Community Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Community Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care at Meadow House hospice. The role involves delivering specialist palliative care within a new North West London model, focusing on complex patient needs and improving access to timely care. The post-holder will manage a patient caseload, exercise professional autonomy, and work collaboratively with primary care teams. The role requires a passion for palliative care, strong leadership, and excellent communication skills.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver specialist palliative care within the new North West London model.
- Evaluate individual patient needs, including assessment and history taking.
- Manage a patient caseload.
- Exercise a high degree of personal professional autonomy and make critical judgments.
- Work collaboratively with primary care teams.
Essential criteria
- Extensive nursing experience within a palliative care setting
- Experience of identifying education needs and leading relevant training programmes
- Advanced palliative nursing knowledge and skills, including problem solving of complex issues
- Knowledge of current nursing and palliative care agenda to include End of Life Care
- Experience of leading change
- Registered Nurse - NMC registered
- Degree level qualification in Palliative Care or equivalent specialist setting
- Advanced Communication Skills training
- Level 2 Psychology training
- MSC in speciality or equivalent
- Evidence of a flexible approach to working independently as well as within a multi-disciplinary team structure
- Time management/organisational skills and ability to work under pressure
- Leadership, negotiation, and facilitation skills
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
- Practice development skills in line with knowledge and skills framework and agenda for change
- Access to car or other mode of transport for work purpose
Desirable criteria
- Demostrate experience of implementing clinical governance and risk management systems
- Extended prescribing certificate or willingness to obtain
- Evidence of working with the Primary Care Team or equivalent
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £55,524 – £62,652 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Community Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity of a community CNS position at Meadow House hospice to help deliver the new North West London model of specialist palliative care. This new model allows for an increase in visiting hours for patients, improving their access to timely care. The hospice provides a specialist palliative care service for the residents of Ealing and Hounslow. The Specialist Palliative Service comprises of a 15 bedded in-patient unit, allied health professionals and and a large community team.
Patients will present with complex and specialist needs and the focus of their care will have changed from curative to palliative.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering exceptional palliative care. They must be skilled in collaborative working with a variety of healthcare professionals,able to manage complex patient care needs with compassion and efficiency and committed to improving patient outcomes and supporting our service expansion and development.
The post-holder will have a strong clinical role evaluating individual patient needs including assessment, history taking and managing a patient caseload. The post-holder will be expected to exercise a high degre
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