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Band 7 - Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative and End of Life Care
2 x 1.0 WTE (substantive)
7 day working pattern including weekends and bank holidays.
We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Palliative and End of Life Care team.
We provide fully integrated 24/7 clinically effective, efficient and high-quality care to people with complex specialist palliative and end of life care needs, based on current evidence and best practice across inpatient and community settings. Our dedicated Palliative and End of Life Care team provides rapid response to patients in the dying phase and our overnight service (Pal@Home) support people to remain in their preferred place of care.
We really look forward to welcoming you to our team!
Please contact [email protected] to find out more about our team and your chance to join us. You will have the opportunity to work alongside wider specialist teams including Learning Disabilities, Health Inclusion Team, Neighbourhood Nursing, Dementia and Delirium.
Closing date - Monday 3rd August 2026 at Midnight
Provisional Interview date - Tuesday 11th August 2026
Applicants who have applied for this position in the last three months are requested not to submit another application.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will lead and support the delivery of excellent personalised care to patients and families across the Boroughs of Lambeth & Southwark, in their own homes and care homes.
You will provide specialist advice on pain and other physical symptoms as well as psychological, emotional, social and spiritual concerns. Our team includes nursing, pharmacy, medical, social work, and psychology colleagues.
Our Band 7 nurses participate in developing our Band 6 nurses within the team with support from our Matrons, Consultant Nurse & Deputy Head of Nursing.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and personal specification for a detailed description of the roles and responsibilities for this post
Person specification
Previous Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area delivering effective patient focused care.
- Proven evidence of management / leadership skills and autonomous practice
- Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education at undergraduate level
- Experience of delivering patient advocacy
- Experience of audit, research & evidence based care
- Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential
- Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in specialty.
- Proven listening / counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situation and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes.
- Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
- Ability to clinically lead & influence staff
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, communication skills
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Sound knowledge of current issues in the profession and practice of nursing
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills
- Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to direct patient care
- Time management and organisation skills
- Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully
- Demonstrate an understanding of: the National agenda for speciality. Knowledge of quality standards & NICE recommendations/NSF
- Knowledge of current clinical & nursing research
- Ability to carry out audit and research
- IT Skills
- Presentation skills
Desirable
- Ability to interpret and analyse complex data and findings
- Undertaken clinical & nursing research
Qualifications / education
Essential
- BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
- Your professional knowledge acquired at degree level will be supplemented by specialist training, experience and short courses to Masters level equivalent.
- Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or equivalent post qualification experience
- Leadership course
- Mentorship course
Desirable
- To have or be working towards a Master’s degree
- To have or working towards a non medical physical assessment course
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This advert is for Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative and End of Life Care with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 p.a. Inclusive of HCA. The contract type is 2 x Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Aug 2026.
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