Palliative Care Nurse Community

Palliative Care Nurse – Community

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving around 600,000 people. This Band 6 post offers an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced nurse to work within the Specialist Palliative Care Team in the Community North area.

Closing date: 16 July 2026.

The Trust provides services from two acute sites – Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham – and a network of community hospitals and care settings.

09:00 – 17:00, Monday through Friday. Weekends and bank holidays are rostered across the team as per CDDFT policy.

• Provide consistent, high‑quality specialist palliative care service for patients and families.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients and carers.
• Supervise and provide clinical supervision to others.
• Respond to difficult situations with sensitivity and compassion.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships within the team.
• Contribute to the development of specialist programmes of care and support R&D activities.

• Ability to travel across Trust sites.
• Flexible working hours when required.
• Valid full UK driving licence (for driving posts).

• Experience working as a Nurse.
• Proactive approach to palliative and end‑of‑life care.
• Knowledge of policies, guidelines and professional standards.

• Communication of complex, sensitive, confidential information with empathy and reassurance.
• Assessment and interpretation of complex needs of patients/carers.
• Planning of care provision, including clinics and health education.
• Clinical care delivery (injection, catheter insertion, infusion, etc.).
• Providing specialist advice and impartial advice to patients/carers.
• Implementation of policies and proposal of changes to working practices.
• Clinical supervision and training of staff and students.
• Lead at specialist, area or team level; may manage a caseload in the community.

• Registered Nurse (adult) on part 1 of the NMC register.
• Valid UK NMC PIN.

This post requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and BAME candidates as they are currently under‑represented.

£39,959 – £48,117 per annum, pro rata.