# Clinical Nurse Specialist/Paramedic Specialist Palliative Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-nurse-specialistparamedic-specialist-palliative-care/da3489d2-e6ab-40d0-a3d4-25dd20ee4d06 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-nurse-specialistparamedic-specialist-palliative-care/da3489d2-e6ab-40d0-a3d4-25dd20ee4d06.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Paramedic - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call 5-8 hrs and 7 day working) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-29T10:52:05.263Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing/Nursing-v8023066 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8023066?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist/Clinical Paramedic Specialist Palliative Care, for our community palliative care team in South Camden and Islington.  We are looking for someone who can appreciate their resilience and motivation to work in this area and also can demonstrate compassion, self-knowledge, confidence, generosity, and courage. Would you enjoy working in our thriving multi-disciplinary palliative care team where we,  day to day work to achieve the best outcomes for the people we support? Could you imagine yourself working in the heart of London? Are you ambitious to develop your palliative career and would you like to develop in this growing, well-renowned team with a long tradition of ‘can do’?  If yes, then please contact us to find out more Working in the community, you will work as an autonomous practitioner, as part of a team managing a caseload of palliative care patients with a variety of conditions, and often complex needs. This role will additionally  involve being part of a large team of clinical nurse specialists/ clinical paramedic specialists who provide on call cover for UCL NHS Trust.. Here in Central London, the demand for palliative care is increasing at a faster pace than ever before and many more people are dying in their place of choice thanks to the work, we do as a multi-professional team. In your supporting statement, please clearly demonstrate and state clear interests of your reasons to work in Palliative Care. ### Main duties of the job - Act as an expert clinician for patients and families with complex palliative needs, taking a key worker role where appropriate - Independently manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, including receiving and making referrals. - Assess referrals from various sources, establish priorities, determine needs, and initiate treatment plans, supporting junior clinicians as needed. - Provide palliative care advice within general multidisciplinary teams, even for patients not currently under palliative care. - Deliver skilled clinical interventions addressing quality of life, prognosis, and end-of-life decision-making within an ethical framework. - Serve as an expert advisor on pain and symptom management, and collaborate with professionals to enhance their palliative care skills. - Independently assess and support bereavement needs of informal carers, making appropriate referrals. - Work autonomously in diverse community settings, considering local socio-economic and cultural factors. - Lead responses in crisis situations, including family conflict, emergencies, and professional distress. - Use in-depth knowledge of multidisciplinary roles and external agencies to ensure optimal referral and care pathways. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken. To work within the Standards for Better Health and guidelines of the Palliative Care Team, CNWL and UCLH NHS Trusts, NMC Code of Conduct/HCPC at all times. - To undertake specialist clinical assessment of clients with complex palliative care needs through subjective questioning, objective examination, and study of appropriate written material (e.g. clinical records) available. - To prioritise factors involved in the patients and informal carers condition through advanced clinical reasoning based on knowledge of current professional opinion, patients prognosis and other physical, psychological, spiritual, ethical, social, and mental health records. - To identify patients, their informal carers or children whom may be at risk and vulnerable. Promptly enact the process outlined in the policies for Care of Vulnerable Adults and Care of Vulnerable Children. ## Job Details We are recruiting a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist/Clinical Paramedic Specialist Palliative Care, for our community palliative care team in South Camden and Islington. We are looking for someone who can appreciate their resilience and motivation to work in this area and also can demonstrate compassion, self-knowledge, confidence, generosity, and courage. Would you enjoy working in our thriving multi-disciplinary palliative care team where we, day to day work to achieve the best outcomes for the people we support? Could you imagine yourself working in the heart of London? Are you ambitious to develop your palliative career and would you like to develop in this growing, well-renowned team with a long tradition of ‘can do’? If yes, then please contact us to find out more Working in the community, you will work as an autonomous practitioner, as part of a team managing a caseload of palliative care patients with a variety of conditions, and often complex needs. This role will additionally involve being part of a large team of clinical nurse specialists/ clinical paramedic specialists who provide on call cover for UCL NHS Trust.. Here in Central London, the demand for palliative care is increasing at a faster pace than ever before and many more people are dying in their place of choice thanks to the work, we do as a multi-professional team. In your supporting statement, please clearly demonstrate and state clear interests of your reasons to work in Palliative Care. ## Job Description Act as an expert clinician for patients and families with complex palliative needs, taking a key worker role where appropriate Independently manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, including receiving and making referrals. Assess referrals from various sources, establish priorities, determine needs, and initiate treatment plans, supporting junior clinicians as needed. Provide palliative care advice within general multidisciplinary teams, even for patients not currently under palliative care. Deliver skilled clinical interventions addressing quality of life, prognosis, and end-of-life decision-making within an ethical framework. Serve as an expert advisor on pain and symptom management, and collaborate with professionals to enhance their palliative care skills. Independently assess and support bereavement needs of informal carers, making appropriate referrals. Work autonomously in diverse community settings, considering local socio-economic and cultural factors. Lead responses in crisis situations, including family conflict, emergencies, and professional distress. Use in-depth knowledge of multidisciplinary roles and external agencies to ensure optimal referral and care pathways. ## Responsibilities To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken. To work within the Standards for Better Health and guidelines of the Palliative Care Team, CNWL and UCLH NHS Trusts, NMC Code of Conduct/HCPC at all times. To undertake specialist clinical assessment of clients with complex palliative care needs through subjective questioning, objective examination, and study of appropriate written material (e.g. clinical records) available. To prioritise factors involved in the patients and informal carers condition through advanced clinical reasoning based on knowledge of current professional opinion, patients prognosis and other physical, psychological, spiritual, ethical, social, and mental health records. To identify patients, their informal carers or children whom may be at risk and vulnerable. Promptly enact the process outlined in the policies for Care of Vulnerable Adults and Care of Vulnerable Children. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive post-registration experience in the relevant specialty - Experience in case or ward management - Experience teaching clinical staff, patients and families **Desirable** - Demonstrated ability to initiate, evaluate, and sustain change management - Experience caring for patients in their own homes ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Paramedic - Relevant post-basic qualifications - Recognised teaching qualification - Achieved or working towards a first degree **Desirable** - Non-medical prescriber qualification - Physical assessment qualification ### Audit and Research **Desirable** - Experience in audit, standard setting, and quality improvement - Ability to incorporate research into practice and motivate others - Experience involving service users in planning and delivery ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Contemporary and relevant clinical knowledge and expertise - Ability to work independently and as part of a team - Basic computer literacy - Strong negotiation skills with clinical professionals, patients, and families - Effective workload prioritisation and time management - Problem-solving skills and ability to take initiative - Excellent verbal and written communication skills **Desirable** - Ability to supervise and develop staff - Experience working with integrated care pathways ### Professional Requirements **Essential** - Evidence of ongoing professional development - Commitment to the development of palliative and end-of-life care - Understanding of equal opportunities ## Documents - [cnwl values (pdf, 182.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1162) - [cnwl staff charter (pdf, 684.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2868) - [new starter roadmap (pdf, 81.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10309678) - [cnwl staff networks (pdf, 320.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1160) - [person specification (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10333877) - [cns_cps palliative care band 7 (pdf, 328.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10309935) - [cnwl reward and wellbeing handbook 2020 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1773) - [cnwl culture scarf behaviour framework (pdf, 710.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2869) - [accommodation information for new starters (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2438) ## 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.