Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Lead - Harrow Community Specialist Palliative Care
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 824-ONW-8067709
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Honeypot Health Centre
- Town
- Stanmore
- Salary
- £63,665 - £70,887 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead - Harrow Community Specialist Palliative Care
Band 8a
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinician to join the Harrow Community Specialist Palliative Care Team as a Clinical Lead (Band 8a).
Reporting to the Head of Clinical Services, - Harrow Integrated Care the post holder will provide clinical, professional, and operational leadership to the Clinical Nurse Specialist team, ensuring the delivery of high quality, patient centred palliative care services across Harrow.
This role combines advanced clinical practice, leadership, education, service development, research, and quality improvement. The successful candidate will provide expert specialist advice, support workforce development, lead service improvements, and contribute to the strategic direction of community palliative care services.
This is an excellent opportunity to influence service delivery and improve outcomes for patients and families across Harrow.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be responsible for:
• Lead and manage the Harrow Community Specialist Palliative Care Team, ensuring the delivery of high quality, responsive, and patient centred care.
• Provide expert clinical leadership and specialist palliative care advice for complex patients, supporting multidisciplinary teams, patients, and families.
• Deputise for the Head of Clinical Services and contribute to the strategic development and operational management of the service.
• Lead workforce development through clinical supervision, education, training, case reviews, and professional support for the Clinical Nurse Specialist team.
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships with primary care, acute trusts, hospices, community services, and other key stakeholders.
• Lead on clinical governance, audit, research, quality improvement, and service evaluation activities to ensure compliance with national standards and best practice.
• Support the development of policies, pathways, and service redesign initiatives, including the ongoing development of the seven day specialist palliative care advice service.
• Act as a specialist resource for palliative care across CLCH, promoting innovation, evidence based practice, and excellence in end of life care.
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
Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trust’s values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.
Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- First level nurse registration
- Current NMC registration
- Post registration qualifications in Palliative care
- Willingness to undertake further academic study at a higher level e.g. master’s degree
- Advanced communications course
Desirable criteria
- Nurse Prescriber V300 or willing to work towards
- Teaching and Assessing Course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience
- Up to date palliative care knowledge and experience
- Demonstrated management experience including managing staff, appraisals and recruitment
- Experience of planning and implementing service developments
- Relevant experience in development and delivery of service plans
- Experience of audit and service improvement
- Experience of managing a budget
- Experience of managing complex projects
- Experience in developing and implementing strategy
- Experience in undertaking initiatives across a number of organisations
- Experience working with stakeholders to implement projects and initiatives
- Experience in undertaking research projects
- Community experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of cross boundary working in partnership and collaboration with health, social and voluntary sectors
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of principles and philosophy of palliative care
- Range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
- Knowledge NMC code of conduct
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance
- Knowledge of Clinical Supervision
- Ability to think strategically and produce strategic plans
- Evident ability to influence others and gain commitment
- Proven negotiation, facilitation and problem solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Project management and evaluation skills
- Excellent organisational, time management and prioritising skills
- Ability to interpret financial, service output and outcome information.
- Excellent written and verbal skills including the ability to give clear presentations on complex issues to a variety of audiences
- Ability to use IT to produce documents, spreadsheets, databases and presentations
- Ability to engage with and gain confidence of health and social care professionals and local communities
Key Attributes
Essential criteria
- Willingness to uphold the Trust’s values
- Eligible to live and work in the UK
- 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.
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
- Bindya Thanki
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Services - Harrow Integrated Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07956516111
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