Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services, part of Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust, provides a wide range of community‑based services. The Hertfordshire Division is currently recruiting.
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist. This is a full‑time, permanent role. The successful applicant will join a supportive, highly motivated multidisciplinary team working collaboratively to deliver high quality specialist palliative care within the community.
The Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will join an established, integrated palliative care team working across organisational boundaries. The team supports patients with a range of cancer and non‑cancer diagnoses, including long‑term conditions. The post holder will be part of the CLCH Specialist Palliative Care Service.
The role contributes to the wider cancer and palliative care agenda, helping to deliver a flexible, responsive service that reflects local population needs across Hertfordshire.
This is a community based role that requires regular travel to visit patients across the locality. Applicants will therefore need to be able to drive and have access to a car for work purposes.
Main duties of the job
* Provide highly specialist palliative care advice and support to generalist nurses, care agencies, and other health professionals, including doctors and consultants, to ensure high quality, individualised patient care.
* Use advanced communication, clinical judgement, and decision‑making skills within palliative care settings.
* Apply appropriate specialist skills when managing challenging situations, including distress or heightened emotional responses from patients and carers.
* Work effectively as an autonomous practitioner, managing responsibilities independently while also contributing as a valued member of the multidisciplinary team.
* Assess and manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, working alongside colleagues to ensure patients, carers, and professionals receive appropriate specialist palliative care support.
Person Specification
Education / Qualification
* Current NMC registration
* First level degree or undertaking a first level degree
* Willingness to undertake further academic or practical study at a higher level, e.g. Master's degree
* Suitable applicants will have demonstrable post registration experience working at a senior level
* Candidates should have attained an appropriate level of experience to fulfil the competencies required in palliative care or oncology
* Teaching qualification or willingness to undertake
* Extended nurse prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake
* Certificate in counselling or willingness to undertake
Experience
* Community experience
* Evidence of experience in a teaching and mentoring role
* Experience of cross boundary working in partnership and collaboration with health, social and voluntary sectors
* Knowledge of NMC code of professional conduct
* Understanding of current political and policy context in Primary health Care
* Knowledge of research processes
* Knowledge of clinical governance and its implications
* Knowledge of resource management
* Up‑to‑date evidence of continued professional development and of reflective practice in a professional portfolio
* Proven leadership skills in some aspect of service development
* Experience of participation in research, audit and evaluation
* Experience of leading change and innovation
* Experience of using counselling skills
Skills and Knowledge
* Has a wide range of palliative and end‑of‑life care clinical skills
* Ability to utilise a range of expert communication methods appropriate to the situation
* Can use communication theories to inform and organise care packages as appropriate
* Can communicate complex, and sensitive information which requires empathy and reassurance related to palliative care patients and their families and professionals working with them
* Has ability to use influencing, negotiating and counselling skills in a highly emotive atmosphere
* Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
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.
£51,657 to £58,785 a year, inclusive of HCAS.
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