Main area Palliative Care Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (12 hours shifts – days and nights) Job ref 381-CT-7614829
Site SWB NHS Trust Town West Bromwich Salary £39,959 – £48,117 per annum Closing 05/06/2026 23:59
Job overview
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust has a specialist Palliative Care and End‑of‑Life Care Coordination Hub. The hub operates 24/7 and provides care to patients in hospital and community across Sandwell and West Birmingham.
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a Palliative Care Nurse to coordinate a caseload of patients and staff on a shift, ensuring all calls from palliative and end‑of‑life care patients are responded to promptly.
The role includes rotation between the Palliative Care Hub and the Urgent Response Team. It offers development opportunities and involves 12‑hour day and night shifts with a rotation between day and night.
Qualifications
- 1st Level Registered General Nurse (adults)
- Qualification in palliative / end‑of‑life care or relevant experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Holds a teaching / assessing qualification
- Qualified Nurse Prescriber
- Project management skills
- Counselling experience
Experience
- Experience of working within a community team or acute ward.
- Experience of caring for patients at the end of life / palliative care needs.
- Change management experience.
- Experience of forging excellent relationships across professional boundaries.
- Experience of working with professionals from health and other sectors including social care and the third sector.
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with an ability to influence diverse parties.
- Well motivated and able to exercise initiative.
- Able to prioritise own workload and work effectively with a wide range of people.
- Ability to influence, negotiate, facilitate, motivate and support staff, clients and carers.
- Aware of own limitations and able to demonstrate self‑belief and self‑awareness.
- Adaptable across all care settings 24/7.
- Ability to lead others and demand respect of colleagues.
- Ability to deal with complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
- Ability to give constructive feedback and lead and implement successful change management.
- Alert management if skill mix is incorrect.
- Able to supervise and support other staff.
- Demonstrate good leadership and team‑building skills.
Emotional effort
- Able to work in a wide range of environments.
- Able to deal with difficult situations such as aggression.
- Identifies own coping strategies.
- Able to access support with difficult situations.
- Able to have difficult conversations.
- Be able to deal with highly emotive situations with palliative care patients/families.
- Advanced communications course or equivalent.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to equality and diversity.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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