Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist; Band 7

Position: Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 7)

Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band
7)

Join a dynamic team delivering outstanding palliative care.

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist (or Band 6 development position) to join our Community Nursing Service, working across both the Hospice Inpatient Nurse Led Beds and CNS Response.

About Us

Our progressive and dynamic team is at the forefront of delivering exceptional palliative care. We are committed to continual improvement and outstanding patient outcomes.

What the role involves

As a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist you will:

• Utilise your clinical palliative care knowledge and experience to provide high‑quality care.
• Demonstrate confident decision‑making skills and a passion for ongoing improvement.
• Support and develop more junior staff members.
• Work within the CNS Response / Nurse Led Beds Team, led by an Advanced Practitioner, to:
  • Manage patients admitted to the nurse led beds for end of life care.
  • Triage the majority of urgent referrals.
  • Support patients requiring urgent assistance.
• Work 7.5 hour days, covering 7 days a week.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist is an expert in ensuring high quality palliative care is delivered to patients and their families. They work independently and as part of the wider healthcare team, having specific responsibility for those referred to CNS Response and Nurse Led Bed Services. They lead on the care of patients admitted into the nurse led beds on the inpatient unit.

Clinical leadership role supporting the wider team to work efficiently and effectively in the delivery of high quality and progressive palliative care in line with the Hospice strategy and policies. They offer the patient and families the skills of a clinical nurse specialist in symptom control, social, emotional and spiritual care. Independent Prescriber. Offer advice, support and education to Hospice Teams, Primary and Community Healthcare staff as part of a multiprofessional team.

Work using a multiprofessional approach to care. Develop collaborative working relationships with other hospice teams and the wider community services. Work flexibly, including at weekends, to further develop the NLB service into a 7 day per week service.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Current NMC registration
• Communication skills training, or willingness to undertake
• Independent prescribing (if band
  7)
• Physical assessment and clinical reasoning, or willingness to undertake
• Leadership training
• Mentoring training

Experience

• Minimum experience in a specialist palliative care role (18 months if band 6, and 2 years if band
  7)
• Complex symptom management
• Advance Care Planning
• Knowledge of clinical governance and evidence‑based practice
• Knowledge of issues related to the provision of palliative care in the community
• Knowledge of safeguarding individuals who are at risk
• Knowledge of relevant digital systems e.g. EMIS
• Experience of teaching
• Leadership

Additional Criteria

• Excellent verbal/written and digital communication skills
• Professional behaviour and communication
• Demonstrate ability to holistically assess and offer interventions in complex palliative and end of life care
• Time and organisation management
• Audit and practice development
• Practising independent prescribing
• Staff development and performance management
• Facilitation of learning
• Physical examination skills
• Managing complaints

Additional Criteria

• Demonstrate St Peters Hospice Values
• Compassion
• Respect
• Passion
• Flexible and resilient
• A people person who enjoys staff development
• A problem solver and decision‑maker
• Organised and can manage changing priorities

Additional Criteria

• Current driving licence
• Access to a vehicle for work purposes

Disqualification

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year FTE, dependent on experience.

Job responsibilities

• Clinical practice
  • Acts as a clinical resource for less experienced/ non‑prescribing colleagues.
  • Manage and coordinate the…