Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Specialist Palliative Care and enhance Palliative care skills experience and expertise within the Specialist Palliative Care field
Delivering high quality palliative care to patients within the Community setting and with the potential to rotate into the Acute Hospital setting.
You would ideally have some knowledge of symptom control for patients with end of life malignant or non-malignant 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.
In supporting a seven day specialist palliative care service the Trust region and the local community, the successful candidates will need to work weekends and Bank Holidays pro rata.
The role offers an opportunity to develop palliative care knowledge and experience across the hospital and community provision in the region.
This secondment or fixed term opportunity does have some potential to become permanent in the future though this is in no way guaranteed.
Main duties of the job
To deliver high quality holistic palliative care interventions to patients with complex palliative care needs, their families and support care teams.
To demonstrate nurse leadership in action, role modelling Trust values whilst delivering patient focused care.
To deliver teaching formally and informally to patients, carers and colleagues.
To engage with service improvement tools, including audit to support service innovation and audit.
Developing Skill and expertise and delivering plans of care delegated by the Specialist MDT.
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.
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This advert is for Specialist Palliative Care Nurse - Peterborough with North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust in Peterborough, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: 22.5 hours working flexibly across 7 days, mainly core day time working hours.. The application deadline is 16 Jun 2026.
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