Job requirements
Essential
7 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Previous relevant experience of working within a community nursing team
- Skills and Aptitude
Caseload management ability
- Skills and Aptitude
Highly developed clinical expertise and knowledge in all aspects of community nursing care.
- Skills and Aptitude
Highly specialist assessment, planning, treatment and evaluation skills appropriate to clinical area.
- Education and Qualifications
Registered Nurse with registration with NMC
- Education and Qualifications
Post registration qualification in long term conditions
- Education and Qualifications
Independent non-medical prescribing qualification or equivalent or working towards
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Education and Qualifications
Post registration qualification - specialist practitioner qualification (District Nursing) or working towards.
Job overview
The role is key to ensuring that the quality and education of staff within CFT has a strong Palliative and End of Life focus. The successful candidate will work closely with a range of staff and patients across community services including Hospital at home.
The successful post holder will work collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplany team to establish a whole system approach to the management of patients accessing palliative and end of life care.
This role requires a clinician to be working at an enhanced level who is able to demonstrate a broad range of competencies and is able to adapt to a wide variety of clinical circumstances from an educational, professional and leadership perspective.
Main duties of the job
The post will work alongside the End of life Care Clinical Facilitator , Operational Leads and Developmental Nurse Consultant to support Community and Hospital Teams to monitor the quality of care and provision and lead on areas of service development and education within Palliative and End of Life Care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Clinical Lead Palliative and End of Life - North and East Cornwall with Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Bodmin, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 Pro Rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Oct 2026.
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