Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday with a 1:5 weekend on call)
- Job ref
- 179-7769611-M
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Are you passionate about providing outstanding Palliative and End of Life Care within an acute hospital setting? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our well-established hospital palliative care team at the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking to appoint an experienced, highly skilled, and motivated Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist. You will work as an autonomous practitioner managing a caseload of complex palliative care patients with a variety of conditions. Supported by an experienced team of Clinical Nurse Specialists and Consultants, you will also have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of teaching, projects, service improvement as well as developing your own leadership skills. The Palliative Care Team provide a 7 day service which requires flexibility to cover weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.
This post will suit an ambitious, organised, empathetic person who has excellent communication skills and enjoys working within a team
Main duties of the job
You will provide expert clinical care to patients with complex palliative care needs, the provision of education for carers and staff involved in generalist palliative care provision. You will have the opportunity to be involved in the development of local palliative care provision in participation with the West Suffolk Alliance. The post holder will act as an expert resource within the Trust and to the wider community.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review full job description to view main responsibilities and duties of role.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- • 1st Level Registered Nurse
- • Teaching experience at ward level
Desirable criteria
- • Education to diploma/degree level, or working towards degree
- • Non-medical prescribing qualification in speciality
- • Advanced Communication Skills Training
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Experience of audit
- • Evidence of professional development and its relevant application
- • Ability to train others
- • Previous band 6 post holder or equivalent
- • Palliative or end of life care nursing experience
Desirable criteria
- • Oncology nursing experience
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrate evidence of sound clinical knowledge of pain and symptom management
- • Knowledge of change management process
- • Ability to plan, organise and co-ordinate work under pressure
- • Demonstrate initiative
- • Ability to prioritise work
- • IT skills
- • Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to assess psychological and psycho-social needs
- • Evidence of standard setting and protocol development
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- • Friendly and approachable
- • Ability to work autonomously
- • Ability to remain calm and work effectively in stressful situations
- • Motivated to work collaboratively and enthusiastically as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- • Ability to develop others
- • Ability to work flexibly to the needs of the service
- • Time management skills
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Hobson
- Job title
- Practice Development Nurse and Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 713776
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