Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 03 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, EC1A 7BE |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7254308/259-7254308SBH |
Summary
The aim of the post is to support the specialist palliative care team to maximise the quality of life of patients with advanced life limiting disease and their families/carers, facilitating their care throughout their disease trajectory and into bereavement, and where possible, helping patients die in their place of choice.
The post holder will work alongside senior specialist palliative care practitioners in supporting and assessing patients and develop their own clinical practice through independent, supported practice.
The post holder will provide specialist palliative care advice and support to people affected by life limiting illnesses. This will be achieved both directly through clinical practice and caseload management and indirectly through learning, education, research, audit and professional activities taking into account corporate and directorate objectives and the clinical governance framework.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Jun 2025