# Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-nurse-specialist-palliative-care/f5c6c08d-c470-44dc-954e-a5026824308e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-nurse-specialist-palliative-care/f5c6c08d-c470-44dc-954e-a5026824308e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hollins Park Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (Would accept full or part time - 12 hour shifts required.) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Full and Part Time shifts available. The service is delivered 7 days a week, with core hours of 08:00–20:00 12 hour shifts operating on a rota basis) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T01:32:30.373Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Prescot/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Palliative_Care/Palliative_Care-v8261288 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8261288?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Community Specialist Palliative Care Team serving St Helens and Knowsley. We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse with advanced, evidence-based palliative care skills, a V300 Independent prescribing qualification, and excellent advanced communication abilities. We welcome applications from both full-time and part-time candidates. The service operates seven days a week, delivering specialist palliative care support between 08:00 and 20:00. The role is primarily based on 12-hour shifts worked on a rota basis, and flexibility to work across the service hours is essential. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated multidisciplinary team committed to providing high-quality, patient-centred palliative and end of life care within the community. ### Main duties of the job To provide professional leadership, advice and support in palliative care for health professionals, patients and carers to enhance the quality of life for people with life limiting illness requiring palliative care , including complex physical, psychological and emotional needs . Our vision, is to provide a comprehensive and patient-focused approach for people with complex symptoms associated to advanced progressive disease who are in the last 12 months of life, creating a forward thinking and innovative approach to supportive care. The role requires an understanding of current Initiatives in Palliative and end of life care. The successful candidate will work as part of a specialist team consisting of clinical nurse specialists, providing holistic needs assessment for patients, advice and support for health professional providing palliative and end of life care in the community setting including community inpatient. Working in collaboration with our partner organisations across the St Helens and Knowsley geographical area. We have an excellent staff supervision system enabling our staff to be committed to developing both their service and themselves through continued professional development and appraisal systems. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Community Specialist Palliative Care Team across St Helens and Knowsley geographical area, supporting patients to be symptom managed in their usual place of residence. The focus of the role is to provide clinical expertise and leadership within the community setting. To work in collaboration with our partner organisations so that patients are directed to the right service at the right time to meet their needs. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - IT literate - Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload - Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills - Ability to understand and analyse complex data - Risk assessment skills - Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues - Self -management and motivation skills - Report writing skills - Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues - Ability to travel to work across boundaries ### Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care - Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care - Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues - Understanding how other agencies work - Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience - Experience of management and clinical leadership - Experience of successful multi-agency working **Desirable** - Experience of delivering education and training programmes in specialist area - Research skills ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent qualification - Evidence of CPD/Short courses - Registration with relevant professional body - Appropriate prescriber (V300) **Desirable** - Clinical Examination and Diagnostics (or working towards) - First line management qualification ## Documents - [oh requirements (pdf, 392.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10575070) - [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400) - [jd &ps - band 7 specialist palliative nurse (pdf, 536.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10575068) - [guidance for applicants: using ai to support your application (pdf, 92.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3044) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.