Lead Nurse, Palliative and End of Life Care
Closing date: 25 May 2026
As a Clinical Lead Nurse for Palliative and End of Life Care you will provide evidence-based specialist palliative care and advice to patients, families and staff to ensure the delivery of high quality, person centred palliative care over 7 days. You will also be responsible for the continued development of the service in collaboration with the Consultants and Assistant Director of Nursing.
You will link closely with other teams and departments across the trust and more widely across organisational boundaries.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical and managerial leadership to the Specialist Palliative Care Team
- Work collaboratively in the development of palliative and end of life care services
- Provide specialist advice for complex referrals, advising the multi professional teams on clinical management plans as required
- Maintain good relationships / communications with all disciplines within the Trust
- Act as a Lead in the development and implementation of relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and protocols
- Ensure compliance with organisation policies and procedures and national, legal and professional standards
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse (Adult)
- Health related degree
- Relevant post registered qualifications in cancer/palliative/end of life/bereavement care
- Advanced communication skills training
- Clinical assessment skills
- Evidence of study at Masters level
Knowledge
- Experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist within a palliative/end of life care setting
- Wide range of experience in providing multi disciplinary education within the specialist field
- Experience of undertaking and applying research, audit to deliver the clinical governance agenda
- Demonstrated involvement in contributing or leading development of protocols, policies and guidelines
Skills
- Advanced clinical skills in managing complex palliative/end of life care situations
- Evidence of involvement in developing/leading a team with effective people management skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a Disclosure and Barring Service check for any previous criminal convictions.
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals.
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