Senior Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist

We are seeking to appoint an experienced senior palliative clinical nurse specialist to work within the Rural Alliance Care Community Team as part of Specialist Palliative Care service within Cheshire Wirral Partnership. You will also work as part of the wider palliative care team across the footprint, which includes palliative care consultants, clinical nurse specialists, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, therapy assistants and the local hospice.

Experience of working in the community is desirable as the role is based supporting patients in their own homes.

We are looking for an experienced and well‑motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist with excellent communication, organisation and leadership skills. The successful candidate will receive full supportive induction and will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team.

• Provide holistic care and support to patients with complex palliative care needs with malignant or non‑malignant life‑limiting conditions, working autonomously and as part of a team.
• Deliver care to patients registered with a West Cheshire GP in their own home.
• Advise, educate and support patients, their carers and other health care professionals.
• Promote advanced care planning, manage complex end‑of‑life symptoms and patient and carer expectations while meeting the holistic care needs of the patient.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all‑age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person‑centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcomes applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 10/03/2026 and the proposed interview date is 17/03/2026.

Applicants are encouraged to review CWP’s values and describe how they align with their own personal values. Please answer "YES" to the question:
Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme? If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer "YES".

For further guidance to complete your application or to request special support, contact our recruitment team via email or by calling

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!