# Paediatric Oncology & Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-oncology-and-palliative-care-clinical-nurse-specialist/420ce467-cd63-410c-812e-9506b1cb638c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-oncology-and-palliative-care-clinical-nurse-specialist/420ce467-cd63-410c-812e-9506b1cb638c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southampton General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 to £56,515 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T16:31:01.684Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8347859 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8347859?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Job Title: Paediatric Oncology & Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Contract Type: Permanent ### Main duties of the job This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Paediatric Oncology and Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, providing expert, compassionate and coordinated care to children and young people with brain and central nervous system tumours. Working as a key member of the Paediatric Oncology multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist nursing expertise throughout the patient pathway, from diagnosis and treatment through survivorship or palliative and end-of-life care. You will act as a key worker, providing expert clinical advice, symptom management, education, psychosocial support and care coordination across hospital, and regional services. The role is central to delivering safe, high-quality, personalised care, improving patient and family experience and supporting continuity across the Wessex network. You will work closely with oncology, neurosurgery, radiotherapy, palliative care, community and shared-care teams. The post holder will report to the Lead Nurse for Children’s Cancer and contribute to service development, education, governance and quality improvement. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The successful candidate will be responsible for providing specialist, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people with neuro-oncology and palliative care needs and will demonstrate: - Significant post-registration experience within paediatric oncology, haematology, neuro-oncology or another relevant specialist paediatric setting, with evidence of advanced clinical knowledge and decision-making. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to support children, young people and families through complex diagnoses, treatment, disease progression, palliative care and end-of-life decision-making. - The ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively across multidisciplinary, community and regional teams, coordinating complex care across organisational boundaries. - Evidence of leadership, education, service development and quality improvement, with the ability to contribute to governance, pathway development and continued improvement of paediatric neuro-oncology and palliative care services. The role requires flexibility to meet the needs of children and families across the pathway, including participation in the established specialist palliative care on-call arrangements where required. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Trust Values and Behaviours **Essential** - Patients First - Always Improving - Working Together ### Qualifications, knowledge and experience **Essential** - Registered nurse on relevant part of the NMC register - Level 7 Post Grad Cert (Min 60 Credits), Master’s Degree within relevant speciality or equivalent knowledge to be assessed through evidence of relevant speciality training, experience or portfolio - Specialist training / Qualification in area of practice - Provide evidence of leading learning in practice - Evidence of experience and completion of all band 6 competencies within relevant speciality - Specialist clinical skills and experience within specialist area - Evidence of change Management, leadership and innovation - Clinical experience at Band 6 or equivalent within relevant speciality **Desirable** - Counselling / advanced communication skills qualification / training - Act in the role of Practice Assessor or supporting the progression of learners / supporting challenges as needed - Experience of nurse-led care / clinics in own practice - Team leadership role - Registered as an independent prescriber - Leadership Qualification / training ## Documents - [job description and person spec (pdf, 200.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672882) ## 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.