Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced, compassionate, and highly motivated Palliative and End of Life Care Lead Nurse to provide clinical and professional leadership for our specialist palliative care service. This role will drive the development, coordination, and delivery of exceptional care, ensuring all patients facing life-limiting illnesses and their families receive seamless, holistic, and dignified palliative and end of life support.
Main duties of the job
The main purpose of this role is to:
* Provide support to patients with specialist palliative care needs and their families, in both the hospital and community settings.
* Provide strong, visible leadership and have the appropriate level of authority to offer support, advice and assistance required by patients, their families and carers. Concentrating on areas of patient safety, patient experience and clinical outcomes will be essential.
* Provide leadership, line management and operational nursing responsibility for the Palliative Care Nursing Team.
* Working with consultant colleagues in Palliative Medicine to share lead clinical responsibility for Palliative and End of Life (EoL) care, enhance Palliative and EoL Care in HDFT and across the locality through education of healthcare professionals and implementation of evidence based guidelines, and support the organisation with service improvement initiatives in line with the national strategy for EoLC across Harrogate and Rural District (HaRD).
About us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
* A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
* Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
* Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please note:
* Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications.
* Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
* Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
* All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks.
Date posted: 14 November 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 421-LTUCC-3452A-A
Job locations: Harrogate and District Hospital, Harrogate, HG2 7SX
Contact
For further details, please see attached job description and person specification or contact Charly Gill on charlotte.gill4@nhs.net.
Person Specification
Shortlisting Essential
* Registered Nurse
* EOLC/Palliative Care Experience
* Independent Prescriber
* MSc/Working towards
* Clinical expertise
Desirable
* Counselling
* Teaching
* Community experience
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Harrogate and District Hospital
Harrogate
HG2 7SX
Employer’s website
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/
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