# Community Specialist Palliative Care CNS > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-specialist-palliative-care-cns/92be4d4d-f06f-4b77-942f-08f3c5e4f861 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-specialist-palliative-care-cns/92be4d4d-f06f-4b77-942f-08f3c5e4f861.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Walsall Manor Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (Weekend working and on call) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T09:00:32.432Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Walsall/Walsall_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Palliative_Care/Palliative_Care-v8224487 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8224487?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Palliative Care CNS to work within the community setting We are looking for an experienced, autonomous and innovative nurse to join the integrated specialist palliative care nursing team within Walsall . This is a Band 7 community based palliative care CNS post, working alongside our existing community and hospital based specialist palliative care nurses & consultants providing expertise for patients with palliative care needs across the borough. You will be part of the overall Palliative & End of Life Care Group which also delivers care into the local hospice – Goscote Hospice. PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS. ### Main duties of the job This is a Band 7 community based palliative care CNS post, working alongside our existing community and hospital based specialist palliative care nurses & consultants providing expertise for patients with palliative care needs across the borough. You will be part of the overall Palliative & End of Life Care Group which also delivers care into the local hospice – Goscote Hospice. Enthusiasm, motivation, compassion and leadership are qualities and skills considered essential for this specialist nurse role to work in a very challenging environment; you will be expected to have a commitment to and progressive work within the field of palliative care. Additionally you must be able to demonstrate excellence in clinical practice, acting as a resource for information and education, while working alongside the other specialist services. The CNS team provide 7 day service including participation in evening on call rota. You should be educated to degree level and have demonstrable experience within the field of Specialist Palliative/ Cancer Care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Clinical - Working as part of a team to provide a resource of information, advice and support to predominantly staff within the community setting in the delivery of effective palliative and end of life care. - Promote a seamless package of care to support patients through differing phases of illness. - Receive and manage referrals to the service and discharge patients appropriately, in line with agreed service criteria and utilising palliative care phase assessments. - Undertake specialist assessments of patients with moderate/complex palliative care needs and work with primary care givers/key workers to improve the quality of life of patient’s relatives and carers living with a life limiting or terminal illness; providing education for patients, relatives and carers. - Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and carers using specialist skills e.g. advanced communication skills as necessary. - Participate in case conferences liaise and communicate effectively with members of other professional disciplines and service providers. - To attend and actively contribute to regular palliative care and site specific multi-disciplinary team meetings (MDT) - To participate in the extended hours service for specialist palliative care following completion of competencies for the role. Please see attached JD and PS document for full role and responsibilities. ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - Ability to support Clinical Governance agenda ### Flexibility **Essential** - Ability to travel throughout the Borough during working day - Ability to work flexibly in order to meet the needs of service ### Qualifications **Essential** - First level Registered Nurse Level 1 - Recognised Teaching Qualification **Desirable** - Degree in Palliative Care (or other relevant) ### Key Competencies **Essential** - Demonstrate a willingness to work towards an increased knowledge base with regard to Palliative Care - Information Technology skills **Desirable** - Preparation and delivery of local, regional and national presentations - Ability to undertake phlebotomy skills ### Skills and Aptitudes **Essential** - To demonstrate the ability to work alone & within a team - Ability to deliver Palliative & End of Life Care to a caseload of patients - Ability to communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary team and service users - Effective written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and interprofessional skills ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Significant previous post registration experience - Demonstrable experience in the acute or community setting - working in care of patients with cancer/long term conditions at a senior level - Demonstrable experience within Palliative / Oncology care - Evidence of Continual Professional Development **Desirable** - Previous experience of managing a caseload - Knowledge of Quality Improvement Principles - Evidence of symptom control management - Evidence of change management ## Documents - [flexible working document (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2426) - [community palliative cns jd (pdf, 512.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580098) - [community palliative cns ps (pdf, 656.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580100) ## 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.