# Specialist Nurse for Palliative Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-nurse-for-palliative-care/a7d40708-746a-4ec0-bac1-a380b04e7a11 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-nurse-for-palliative-care/a7d40708-746a-4ec0-bac1-a380b04e7a11.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 pa Inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday (4 days per week 8-6)) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-10T00:01:04.547Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Carshalton/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Palliative_Care/Palliative_Care-v8270619 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8270619?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### CLINICAL EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Significant post-registration experience as an Adult Registered Nurse, including experience in palliative and end of life care (Band 7 or above) - Experience of caring for people with frailty, dementia, long- term conditions and multiple complex needs **Desirable** - Experience of working within community, primary care or other integrated care environments ### PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES **Essential** - Patient-focused, compassionate and committed to improving the experience and outcomes of people approaching the end of life - 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 **Essential** - Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively - Ability to advocate for people approaching the end of life and ensure their wishes, preferences and priorities remain central to care planning **Desirable** - Experience of EMIS or other relevant primary/community care systems ### EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - Current professional registration with the NMC as an Adult Nurse - Relevant post-registration qualification in Palliative Care, End of Life Care or equivalent specialist experience - Non-medical prescribing qualification (V300) or willingness to work toward it **Desirable** - Evidence of advanced clinical knowledge and practice in palliative and end of life care ### CLINICAL LEADERSHIP & TEAM DEVELOPMENT **Essential** - Experience of supporting and developing staff to improve confidence, competence and quality of care - Experience of facilitating multidisciplinary working and supporting effective team decision-making ### NEIGHBOURHOOD / PCN / INTEGRATED WORKING **Essential** - Experience of working across Community Nursing, General Practice, primary care and other community services ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 398.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10709427) - [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677) - [onboarding roadmap (pdf, 87.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2450) - [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2413) ## 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.