Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Band 6)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working)
- Job ref
- 388-7198877-PC&S
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Torbay Hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Specialist Palliative Care - Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Clinical nurse specialist in palliative care. The role includes both clinical support for patients and their significant others. The role is also integral to Palliative and End of life Education, this includes preparing and delivering education to fellow health care professional across the ICO to all teams.
When appointed into the Band 6 role, you be able to demonstrate autonomous practice, working with the wider team and the Lead /Senior SPC CNS.
Main duties of the job
- Working in a team of specialist nurses, consultants and admin support.
- Supporting patients, families carers and staff within the acute hospital setting with symptom control and at the end of life.
- Promoting privacy, comfort and dignity.
- The role includes both clinical work and delivering education to improve and enhance quality, support, knowledge and understanding of palliative and end of life care to fellow health care professional within the hospital and community settings.
Working for our organisation
Working for the NHS and Torbay and South Devon Trust.
Working under the umbrella of cancer services. In the acute hospital trust working together and supporting one another.
The team strive to deliver high quality standard palliative and end of life care for patients. Giving patients, carers, friends and families the best experience possible at this time of their lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see our attached job description and person specification form for full details.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC pin
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Post Registration qualification/training supplementary qualifications to post graduate level
- Teaching qualification
- Palliative care qualification or working towards
- Advance communication skills course
- Non-Medical prescribing
essential
Essential criteria
- recent SPC experience
- experience in a CNS role
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- sam brenton
- Job title
- Lead cancer nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01803 655543
- Additional information
For any further information please feel free to contact me.
NOT a new post- requires VP to extend FT ML cover to then complete change of circ
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