with patients and families.
• Strong leadership and team mentorship abilities.

Responsibilities

• Act as point of contact for inpatient referrals and coordinate admissions to the Adult Inpatient Unit.
• Provide management oversight of the adult service during duty periods.
• Lead day-to-day inpatient care including assessment, planning, review and discharge prep.
• Run nurse-led outpatient symptom control clinics on a 5-day rota.
• Mentor junior colleagues including probation, 1:1 and appraisals.
• Lead parallel planning discussions with patients and families at MDTs.
• Provide senior clinical support across adult services on weekends/bank holidays.
• Deputise for the Lead Palliative Care CNS and support unit management.
• Investigate complaints/incidents as requested and respond per hospice policy.
• Maintain clinical competencies and deliver teaching and education programmes.
• Lead or participate in audits, research and policy development for non-medical prescriber role.

Skills

Advanced nursing skills

Advanced communication

Organisational skills

Leadership

Clinical skills: venipuncture and cann

Education

Healthcare degree

Palliative care qualification or significant experience

Non-medical prescriber qualification or willingness

Principles of physical assessment & diagnosis or willingness to undertake

Job description

Keech Hospice is seeking an experienced Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist to provide senior clinical leadership across the adult services. The role combines hands-on palliative care with management oversight, covering inpatient referrals, mentoring junior staff and leading a 5-day outpatient symptom control clinic rota.

The post includes teaching responsibilities and weekend/bank holiday duty cover, with opportunities to contribute to audits, research and policy development for the