# Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-palliative-care-clinical-nurse-specialist/8c042fb2-b9c8-4d35-93b5-3154c29fa200 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-palliative-care-clinical-nurse-specialist/8c042fb2-b9c8-4d35-93b5-3154c29fa200.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Leighton Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T08:34:50.832Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Crewe/Mid_Cheshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Specialist_Palliative_Care/Community_Specialist_Palliative_Care-v8305557 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8305557?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mcht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Community Specialist Palliative Care team as a B7 Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and experienced nurse, with a passion for promoting excellence in end of life care. The successful candidate will work alongside a team of nurses delivering highly specialist palliative care advice, support and monitoring to patients, their families and staff across the Central Cheshire community footprint. You will work closely with our Palliative Care Medics, and as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team including District Nurses, AHPs, GPs and our local hospital and hospice teams. This valuable role is equally rewarding and demanding, and we are committed to creating a supportive environment, where supervision, training and development opportunities are actively encouraged to meet the clinical needs of the job. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will: Contribute to the provision of a co-ordinated specialist palliative care service for patients, families and carers across CCICP. Have responsibility for a shared caseload of patients with cancer and other life-limiting conditions, with specialist palliative care nursing needs, acting as a keyworker for a percentage of the caseload. Provide holistic assessment of patients, formulate management plans, and implement care by providing specialist advice on complex pain and symptom management. Act as a specialist resource for advice to other healthcare professionals across CCICP. Maintaining excellent working relationships with the wider MDT. Participate in non-clinical aspects of the role including audit, education, and research. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached full job description and person specification - below is a summary of key duties. - Lead in specialist area of practice, providing expert professional advice to others across the Trust within agreed guidelines and protocols, including generalist colleagues and other professional groups when required. - Perform comprehensive specialist assessment of community patients, plan, treat and evaluate care within agreed guidelines and protocols according to evidence-based practice and changing health needs, including prescribing medication. - Communicate complex specialist information to generalist colleagues and others. Refer patients to appropriate clinicians, in the Trust or externally, within agreed guidelines and protocols, according to assessment of patient need and evidence-based decision. - Prioritise patient care, supervising and allocating ones’ own workload, monitoring and evaluating effectiveness of care, including discharge of patients, or referring on, within agreed guidelines and protocols. - Perform specialist clinical skills in the treatment and overall management of patient care, including requesting and interpreting investigations, within agreed guidelines and protocols. - Provide a comprehensive specialist service, accepting accountability and responsibility for the management and effectiveness of the community service on a day-to-day basis. - Collect, collate, evaluate and report on information, including communicating detailed information to clinical colleagues and others, maintaining accurate patient records and documentation. - Promote patient and public involvement in the improvement of services, and involve patients and carers/relative in the planning and delivery of their care. - Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to patient flow, care pathways and discharge arrangements. - Analyse and act on information to proactively manage and maintain NHS targets and standards. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Advanced communication, negotiation & listening skills - Ability to manage/lead junior colleagues - Audit skills - IT skills - Proactive workload management and prioritisation skills - Ability to cope under pressure, and deal with complex emotional situations **Desirable** - Teaching and presentation skills ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant post registration experience in palliative care - Experience of multi professional working - Evidence of CPD **Desirable** - Relevant post registration experience of working in NHS services - Relevant post registration experience of working in a community setting ### Qualifications **Essential** - Adult nursing Degree or equivalent - Masters level qualification or equivalent - Post graduate qualification in palliative care - V300 Prescribing Qualification - Clinical Diagnostics Qualification - Teaching/mentoring qualification - Advanced Communication Skills - NMC Registration. **Desirable** - Research Qualification - Counselling Skills Training - Full UK driving license and car for work purposes ## Documents - [welcome to mcht (pdf, 1.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2862) - [continuous improvement (pdf, 292.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2680) - [mchft safeguarding statement (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3026) - [mid cheshire hospitals benefits brochure (pdf, 1.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2791) - [specialist palliative care b7 clinical nurse specialist jd/ps (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10626308) ## 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.