Clinical Nurse Specialist - Hospital Palliative Care

Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for 2 experienced RGN's with knowledge of managing Palliative Care and End of Life patients within Buckinghamshire NHS Trust.

The post is based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital but can involve cover on other hospital sites including Wycombe and Amersham.

If you are interested in applying and meet the criteria identified within the person specification, we would welcome your application. If you would like to hear more about the post please contact Genevieve Russell, phone number- View phone number on meeveem.com

Main duties of the job

• To jointly lead the hospital specialist palliative care nursing service within Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, as a wider member of the multi-professional palliative care team.
• To demonstrate clinical leadership and participate as a member of a multi-professional team to provide a service to patients and their carers, when specialist palliative care intervention and advice is required.
• Leading on specific care such as respiratory, gastro, frailty, site specific cancer, etc.
• To be a resource to medical, nursing and other social and health professionals at Buckinghamshire Hospitals Trust and local community with a commitment to the education and training of others.
• To act as a resource to the specialist cancer nursing team, working collaboratively with them in specialist palliative care scenarios.
• This post will work collaboratively across organisations within the Trust and ensure appropriate staffing and skill mix provide safe and effective 7 day hospital palliative care nursing service.
• To act primarily as a resource for all those involved in the care and management of the patients who have specialist palliative care needs.

About us
Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - BHT - A great place to work (buckshealthcare.nhs.uk)

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Details
Date posted: 19 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year Per annum (pro rata for part time)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 434-CR8350986
Closing date: 02 November 2026

Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on View email address on meeveem.com quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training

• Essential: Evidence of continuing professional development
• Essential: National Advanced Communications Skills Course or training in complex communication
• Desirable: Teaching/training qualification and/or substantial coaching/teaching experience.
• Desirable: Post registration qualification in Palliative Care at Degree/Masters level or working towards.

Experience

• Essential: RGN - qualified with band 6 experience.
• Essential: Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Essential: Experience of working with palliative / end of life patients and their families.
• Essential: Leadership skills and knowledge in managing a service and people
• Desirable: Experience in delivering and evaluating teaching programmes/sessions to health care professionals including medical staff
• Desirable: Experience of working in an acute hospital setting.

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Essential: Understanding and up to date knowledge of issues relevant to post, palliative care and end of life care.
• Essential: Awareness of key policies and national recommendations relating to palliative and end of life care.
• Essential: Excellent interpersonal skills (including the use of advanced communication skills), to communicate sensitive information to patients and carers in a variety of settings i.e. phone/virtually and face to face
• Essential: Effective IT skills
• Essential: Self-aware with knowledge of self-care initiatives and wellbeing.
• Essential: Awareness of Trust policies relating to: HR Policies, Recruitment and Retention, Disciplinary Procedures and Completion of management course

Special Circumstances

• Essential: Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Address: Florence Nightingale Hospice, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, CGDR Approved., Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom
Employer's website:

For questions about the job, contact:
Matron- Frailty and Palliative Care, Genevieve Russell, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

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