Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08.00-16.30 weekdays - excluding bank holidays)
- Job ref
- 394-UPC-7327686VV
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Hillingdon Hospital
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 per annum (incl. of HCAA)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care
NHS AfC: Band 7
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
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Job overview
A senior nursing role within The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to join an experienced, well respected, enthusiastic and forward thinking team. This post is a senior nursing role within the trust providing specialist advice, education and support for patients, carers and health care professionals.
Candidates must have first level nursing registration and a completed or willing to undertake a first level degree appropriate to the speciality, as well as previous nursing experience within palliative care involving both clinical and managerial responsibilities.
Full and part time candidates will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a senior nursing role within the Trust demonstrating expert knowledge and practice within the field of specialist palliative care. The post holder will provide specialist advice, education and support to healthcare professionals, patients and their carers’. As a senior nurse the CNS would participate and contribute to service developments and initiatives, particularly research and audit.
It is envisaged that the CNS will co-ordinate care of patients between departments within Hillingdon Hospital, demonstrating the CARES philosophy. This will include liaison with Primary Care Services, assessing for and providing specialist nursing advice, education and support. The CNS will be the key worker for patients during their admission.
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Person specification
Essential criteria
- First level nursing registration
- Post registration completed qualification appropriate to specialist palliative care
- Completed first level degree in Palliative Care or on a degree pathway working towards
- Recognised Advanced Communication Skills Training
- Demonstrate expert previous experience in a post involving clinical and managerial responsibilities
- Demonstrate relevant senior nursing experience within a palliative care setting
- Demonstrate evidence of well-developed clinical practice within palliative care
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
- Masters level study completed or undertaking
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Audit experience
- Clinical research
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
- Liz Bunker
- Job title
- Lead Nurse for Palliative and End of Life Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01895 279564
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