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Job summary

Main area
palliative care
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (7/7)
Job ref
251-MED6736PAL
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
BNH/RHCH/AWMH
Town
Winchester/Andover/Basingstoke
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/01/2026 08:00

Employer heading

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care

Band 8a

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

 

Job overview

The palliative care service operates over 7 days.

The Palliative Care business unit operates across all Trust sites. This includes the hospice in Andover and

Winchester, links to the hospice in Basingstoke and various activities in the community. This is a cross site

role.

Main duties of the job

The delivery of a seven-day palliative care service across the organisation both in the acute hospitals and the community.

• Expert professional adviser 

• Leads the development in own speciality services

• Delivers education to the multi-disciplinary team

• Assessment and treatment of own caseload of patients

• Responsible for clinical governance within the team.

• Ensuring clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved

• Leads on clinical audit

• Adviser for the speciality both internally and externally

• Lead on the highly complex patient assessment, where factors may be conflicting, requiring high level analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of a range of options to achieve effective treatments

 

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Your Next Career Move Made Easier – Accommodation May Be Offered

We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability.  If this something you would like to explore please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

 

Person specification

Leadership qualification

Essential criteria
  • MSc level

MSc evidence

Essential criteria
  • Educated at MSc level
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching qualification

Application form/CV/ portfolio

Essential criteria
  • 3 years experience at band 7 in palliative care
  • Masters level or equivalent
  • Evidence of leadership
  • Evidence of teaching qualification
  • Evidence of advanced nurse practice skills
  • Non medical prescriber
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of community specialist palliative care practice
  • Evidence of acute hospital palliative care team practice
  • Evidence for quality improvement within palliative care

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

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

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Maddy Thomson
Job title
Consultant nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01962 825573

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Medicine Division