Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Care
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working will be expected.)
- Job ref
- 251-MED7538PALCARE
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
- Town
- Basingstoke
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Palliative Care CNS Community
Band 6

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
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The Band 6 Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist works as an autonomous practitioner with a caseload of complex patients within a team structure. This is predominantly a community post, covering Basingstoke and surrounding areas, and the acute hospital week end rota.
There is access to clinical expertise and oversight to enable the optimal care of our patients 7 days a week. The delivery of a high quality, effective and compassionate care is essential to our organisation.
The palliative care service operates over 7 days. |
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
What we look for:
• Someone who is enthusiastic about working patients and their families with complex palliative care needs in the community
• Someone who is able to provide symptom management and psychological and social support to patients and their families
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional UK registration in NMC
Desirable criteria
- Additional post registration learning in palliative care
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working with palliative care patients
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of specialist palliative care skills
Driving licence and access to car
Essential criteria
- Must have a UK driving licence and access to a car for work
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Evans
- Job title
- Lead CNS Palliative Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07584 155796
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Medicine Division
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