Community Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Lead

Community Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Lead

Band
7. Permanent contract, full time 37.5 hours per week, flexible working. Site:
Honeypot Health Centre, Town Stanmore. Salary per annum inclusive of HCAS. Closing 21/07/2026 23:59.

Specialist Palliative Care services in Harrow are offering an opportunity for a specialist palliative care clinical nurse specialist, team lead. The role supports and deputises for the clinical lead.

• Empower people with advanced progressive illness and their supporters.
• Maximise individual quality of life and death by enabling skilled palliative care.
• Support the clinical lead with team management.
• Support learners.

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role.
• Car lease scheme (available for Band 5 and up).
• Flexible working options.
• Training, support and development opportunities.

• Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration.
• First level degree in a related subject or evidence of work towards this.
• Teaching and assessing qualification or experience.
• Advanced Communication Skills Course.
• Level 2 psychology training.
• Non-Medical Prescriber V300/V150.
• Qualified MSc.

• Relevant post registration experience at band 7 in this or appropriate speciality.
• Previous experience in a post involving clinical and managerial responsibilities.
• Previous experience of teaching and developing teaching materials.
• Demonstrated evidence of well‑developed clinical practice.
• Ability to develop new ways of working.
• Ability to manage own caseload.
• Experience in PDP and setting objectives.
• Conversant with the key principles of clinical governance.

• Ability to deal with complex patient care including symptom control and psychological support.
• Ability to communicate unpleasant/difficult information to patients with sensitivity.
• Able to analyse data and provide written reports.
• Intermediate IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets.
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area.
• Perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Participate/undertake clinical audit & research.
• Identify learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meet those needs.
• Basic computer skills.
• Understanding of budget and performance.
• Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Knowledge of audit process, evidence‑based practice, clinical governance, supervision, risk management.
• Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution.
• Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice.

• Hold a full, valid UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

CLCH is a Disability Confident employer and commits to providing equal opportunities and reasonable adjustments in recruitment and employment. Candidates who meet the essential criteria will be offered an interview.