Band 7 Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist/Paramedic Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Community Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) or Clinical Paramedic Specialist (CPS) in Palliative Care, based at the Royal Free Hospital. The successful candidate will provide specialist palliative care in the North Camden community for patients with life-limiting illnesses, managing their own caseload and offering advice and support. The position involves working within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to service development, and participating in a 7-day service.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or Registered Paramedic
- Relevant first degree
- Relevant post-basic qualification
- Teaching and Assessing qualification and/or extensive teaching experience
Desirable criteria
- Physical Assessment Course
- Non-Medical Prescribing Course
- Advanced communication skills course
- Masters Degree in relevant subject or willing to study this level
- Experience as a senior practitioner
- Extensive experience of caring for patients with advanced progressive illness
- Experience of working in a learning environment e.g. mentorship/coaching role
- Experience of autonomous working e.g. managing a caseload; managing clinics
- Evidence of improving the patient experience
- Experience of caring for patients in the community
- Knowledge and Skills
- Skills and knowledge in general palliative care
- Able to articulate understanding of specialist palliative care
- Understanding of and commitment to team working
- Ability to be self-directional, manage own time and caseload
- Ability to articulate experience of clinical governance responsibilities and issues
- Evidence of developing leadership skills
- Ability to articulate the assessment of psycho-social and spiritual needs
- Evidence of practical application of evidence based knowledge
- Evidence of excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence
- Ability to represent service at internal or external meetings
- Knowledge of current advances and pathways of care relevant to specialty
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Personal Qualities & attributes
- Commitment to palliative and end of life care
- Flexible approach to work and able to work weekends
- A willingness to adapt to change for the benefit of patient and family care
- Royal Free shared commitments
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.
- Education & Professional Qualifications
- Registered Nurse or Registered Paramedic
- Relevant first degree
- Relevant post-basic qualification
- Teaching and Assessing qualification and/or extensive teaching experience
- Physical Assessment Course
- Non-Medical Prescribing Course
- Advanced communication skills course
- Masters Degree in relevant subject or willing to study this level
- Experience as a senior practitioner
- Extensive experience of caring for patients with advanced progressive illness
- Experience of working in a learning environment e.g. mentorship/coaching role
- Experience of autonomous working e.g. managing a caseload; managing clinics
- Evidence of improving the patient experience
- Experience of caring for patients in the community
- Knowledge and Skills
- Skills and knowledge in general palliative care
- Able to articulate understanding of specialist palliative care
- Understanding of and commitment to team working
- Ability to be self-directional, manage own time and caseload
- Ability to articulate experience of clinical governance responsibilities and issues
- Evidence of developing leadership skills
- Ability to articulate the assessment of psycho-social and spiritual needs
- Evidence of practical application of evidence based knowledge
- Evidence of excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence
- Ability to represent service at internal or external meetings
- Knowledge of current advances and pathways of care relevant to specialty
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Personal Qualities & attributes
- Commitment to palliative and end of life care
- Flexible approach to work and able to work weekends
- A willingness to adapt to change for the benefit of patient and family care
- Royal Free shared commitments
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 7d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist/Paramedic Specialist
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
Community Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)/Clinical Paramedic Specialist (CPS) (North Camden) Band 7 (30 hours/week) - Based at the Royal Free Hospital site
A band 7 post has become available. This opportunity will prove invaluable experience for those looking to develop their career in palliative care in North Camden community.
The Royal Free Community Palliative Care Team has a proven track record of providing innovative, personalised care to patients coping with advanced, progressive disease both within the community setting. Our team works 9-5pm Monday to Sunday and the focus is on providing person and family centred care for those with complex and specialist palliative care needs at the end of life and in long term conditions. We work in close collaboration and consultation with primary health care teams, and other palliative and end of life providers.
This is an exciting time to work in palliative care in the North Central London area. We have a strong team and pride ourselves on collaborative working between the acute, community and hospice providers. The candidate will contribute to the continued service development and education programmes.
We will provide a supportive environment in which to deve
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