Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Oncology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 282-SA1183
- Employer
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Marsden Chelsea
- Town
- Chelsea
- Salary
- £85,431 - £97,148 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Nurse Consultant Symptom Control and Palliative Care
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Job overview
The Royal Marsden’s Symptom Control and Palliative Care Team (SCPCT) is seeking a dynamic and highly skilled Nurse Consultant to join our team.
The SCPCT works in close partnership with oncology services, delivering evidence-based, patient-centred care with a focus on symptom management, complex psychosocial support, and end-of-life care. Our mission is to enhance quality of life, uphold patient choice, and ensure care is delivered with compassion, respect, and dignity at all times.
As a Nurse Consultant, you will:
• Lead a comprehensive palliative care nursing service for cancer patients and their families across The Royal Marsden.
• Spend at least 50% of your time in clinical practice, providing expert care for patients with complex symptom control and palliative care needs.
• Take the lead on End-of-Life Care within the team, shaping best practice and driving innovation working closely with the Clinical Lead for Palliative Care.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for leading a comprehensive palliative care nursing service for cancer patients and their families who use the Royal Marsden Hospital.
To provide an increasingly patient-focused service particularly for those with complex palliative care needs.
Spend a minimum of 50% of time in clinical practice.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification
Advise the Divisional Director, Clinical Services and Chief Nurse on all issues pertaining to palliative care in cancer services.
To provide professional leadership for the nursing staff throughout the Trust in palliative care and more specifically contributing to a specialist body of knowledge.
To represent the Chief Nurse on internal and external projects and committees relating to palliative care issues as required, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely manner.
Raise the profile of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust positively and appropriately locally, nationally and internationally by presenting conference papers, publishing and sharing good practice.
Provide professional leadership for nursing staff across the Trust, contributing to a specialist body of knowledge in palliative care.
Work as an integral member of the senior management team, influencing strategy, education, and service development.
Develop research interests in furthering palliative and end of life care
An expert clinician in palliative care with advanced knowledge and experience
A strong leader with the ability to inspire and support nursing teams.
Commitment to audit, research, and education, ensuring continuous improvement in patient care.
Passion for delivering care that prioritises quality of life and patient choice.
Excellent communicator who can share best practice across the trust
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualification in Palliative Care and oncology
- First level degree & Master’s degree in relevant clinical practice
- Willingness to register for Doctoral studies within a year (if not already attained)
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registration
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Expertise in Palliative Care
Skills Abilities/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of commitment to patient-focused care initiatives and incorporation of cultural values into practice
- Budget management experience
- Evidence of effective negotiating and influencing skills
- Evidence of excellent leadership qualities including delegation and co-ordination of multi-disciplinary teams
- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise with multidisciplinary team members and to show empathy and consideration of others
- Evidence of working well in a team
- Ability to demonstrate self-motivation and ability to motivate others
- Genuine commitment to staff support and clinical supervision
- Ability to initiate, supervise and co-ordinate staff development programme’s
Skills Abilities/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Advanced clinical skills in palliative care including physical examination, non-medical prescribing
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise Evidence of commitment to customer care initiatives
- Knowledge and understanding of quality issues
- Evidence of understanding the NHS Plan Computer Literacy (eg: Microsoft Word and Outlook)
- Excellent presentation, writing and teaching skills
- Sound knowledge of palliative care drug therapies
- Evidence of developing nursing practice within Palliative Care Nursing
- Experience of teaching at post registration, undergraduate and post graduate level
- Experience of primary research
- Awareness of national changes in health policy
- Ability to initiate, sustain and evaluate change
- Evidence of a good understanding of NHS reform
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Flexibility to meet the needs of the service
- Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Anna Collins
- Job title
- Divisional Nurse Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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