# Palliative Care CNS Community

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

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Basingstoke
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working will be expected.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-25T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-11T08:51:57.857Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hampshire/Basingstoke/Hampshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Palliative_Care/Palliative_Care-v8027538
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8027538?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Band 6 Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist works as an autonomous practitioner with a caseload of complex patients within a team structure. This is predominantly a community post, covering Basingstoke and surrounding areas, and the acute hospital week end rota.

There is access to clinical expertise and oversight to enable the optimal care of our patients 7 days a week. The delivery of a high quality, effective and compassionate care is essential to our organisation.

The palliative care service operates over 7 days.

### Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job What we look for:
- Someone who is enthusiastic about working patients and their families with complex palliative care needs in the community
- Someone who is able to provide symptom management and psychological and social support to patients and their families

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
 
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

## Job Details

The Band 6 Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist works as an autonomous practitioner with a caseload of complex patients within a team structure. This is predominantly a community post, covering Basingstoke and surrounding areas, and the acute hospital week end rota.

There is access to clinical expertise and oversight to enable the optimal care of our patients 7 days a week. The delivery of a high quality, effective and compassionate care is essential to our organisation.

The palliative care service operates over 7 days.

## Job Description

Main duties of the job What we look for:
- Someone who is enthusiastic about working patients and their families with complex palliative care needs in the community
- Someone who is able to provide symptom management and psychological and social support to patients and their families

## Responsibilities

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered. Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Evidence of working with palliative care patients

**Desirable**

- Evidence of specialist palliative care skills

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Professional UK registration in NMC

**Desirable**

- Additional post registration learning in palliative care

### Driving licence and access to car

**Essential**

- Must have a UK driving licence and access to a car for work

## Documents

- [hhft employee rewards & benefits (pdf, 723.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=900)
- [tackling climate change at hampshire hospitals (pdf, 4.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2900)
- [community palliative care band 6 cns job description (pdf, 888.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10314700)

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