# Community Palliative Care Nurse Specialist, Band 6

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 (pa, pro rata if part-time)
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed-term 12 month role)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-28T13:48:58.386Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/Gloucestershire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialist_Palliative_Care/Specialist_Palliative_Care-v8327078
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8327078?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse to join our dedicated Specialist Palliative Care Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse who wishes to develop their passion and skills within palliative care.

This is a fixed-term post to create an opportunity to train and upskill someone into our team. There will be opportunities in the future to create a substantive position for the correct candidate. We encourage all prospect candidates to make enquires with the team leads prior to applying.

### Main duties of the job

As a Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse, you will play a key role in supporting patients with complex symptom management needs, enabling people to achieve their preferred place of care and supporting families through difficult and often life-changing circumstances.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for someone who:

Is a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.

Has significant post-registration experience, ideally within palliative care, oncology, community nursing or a related specialty.

Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Is confident working autonomously whilst contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Has a compassionate, patient-centred approach to care.

Holds a full UK driving licence and has access to a vehicle for community visits.

Is willing to seek proactive feedback and seeking professional development.

### 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

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Registered General Nurse, with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Post registration experience in a variety of settings, including community, oncology or other fields of palliative care
- Experience and knowledge of symptom management and fundamental strategies to manage this

**Desirable**

- Experience of communicating complex and sensitive issues with patients, carers and professionals
- Management of a caseload
- Leadership experience at Band 6 level

### Personal Attributes

**Essential**

- Demonstrate the ability to identify personal development needs, fulfil them and apply the learning to practice with demonstrable outcome
- Able to establish and maintain credibility with a diverse range of professionals and lay people
- Proactively seeks constructive feedback for personal growth

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 208.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10649499)
- [why work for us - rewards and benefits (pdf, 3.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2952)

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