# Macmillan Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/macmillan-palliative-care-clinical-nurse-specialist/64f74dfa-1af4-4082-ba19-1ce20368bcd9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/macmillan-palliative-care-clinical-nurse-specialist/64f74dfa-1af4-4082-ba19-1ce20368bcd9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Stockport - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: working hours 4 days over 7 day period, working day 08:30-16:30 - 7.5 hours - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (7 day working) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-21T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-07T15:21:24.068Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Stockport/Stockport_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialist_Palliative_Care/Specialist_Palliative_Care-v8092590 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8092590?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stockport.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Macmillan Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist - Band 7 - 30 hours The post holder will provide specialist palliative care advice  and support for patients receiving palliative and end of life care who have complex symptoms associated to their life limiting condition.  Responsibilities  include referral and clinical  caseload management.   pain & symptom management advice and support, Assessing  patients in both the  Community and  Hospital settings. Provide supervision  and mentorship to team members  band 6 and below .   In addition,  liaise with clinical colleagues in the Hospice  and primary care where required,  to provide support  and coordinate care. A high level of existing clinical skill and experience in managing palliative and end of life care patients to acting as a resource, support and educator to colleagues, clients, carers and other health and social care professionals. Excellent communication skills will be essential in order to provide high quality information to the patient and you will need to be confident in undertaking significant and sensitive conversations   and breaking bad news . Ability to travel independently and efficiently across multiple community sites to meet the operational requirements of the role.The Service operates 7 days a week and the post holder will be expected to be included in the rota to cover weekend and Bank holidays . ### Main duties of the job - Provide evidence-based specialist palliative care, advice and support to patients with a diagnosis of cancer or other life limiting conditions, and their carers.  Working collaboratively with multi-professionals across primary and secondary and social care agencies including voluntary organisations - Lead service development  and educational audit and research projects - Provide specialist palliative care advice, education and training to all professional groups of the multi professional team across all care settings as the service requires. - Provide line management to band 6 and below staff - Support the service in being compliant with CQC standards and ensuring their practice is evidence based and promotes patient safety. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more information please find the attached JD . The post holder will have designated responsibilities for patient care, hold advanced communication skills, work autonomously, organise own diary and participate within clinical audit and research. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16. ## Person Specification ### knowledge **Essential** - - Awareness of current issues in palliative care. - - Knowledge of management and treatment of the patient with Palliative Care needs in line with National and local guidelines ### experience **Essential** - - Working at a senior level -Band 6 or above for 2yrs - - Substantial experience of dealing with patients with complex palliative care needs. **Desirable** - - Developing and delivering education and training to groups. ### skills & abilities **Essential** - - Ability to work autonomously, being aware of own limitations and developmental needs. - - Clear vision of the role and commitment to the speciality. - - Highly motivated, innovative and practical. **Desirable** - - Ability to identify training needs and deliver education sessions ### education & Qualifications **Essential** - - 1st Level Nurse - - Relevant First Degree level or on degree pathway (E) - - Specialist qualification in palliative care or equivalent experience - - Non Medical Prescribing qualification V300 or willingness to undertake - - Evidence of recent continuous professional development in palliative care **Desirable** - - Advanced communication skills training/ level 2 psychological support qualification or equivalent ## Documents - [candidate pack (pdf, 310.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2576) - [applicant guide (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1756) - [our behaviours - care (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1757) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 437.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10386016) ## 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.