About this role
Job summary
The Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse will join an established Specialist Palliative Team which provides a 7-day service.
The post holder will be expected to work independently and as part of the wider healthcare team and carry out a comprehensive holistic assessment of need for patients, with a palliative diagnosis, using their clinical reasoning and expert knowledge to ensure the delivery of quality clinical outcomes working in close collaboration with other health and social care professionals.
The post holder will be expected to contribute to the wider palliative and end of life care agenda within the community in Luton including the Bedfordshire Palliative co-ordination Service, provide education across a range of professionals and ensure the team provides a flexible responsive service that meets the local needs within Luton.
'Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 26 May 2026'.
Main duties of the job
Undertake holistic health assessments of patients with complex palliative and end of life care needs in community settings
To demonstrate required Nursing skills
To proactively plan, co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate the provision of a high-quality specialist palliative and end of life care within the community .
Make appropriate clinical decisions independently and seeking senior guidance where necessary in reviewing, monitoring and managing patients.
Assess plan and evaluate care for patients, their families and carers
Monitor patient needs and interventions and appropriately report to the identified key worker.
To provide education to patients, their families and health professionals.
Actively participate and contribute to the weekly multidisciplinary specialist palliative care team meeting .
Actively participate and contribute to other locality multidisciplinary team meetings as an expert palliative care/end of life professional
Provide patients and their families /carers with information
Work as part of a multidisciplinary teams acting as patient advocate for specialist palliative and end of life nursing advice and care. .
About us
Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Job description Job responsibilities
Undertake holistic health assessments of patients with complex palliative and end of life care needs in community settings
To demonstrate required Nursing skills e.g. syringe driver care, basic wound care, pressure area care, catheterisation within the professional sphere of confidence.
To proactively plan, co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate the provision of a high-quality specialist palliative and end of life care within the community and across the primary and secondary care interface ensuing onward referrals are made as appropriate.
Make appropriate clinical decisions independently and seeking senior guidance where necessary in reviewing, monitoring and managing patients.
Assess plan and evaluate care for patients, their families and carers
Monitor patient needs and interventions and appropriately report to the identified key worker.
To provide education to patients, their families and health professionals.
Actively participate and contribute to the weekly multidisciplinary specialist palliative care team meeting discussing individual palliative patients with the wider specialist palliative care multidisciplinary team and caseload management / reviews.
Actively participate and contribute to other locality multidisciplinary team meetings as an expert palliative care/end of life professional
Provide patients and their families /carers with information
Work as part of a multidisciplinary teams acting as patient advocate for specialist palliative and end of life nursing advice and care. They will be expected to work with a wide range of health and social care professionals who work within the acute and community setting.
Please see JD and PS for detailed responsibilities.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills Essential
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - written and verbal with evidence of basic counselling skills Ability to be flexible working across organisations and work with a range of professionals. Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
Qualifications & Training Essential
Educated to a degree or evidence of working at level. To have Completed the V300 or willingness to undertake the V300 non- medical prescribing course. Palliative care/oncology post graduate course
Desirable
Leadership skills. Non-Medical Prescribing Psychological skills training
Experience Essential
Significant and recent clinical knowledge of palliative and end of life care. Audit /evaluation of service/project Evidence of teaching/training experience.
Desirable
Community Nursing experience. Specialist palliative care knowledge or experience
Other Essential
Driving licence. Flexible working hours to deliver the service due to 7 day provision of the service Flexible working hours to deliver the service due to 7 day provision of the service.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)
Address The Poynt
Poynters Road
Luton
LU4 0LA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.eastofenglandcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)