Job requirements
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Significant post-registration experience as an Adult Registered Nurse, including experience in palliative and end of life care (Band 7 or above)
- CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Experience of caring for people with frailty, dementia, long- term conditions and multiple complex needs
- PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Patient-focused, compassionate and committed to improving the experience and outcomes of people approaching the end of life
- PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Hold a full, valid UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for business use, with appropriate insurance, to enable travel across the locality as required by the role.
- Skills and Abilities
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to advocate for people approaching the end of life and ensure their wishes, preferences and priorities remain central to care planning
- EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS
Current professional registration with the NMC as an Adult Nurse
- EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS
Relevant post-registration qualification in Palliative Care, End of Life Care or equivalent specialist experience
- EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS
Non-medical prescribing qualification (V300) or willingness to work toward it
- CLINICAL LEADERSHIP & TEAM DEVELOPMENT
Experience of supporting and developing staff to improve confidence, competence and quality of care
- CLINICAL LEADERSHIP & TEAM DEVELOPMENT
Experience of facilitating multidisciplinary working and supporting effective team decision-making
- NEIGHBOURHOOD / PCN / INTEGRATED WORKING
Experience of working across Community Nursing, General Practice, primary care and other community services
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Experience of working within community, primary care or other integrated care environments
- Skills and Abilities
Experience of EMIS or other relevant primary/community care systems
- EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS
Evidence of advanced clinical knowledge and practice in palliative and end of life care
Job overview
The Sutton Palliative Care Coordination Hub (PCCH) is recognised as a system-wide resource supporting transformational change across Sutton’s health and social care system.
The Hub serves as a single point of access for people aged 18 and over who are likely to die within 12 months. It provides a single referral point for care, coordination and delivery for professionals, individuals, families and carers, supported by nurse specialists who are experts in palliative and end of life care.
The team supports early identification and advance care planning and facilitates timely discharge from hospital through coordination with commissioned services and community partners.
The Hub is developing towards a stronger coordination, advisory and enabling model. Its purpose is to strengthen community capability and shared clinical ownership, rather than functioning primarily as a caseload-holding service. This post is central to that development and to embedding specialist palliative care within neighbourhood and community structures.
Main duties of the job
The Specialist Nurse for Palliative Care is a Band 8A clinical and operational leadership role within the Palliative Care Coordination Hub. The post holder will work across the two agreed PCN footprint sites (four neighbourhoods, two in each PCN footprint), ensuring that specialist palliative care expertise is consistently accessible within local multidisciplinary and community structures.
The role will complement the existing Band 8A Specialist Nurse for Palliative Care and Non-Medical Prescribing already in post. The two Band 8A roles will work as a senior clinical leadership pair,
providing mutual cross-cover during periods of absence and ensuring continuity of senior palliative care leadership, operational oversight and strategic development.
The post holder will retain a strong specialist palliative care focus while also influencing and developing the strategic direction and neighbourhood vision for the Hub. They will work with neighbourhood, PCN, Community Nursing, primary care, acute, hospice, social care and voluntary sector partners to embed the principles of the Hub into the four neighbourhoods and establish palliative and end of life care as core community business.
The post holder will be visible, accessible and solution focused, supporting teams to retain appropriate clinical ownership while providing specialist advice, coordination, education and leadership for people with palliative and end of life care needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Specialist Nurse for Palliative Care role at Epsom and St Helier.
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.
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This advert is for Specialist Nurse for Palliative Care with Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in Carshalton, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £63,665 - £70,887 pa Inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 24 Oct 2026.
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