Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (with Weekend and Bank Holiday working)
- Job ref
- 193-7601847NCG
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata (if part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Palliative Care)
NHS AfC: Band 7
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Palliative Care) - Full time
Band 6 or 7 dependent on experience.
We have a vacancies for an experienced nurse to join our multi-professional hospital palliative care team. We are a large team of nurses, doctors, occupational therapists, counsellor and specialist administrators.
We are seeking a Registered Nurse with experience of working with patients with a life limiting illness. Level 7 credit bearing awards including Independent Prescribing will be an advantage.
We may consider a candidate with less experience who is willing to complete the necessary qualifications. If so this wold be offered at a Band 6 level.
We are looking for staff that will work 5 days per week, including weekends and Bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
- To work across the trust as an expert in supportive and palliative care to enhance the quality of care provided to patients and families with these needs.
- To provide specialist interdisciplinary support and education to other health care professionals.
- To contribute to the development of the supportive and palliative services both locally and nationally.
- To participate in research and audit to contribute to the knowledge base for supportive and palliative care.
Working for our organisation
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the full job description for all the details of the role and the person specification.
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse - active on NMC register
Education
Essential criteria
- BSc(Hons) Nursing
- Post Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care
- Independent Prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience caring for people with life threatening illness
- Recent experience at Band 6
- Teaching others in practice and formally in a classroom environment
- Familiar with discharge planning including CHC FTF
- Experience of assessing, planning and implementing effective specialist palliative care interventions
- Experience of using specialist skills and high level decision making, including the evaluation of research and evidence, in the assessment and management of complex symptoms
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jacquie Batchford
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0118 322 7826
- Additional information
Elizabeth Flannery
Consultant Nurse
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