Lead Nurse - Wandsworth End of Life Care Coordination Service (WEoLCCS)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 12/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This Lead Nurse role is within the Wandsworth End of Life Care Coordination Service (WEoLCCS), supporting patients to achieve their preferred place of care and death, avoiding unplanned hospital admissions, and facilitating rapid discharges. The role involves leading and managing a team of carers and care coordinators, acting as an end-of-life care champion, and providing expert clinical resource. It requires initiative and interaction with patients, carers, and families, contributing to making a real difference in patients' end-of-life journeys.
Essential criteria
- Registered with the NMC
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Knowledge of best practice in assessing end of life care needs
Desirable criteria
- Community Nursing Experience
- Mentorship and teaching qualification
- Registered with the NMC in Adult Nursing
- Previous experience of managing staff
- Evidence of sound knowledge in the assessment of care needs and planning interventions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of the interdisciplinary team as well as on own initiative
- Community Nursing Experience
- Registered with the NMC
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Knowledge of best practice in assessing end of life care needs
- Community Nursing Experience
- Mentorship and teaching qualification
- Registered with the NMC in Adult Nursing
- Previous experience of managing staff
- Evidence of sound knowledge in the assessment of care needs and planning interventions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of the interdisciplinary team as well as on own initiative
- Community Nursing Experience
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
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Job summary
Lead Nurse - Wandsworth End of Life Care Coordination
Service (WEoLCCS)
Salary: AfC Band 6
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Including weekends and public
holidays
An exciting
opportunity has arisen to join our WEOLCCS team as a Lead Nurse. Would you
enjoy a role working within a team that makes a real difference?
This role plays a
vital part in the goal of the end-of-life care system in Wandsworth, supporting
patients to achieve their preferred place of care and death, to avoid unplanned
and inappropriate hospital admissions and to support rapid discharges from
hospital.
The nature of the
role will require you to use your initiative and will involve interactions and
managing the wide range of complexities presented by patients, their carers and
families.
If you are looking for a role that will provide
you with job satisfaction, contributing to making a real difference in patients
end of life journeys and the opportunity to be part of a great team with
support this could be the right role for you.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day operational
Leadership and management for a team of Royal Trinity Carers and Care
Coordinators.
- To act as an End-of-life Care champion, build and maintain professional
relations (internally and externally) to promote service.
- To work closely with all service delivery
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