Clinical Nurse Specialist for Palliative Care

Job overview

We are looking for a well-motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist for Palliative Care with excellent communication, organisation and leadership skills. This is a maternity cover post running until June 2027.

We would welcome applications from internal and external applicants.

If you are applying as an internal applicant please seek approval from your line manager before applying to ensure a secondment opportunity can be supported by your current team.

Do you have experience of working in the community, supporting for people in their own homes? Do you have experience in Palliative Care and are interested in working in the community?

Cheshire Wirral Partnership NHS Trust are looking to appoint a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Palliative Care to work alongside community colleagues within the Neighbourhood Community Care Team based in the Fountains Health Centre, Chester.

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Palliative Care, you will be supported by fellow specialist practitioners including other Nurse Specialists, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapists and a Therapy Assistant. You will also clinically work closely with the support of the Palliative Care Consultants.

The successful candidate will receive a full supportive induction when they join. You will work closely with both your neighbourhood team, Specialist Palliative Colleagues and wider Multi-disciplinary colleagues based at the Hospice and beyond

This role is part time, 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide holistic care and support to patients with complex palliative care needs with malignant or non-malignant life limiting conditions, working autonomously and as part of a team. They will deliver care to patients registered with a West Cheshire GP in their own home. The post holder will provide advice, education and support to patients, their carers and other health care professionals.

They will also promote advanced care planning, management of complex end of life symptoms and patient and carer expectations whilst meeting the holistic care needs of the patient.

Over recent years there has been a lot development within the service and the successful candidate will need to share the teams drive to take the service forward. You also need to be passionate about delivering quality care to people receiving palliative or end of life care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £15 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

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.