Job summary
- Main area
- BANK - End of Life Care Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-BANK-LIT1524
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Merton Civic Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £22.75 £Basic+HCAS+12.07% holiday pay+Unsocial hours (if applicable)
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 08/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
BANK - End of Life Care Nurse
Band 6
Welcome to Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH)
At CLCH, we proudly serve as a beacon of compassionate community healthcare across 14 vibrant London boroughs — Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, and Kingston — as well as Hertfordshire. We bring care closer to home, embracing the rich diversity of these communities with dedication and heart.
Recognised as a Good provider by the Care Quality Commission and celebrated among the top NHS employers, we are united by a shared passion: empowering our community health professionals to deliver care that truly makes a difference.
We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where every member of our team feels respected, valued, and inspired—a place where fairness, kindness, and inclusion blossom. Our culture is rooted in the principles of the NHS People Plan, Our NHS People Promise, and our own strategic Equality values and objectives, guiding us to create a truly supportive and inclusive workplace.
Together, we build a caring community where the warmth we show one another shines through in every life we touch.
Job overview
BANK - End of Life Care Nurse - BAND 6
Advance Your Compassionate Career: End of Life Care Nurse
Do you possess exceptional communication skills & are driven to ensure every patient experiences dignified, high-quality End of Life Care?
We're seeking a highly motivated & experienced clinician to join our End of Life Care Team in Merton as a Community End of Life Care Nurse. This is a unique opportunity to shape quality palliative care across our community.
Why this role is unique and impactful:
- Pivotal Role in Quality: This isn't just clinical delivery, it's about facilitation, mentorship, and policy implementation. You'll be an essential link, working collaboratively to embed best practice & Coordinated Care across primary care, social services & care homes.
- Expert Autonomy: While supported by the Band 7 Specialist Nurse, you'll work with a moderate degree of autonomy, utilising your clinical judgement & discretion to provide direct advice & mentorship to front-line staff caring for dying patients.
- Strategic & Clinical Development: This post offers an immediate chance to develop your clinical leadership & strategic skills. You'll be instrumental in managing a patient caseload to facilitate best practice & collecting data to support key performance indicators (KPIs) for End of Life Care
Main duties of the job
If you possess:
- Significant experience and passion for palliative or end of life care.
- A proven ability to communicate clearly, succinctly, and with genuine empathy.
- The commitment to working autonomously and driving patient-centred, evidence-based care.
- We want to hear from you. This is your chance to make a profound difference at the most critical time for patients and their families.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.
What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life’s most important moments.
Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.
We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with full and current UK NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing personal development and training
Desirable criteria
- Related Diploma/Module in EoLC, Palliative Care, Care of the Dying
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-registration experience
- Previous experience of palliative care / Previous experience of the End of Life Care tools (Gold Standards Framework and Advance Care Planning, Coordinate My Care)
- Experience of working in the community
- Familiar with EoLC medications and how to administer via subcutaneous route
- Demonstrate a knowledge of national policies influencing end of life care
- Experience, insight and understanding of Clinical Governance, risk management, clinical effectiveness, audit, patient and public involvement initiatives
- Competent using the Universal Care Plan
Desirable criteria
- Teaching experience in formal and informal settings
- Recent experience of involvement in management of patients moving between acute care and community
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate with staff at a range of levels of seniority and background
- Able to give clear succinct instructions and direction
- Good self-management and organisational skills
- Able to work in a changing environment
- Comfortable with a moderate degree of autonomy
- Commitment to patient-centred and evidence-based care
- Commitment to developing clinical leadership skills
- Commitment to achieving corporate objectives of the Trust and able to promote the work of the team across the trust
- Good computer literacy
Desirable criteria
- Report writing skills
Key Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build effective relationships
- Kind and empathic
- Self-management skills - managing time and workload
- Ability to work in a team and to supervise the work of others
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
- Ability to analyse, interpret and record data in a clear, and succinct manner
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kim Smith
- Job title
- End of Life and Dementia Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557179788
- Additional information
Sue Langley
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