Job overview
Shape the Future of Specialist Palliative Care with NWAFT!
Are you passionate about enhancing the lives of patients with complex palliative and end-of-life care needs? We have an exceptional opportunity to join the Specialist Palliative Care Team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (NWAFT), where you’ll play a key role in delivering and influencing holistic care across our acute hospitals and community settings.
As part of our integrated Specialist Palliative Care service, you will work across both the acute hospital setting and community setting, demonstrating how our service can support Patients in a joined up way . Here, you will bring your expertise in symptom control and caseload management, ensuring that patients with complex needs receive the highest standard of care across the service
What We’re Looking For:
- A dynamic, adaptable professional with a deep commitment to specialist palliative care, willing to take on a new challenge and work across the service flexibly to meet Patient need.
- Proficiency in symptom management and caseload handling, with a collaborative approach to working across diverse settings.
- Access to your own vehicle, as you will be required to travel within the community and between sites.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver compassionate care for patients and carers, managing complex symptoms with expertise.
- Educate healthcare professionals on best practices in end-of-life and specialist palliative care across both acute hospital and community settings.
- Actively engage in audits and clinical governance to uphold standards of excellence in palliative care.
- Line manage junior staff
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding this role, please refer to the full job description for a full list of responsibilities.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Ability to drive/ travel
Knowledge
Essential
- • Specialist palliative care symptom control and ability to identify palliative emergencies.
- • Holistic Palliative Assessment
- • Up to date knowledge of palliative care guidance and best practice local and national initiatives
- • Ethical dilemmas and how to approach them
- • Legislation including knowledge of Mental Capacity and Care Act .
Experience
Essential
- Can demonstrate nurse leadership through extended roles
- Multi-disciplinary Team working
- Managing people
Desirable
- Up to date evidence of 4 Pillars of Practice
Key Skills
Essential
- • Ability to work collaboratively and build positive working relationships
- • Good written and verbal communication Skills
- • Demonstrate ability to formulate a patient plan of care
Desirable
- • Quality Improvement and innovation
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Advanced Communication Skills
- Specialist Module in palliative care
Desirable
- Masters level qualification or unit in specialist palliative care
- Independent prescriber
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This advert is for Clinical Nurse Specialist - Specialist Palliative Care Peterborough with North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust in Peterborough, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 07 Aug 2026.
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