# Specialist Palliative Care Nurse - Peterborough > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-palliative-care-nurse-peterborough/7c17eeac-7876-45b3-b6b5-21feda71da43 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-palliative-care-nurse-peterborough/7c17eeac-7876-45b3-b6b5-21feda71da43.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Peterborough - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** 10 months (Fixed term to 1st April 2027) - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (weekends and bank holidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-19T13:54:15.477Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Palliative/Palliative-v7857904 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7857904?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the hospital and community palliative care team influencing the holistic care of patients and carers with palliative end of life and specialist palliative care needs across North West Anglia NHS Trust. The post will primarily be based Peterborough City hospital and working in the community ,  but the successful candidate may be required to undertake a hospital rotation as service need requires. For a very experienced senior Band 5 Nurse with experience  of delivering specialist palliative care,  this role could be offered as a development post for the right candidate. ### Main duties of the job You will need to have a good knowledge of symptom control for patients with end of life malignant or non-malignant care needs, and experience of the holistic assessment and care of patients with palliative and end of life care needs. The job will involve the education and training of other health professionals regarding end of life and specialist palliative care across North West Anglia NHS Trust and the local community. The successful applicant will need to be proactively involved in audit regarding end of life and specialist palliative care. In supporting a seven day specialist palliative care service across the North Cambridgeshire and the local community, the successful candidates will need to work weekends and Bank Holidays pro rata. The successful candidate will need the ability to drive. The role offers an opportunity to develop and embed existing palliative care knowledge and experience across the hospital and community provision in the region. *Please note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice* ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description which gives full details of the role.  Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team. ## Job Details This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the hospital and community palliative care team influencing the holistic care of patients and carers with palliative end of life and specialist palliative care needs across North West Anglia NHS Trust. The post will primarily be based Peterborough City hospital and working in the community , but the successful candidate may be required to undertake a hospital rotation as service need requires. For a very experienced senior Band 5 Nurse with experience of delivering specialist palliative care, this role could be offered as a development post for the right candidate. ## Job Description You will need to have a good knowledge of symptom control for patients with end of life malignant or non-malignant care needs, and experience of the holistic assessment and care of patients with palliative and end of life care needs. The job will involve the education and training of other health professionals regarding end of life and specialist palliative care across North West Anglia NHS Trust and the local community. The successful applicant will need to be proactively involved in audit regarding end of life and specialist palliative care. In supporting a seven day specialist palliative care service across the North Cambridgeshire and the local community, the successful candidates will need to work weekends and Bank Holidays pro rata. The successful candidate will need the ability to drive. The role offers an opportunity to develop and embed existing palliative care knowledge and experience across the hospital and community provision in the region. *Please note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice* ## Responsibilities Please see the attached job description which gives full details of the role. Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Specialist palliative care symptom control and ability to identify palliative emergencies - Holistic Palliative Assessment - Legislation including knowledge of Mental Capacity and Care Act **Desirable** - Up to date knowledge of palliative care guidance and best practice local and national initiatives - Ethical dilemmas and how to approach them ### Experience **Essential** - Can demonstrate nurse leadership through extended roles - Multi-disciplinary Team working **Desirable** - Up to date evidence of 4 Pillars of Practice - Managing people ### Key Skills **Essential** - Good written and verbal communication Skills - Ability to work collaboratively and build positive working relationships - Demonstrate ability to formulate patient plan of care **Desirable** - Quality Improvement and innovation ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse - Specialist module in palliative field, or working toward, or willing to achieve within agreed fixed time period **Desirable** - Masters level qualification or unit in specialist field - Advanced Communication Skills - Independent Nurse Prescribing ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886) - [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865) - [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745) - [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788) - [specialist palliative care nurse - jd (pdf, 904.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10130199) - [specialist palliative care nurse - ps (pdf, 144.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10129997) ## 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.