Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the Specialist Palliative Care Team based at Northwick park Hospital as a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist. You will be part of a dynamic team that strives to provide a responsive and high quality Specialist Palliative Care Service to our patients and Colleagues and in doing so support each other through team learning and supervision. The Specialist Palliative Care Team provides advice, information, education and support to adult patients and their families during the last year of life. The team provide a day to day specialist palliative care nursing resource across the Trust and are supported by an established team of senior nurses and medical clinicians. It also contributes to the delivery of End of Life Care education and training for Trust staff. The post holder will have a strong clinical role evaluating individual patient needs including assessment, history taking and treating patients. This role has responsibilities across all clinical and educational sites within the Trust.
For further details/ informal visits contact:- Ian Rudrum (Macmillan Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist) on 02088693681 or email ian.rudrum@nhs.net;
Main duties of the job
- To provide a timely and responsive service for patients referred to the palliative care service.
- To assess, plan and manage a caseload of patients and their families in the field of palliative care working in partnership with other care providers.
- To identify, develop and monitor innovative opportunities for education and training for Trust staff regarding the care of patients within last year of life.
- To identify and establish opportunities to promote more effective multidisciplinary working and facilitate education towards improved care.
- To work autonomously and seek collaborative relationships with others across and within professional boundaries.
- To develop patient pathways and be responsible for developing the nursing service with key colleagues.
- To manage resources effectively including budget, human, financial and physical.
- To provide expert knowledge and advice on specialist palliative care, ensuring maintenance of clinical excellence underpinned by evidence-based practice.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- • Ability to communicate unpleasant /difficult information to patients in a variety of settings with sensitivity.
- • Intermediate IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
- • Able to manage work autonomously.
- • Knowledge of professional and NHS issues related to palliative care
- • Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
- • Assertive, confident, approachable and friendly
Desirable
- • Able to influence management and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- First level nursing registration
- • Post registration qualification appropriate to speciality
- • Evidence of continued professional development
- • Teaching and assessing qualification
- • Communication skills training
Desirable
- • Advanced Communication Skills Course
- • Masters level study
- • Non-medical Prescribing qualification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- • Relevant post registration experience at band 6 or above in this or appropriate speciality
- • Previous experience in a post involving clinical and
- • Previous experience of teaching and developing teaching materials
- • Demonstrate evidence of well-developed clinical practice
- • Ability to deal with complex patient care including symptom control, discharge planning and psychological support
Desirable
- • Conversant with the key principles of clinical governance
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This advert is for Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care with London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust in Harrow, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 Inclusive of HCAS pro rata - per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Aug 2026.
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