Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Medicine
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Full time
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days a week)
- Job ref
- 290-SCCS-1905
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust wide
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 Pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/06/2025
Employer heading
Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Macmillan Palliative care Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our dynamic team Imperial College Healthcare.
As a Palliative care Clinical Nurse Specialist you will provide expert palliative care nursing advice, to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients and relatives/carers, in collaboration with the multi professional team, in line with the local and national targets.
The successful candidate will manage their own caseload of patients, working as a part of the multi-disciplinary Specialist Palliative Care Team. They will maintain effective communication with patients, families/carers and other healthcare professionals, to ensure seamless service delivery.
As part of the Specialist Palliative care team, you will undertake comprehensive palliative care assessments identifying/diagnosing patients physical, social, psychological, cultural and spiritual needs; to facilitate the provision of quality nursing care and to contribute to decisions regarding clinical care and priorities.
Main duties of the job
- As a key member of a multi professional team, ensure appropriate referral and
discussion with other members of the team to optimise patient care. - Ensure patients are assessed, have care plans that are implemented and
evaluated in accordance with Trust’s evidence based procedural documents. - To have local open and transparent communication channels that support the
multidisciplinary team to do the right thing for people we care for, to be bold when
they have good ideas and to speak up when things go wrong. - Act as a clinical expert for palliative and end of life care.
- Ensure staffing is in line with Trust policy.
- Manage budgets and resources efficiently and effectively.
- Champion a culture of learning and quality improvement within the team
- Be an ambassador for palliative and end of life care across the Trust.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Appropriate NMC registration (Adult Nursing)
- Degree level study or willingness to work towards Palliative care qualification
- Mentorship/ Teaching qualification
- Advanced Communication course or similar
Desirable criteria
- Master’s degree or working towards in relevant subject
- Advanced physical assessment qualification
- Non-medical prescriber, or ready and willing to train as such
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience within Palliative/ end of life care/long term conditions
- Experience of managing a clinical caseload.
- Experience of delivering educational sessions and developing training programmes
- Ability to deal with difficult emotional situations
Desirable criteria
- Recruitment and selection skills
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Experience with managing change in the work place
- Assertiveness skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Alexander Allford
- Job title
- Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care TeamLead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033111402
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