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CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services, part of Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust, provides a wide range of community-based services. The Hertfordshire Division is currently recruiting.
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for two Band 7 Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialists. We are recruiting for 1WTE full-time and one 0.8WTE, permanent roles. The successful applicants will join a supportive, highly motivated multidisciplinary team working collaboratively to deliver high quality specialist palliative care within the community.
The Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will join an established, integrated palliative care team working across organisational boundaries. The team supports patients with a range of cancer and non cancer diagnoses, including long term conditions. The post holder will be part of the CLCH Specialist Palliative Care Service.
The role contributes to the wider cancer and palliative care agenda, helping to deliver a flexible, responsive service that reflects local population needs across Hertfordshire.
As this is a community-based role, with travel between patient homes, there is a requirement to hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Main duties of the job
- Provide highly specialist palliative care advice and support to generalist nurses, care agencies, and other health professionals, including doctors and consultants, to ensure high quality, individualised patient care.
- Use advanced communication, clinical judgement, and decision-making skills within palliative care settings.
- Apply appropriate specialist skills when managing challenging situations, including distress or heightened emotional responses from patients and carers.
- Work effectively as an autonomous practitioner, managing responsibilities independently while also contributing as a valued member of the multidisciplinary team.
- Assess and manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, working alongside colleagues to ensure patients, carers, and professionals receive appropriate specialist palliative care support.
- Triaging Specialist palliative care community and hospice referrals effectively using a holistic approach with the following skills: clinical assessment, communication, comprehensive assessment, decision-making, prioritisation, collaboration, compassion, empathy and adaptability.
- Triage messages from patients on the current caseload or after a new referral to offer clinical support, advice and assessment, prioritising effectively.
- To ensure a timely, responsive, supportive and effective service for the benefit of all stakeholders involved in the patient referral.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trust’s values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Community experience
- Evidence of experience in a teaching and mentoring role
- Experience of cross boundary working in partnership and collaboration with health, social and voluntary sectors
- Knowledge of NMC code of professional conduct
- Understanding of current political and policy context in Primary health Care
- Knowledge of research processes
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its implications
- Knowledge of resource management
- Up to date evidence of continued professional development and of reflective practice in a professional portfolio
- Proven leadership skills in some aspect of service development
- Experience of participation in research, audit and evaluation
- Experience of leading change and innovation
- Experience of using counselling skills
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Has a wide range of Palliative and end of life care clinical skills
- Ability to utilise a range of expert communication methods appropriate to situation
- Is able to use communication theories to inform and to organise care packages as appropriate
- Is able to communicate complex, and sensitive information which requires empathy and reassurance related to palliative care patients and their families and professionals working with them
- Has ability to use influencing, negotiating and counselling skills in highly emotive atmosphere
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Education/Qualification
Essential
- First level nurse registration
- Current NMC registration
- First level degree or undertaking a first level degree
- Willingness to undertake further academic or practical study at a higher level for e.g. Master’s degree
- Suitable applicants will have demonstrable post registration experience working at a senior level
- Candidates should have attained an appropriate level of experience to the fulfil the competencies required in palliative care or oncology
- Teaching qualification or willing to undertake
- Extended nurse prescribing qualification or willing to undertake
- Certificate in counselling or willing to undertake
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This advert is for Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Clinical nurse specialist role. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Jul 2026.
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