Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The post holder is an experienced nurse, with experience in specialist palliative care who acting within their professional boundaries, will direct specialist holistic care and support for patients with Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) needs be they at diagnosis, during treatment or at end of life, within the SPC team.

The specialist palliative care nurse will be a key team member in the delivery of specialist palliative nursing services to enable and support timely and effective care, with assessment and intervention for patients with specialist palliative care needs in all settings. They will direct safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within defined guidelines and parameters. They will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to meet the needs of patients, providing advice to professional colleagues and external agencies as needed.

The post holder will be able work flexibly across Community settings, supporting the service according to service demand.

Main duties of the job

  • To work within the multi-professional team to manage the caseload of patients presenting with specialist palliative care needs.
  • To undertake an effective nursing assessment and intervention service within CHFT.
  • To liaise and work alongside the appropriate multi-professional teams to support patients’ needs to ensure admission avoidance from home.
  • Act as a resource for patients, families, carers and health professionals about diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and end of life care needs.
  • To ensure that the key worker role and holistic needs assessment are identified and undertaken at appropriate points of the patient care pathway in liaison with other site specific multi-professional teams.
  • Liaise with other specialist palliative care teams within the locality to ensure timely referral/review of patients with specialist palliative care/end of life care needs.
  • To support advance care planning as appropriate.
  • To help the development of a sustainable and effective nursing assessment and intervention service across the Trust.
  • Provide symptom management and control advice.
  • Support integration of end-of-life care tools.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential

  • RGN
  • Degree level studies or Masters level degree
  • Post Grad qualification / attendance of study in oncology/palliative care
  • Teaching Qualification / experience of mentorship

Desirable

  • Advanced Communication Skills Training
  • Independent Prescribing qualification – Masters level

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential

  • Community AND / OR Acute Hospital experience
  • Recent experience of working in caring for patients with cancer/ palliative care /end of life needs
  • Experience of liaison with other health professionals and multi-agency partnership working
  • Ability to demonstrate sound clinical decision making
  • Proven ability to case-manage patients with complex needs
  • Ability to identify own learning needs and engage in self-directed development
  • Demonstrates reflective practice
  • Computer literacy (and willingness to develop required IT skills)

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential

  • Ability to work independently (as loan worker) and as part of a team
  • Teaching/presentation skills and experience
  • High level of personal/professional autonomy and accountability.
  • Ability to manage complex situations effectively and influence change.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation, local & national guidelines and initiatives
  • Access to transport to undertake multiple visits to patient homes

Desirable

  • Ability to contribute to service improvement /development /audit

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 9 August 2026

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