Specialist Palliative Care Nurse

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Workington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in North Cumbria is seeking a Band 7 Specialist Palliative Care Nurse to deliver high-quality care to patients across West Cumbria. This full-time role includes responsibilities such as providing leadership to the nursing team, contributing to service development, and facilitating education and mentoring for staff. Applicants should be registered nurses with postgraduate qualifications in their specialty. Competitive benefits, including a 27-day holiday scheme and NHS discounts, are available.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Free counselling service

Qualifications

• 1st level Registered Nurse required with evidence of continued professional development.
• Experience in a clinical leadership role is essential.
• Demonstrable advanced clinical skills in palliative care are required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality specialist palliative care to patients and families.
• Provide expert advice and leadership to the Clinical Nurse Specialist team.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams for patient-centred care.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Clinical governance knowledge

People management

Organizational skills

Education

1st level Registered Nurse

Educated to degree level

Teaching qualification

Non-medical prescribing independent prescriber course V300

Tools

IT skills (Word, PowerPoint, spreadsheets)

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Palliative Care Nurse

The closing date is 29 December 2025

An exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Specialist Palliative Care Nurse to join an innovative and growing service, making a real difference to patients and families across West Cumbria. This role offers the chance to influence service development, deliver high‑quality care, and contribute to education and training initiatives. You will work with a supportive and dedicated team of Clinical Nurse Specialists, helping shape a service that truly meets the needs of the community.

Based at Workington Hospital, the post covers West Cumbria, with occasional wider area responsibilities depending on service needs. Full‑time, Monday to Friday, 08:30‑16:30.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high‑quality specialist palliative care to patients and their families across West Cumbria.
• Act as a senior member of the Clinical Nurse Specialist team, providing expert advice, leadership, and support to colleagues.
• Contribute to service development and redesign to meet patient needs and improve care pathways.
• Undertake and facilitate education, training, and mentorship for staff across the service.
• Coordinate and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective, and patient‑centred care.
• Maintain accurate patient records, reports, and documentation in line with governance and clinical standards.
• Occasionally cover wider areas of the service depending on operational requirements.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and offers a wide range of community and acute services throughout the county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of "safe, high quality care every time":

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

We are dedicated to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

This role may be suitable for individuals Returning to Practice. Please speak to the recruiting manager for more information.

Disclosure and Barring Service: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

DBS charges are as follows (if applicable to the post):

• Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one‑off payment.
• Enhanced Check: £49.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one‑off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

• 27‑day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work‑related problems
• *Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st level Registered Nurse
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Teaching qualification
• Advanced communication skills training/qualification from a recognised body
• Evidence of recent study at Masters/post graduate/Highly specialist level in relevant area
• Non‑medical prescribing independent prescriber course V300
• Community nurse prescriber V100 or V150

Knowledge and Experience

• Highly developed specialist knowledge in the relevant field
• Demonstrable advanced clinical skills within specialist area, including physical assessment skills and basic life support
• Demonstrate ability to obtain and evaluate information to aid decision making and to develop others in this area
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its application
• Ability to develop standards of care
• Committed to Continued Professional Development of self and others
• Demonstrate people management skills including: Motivation of staff and team building, Negotiation, Decision Making, Leadership and Staff development- Conflict and problem solving
• Ability to concentrate in an unpredictable work environment
• Understanding of current NHS issues and initiatives
• Ability to apply research into practice
• Exceptional organisation and time management skills
• Intermediate IT skills in word processing, email, spreadsheets, PowerPoint and desktop publishing
• Highly developed expert communication skills both verbal and written
• Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and maintain quality

Skills and Aptitudes

• Post‑basic qualification experience, of which some must include in‑depth experience in relevant field
• Evidence of management and leadership experience
• Evidence of clinical competence in the speciality
• Evidence of teaching and developing staff
• Experience of and ability to work as a member of the multidisciplinary clinical team
• Experience of undertaking audit Exercise a high degree of autonomy within specialist area
• Experience of undertaking research

Other Requirements

• Adaptable to the changing needs of the service
• Self‑motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible
• Approachable

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.