JOB TITLE: Clinical Nurse Specialist CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent DEPARTMENT: Community Team HOURS: Full time, working 37.5 hours per week SALARY: £45,131 - £53,186 per annum for 37.5 hours per week, depending on experience (Grade CA5) CLOSING DATE: 22 December 2025 INTERVIEW DATE: 7 January 2026 Are you an experienced clinician with a passion for delivering specialist palliative care? Would you find it rewarding to provide expert support to patients and families working independently and collaboratively with our talented community team. We are seeking an effective communicator with substantial post-registration experience and expertise in Palliative care. About You: The successful candidate with be a passionate leader with sound knowledge of end of life care, confidence in care planning and individual assessments. With c omputer literacy and a resilient and compassionate approach. If you have experience teaching and developing others, the ability to listen, plan and communicate and hold strong quality and governance awareness, we would love to hear from you! This post is offered on a full time basis, working 37.5 hours per week. Hours worked over seven days, four shifts per week, worked three shifts working 9.5 hours and one shift 9 hours. We operate a 365 day service. Please note, the successful candidate will be an essential car user, therefore candidates must have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle. When you join St Catherine’s, you’ll be joining a supportive team all working towards a big ambition : that will be here for you through the joyful memories, final goodbyes and moments after. If that sounds like something you’d find fulfilling, please apply today. Employees at St Catherine’s Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including: 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service to 30 days public holidays Option to buy or sell up to 1 week of annual leave Day off for volunteering Day off for moving house Blue Light Card Cycle to work scheme Eye test vouchers Generous Pension – Up to 9% employer contributions or honour of NHS pension Enhanced maternity/adoption pay Life Assurance – 4x basic salary Pay enhancement of unsocial hours Flu Jabs Counselling Offering Discounted Gym Schwartz rounds Wellbeing Supervision (aka clinical supervision) Career pathway and progression This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. By applying you are confirming you have read the Enhanced Check Privacy Policy for applicants https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-privacy-policies and understand how DBS will process my personal data and the options available to me for submitting an application. We are located in Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SL. For a full job description, please click here. (Please note this link may not work on Google Chrome, it is compatible with Microsoft Edge.) If this role sounds like it could be for you, please apply now. Please upload either your CV or the St Catherine’s Hospice application form where it asks you to upload your application form, there is no need to complete both. If you don’t have a CV and would like to complete our application for, this can be found here. Please ensure you have read our employee and recruitment privacy statement prior to applying for this role. If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this role further, please give us a call on 01293 447353.