Clinical Nurse Specialist
| Posting date: | 11 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £45,131 to £53,186 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 December 2025 |
| Location: | We are located in Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SL. |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | St Catherine's Hospice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | VA214 |
Summary
JOB TITLE: Clinical Nurse Specialist
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
DEPARTMENT: Community Team
HOURS: Full time, working 37.5 hours per week
SALARY: £45,131 - £53,186 per annum for 37.5 hours per week,
depending on experience (Grade CA5)
CLOSING DATE: 22 December 2025
INTERVIEW DATE: 7 January 2026
Are you an experienced clinician with a passion for delivering specialist palliative care? Would you find it rewarding to provide expert support to patients and families working independently and collaboratively with our talented community team.
We are seeking an effective communicator with substantial post-registration experience and expertise in Palliative care.
About You:
The successful candidate with be a passionate leader with sound knowledge of end of life care, confidence in care planning and individual assessments. With computer literacy and a resilient and compassionate approach.
If you have experience teaching and developing others, the ability to listen, plan and communicate and hold strong quality and governance awareness, we would love to hear from you!
This post is offered on a full time basis, working 37.5 hours per week. Hours worked over seven days, four shifts per week, worked three shifts working 9.5 hours and one shift 9 hours. We operate a 365 day service.
Please note, the successful candidate will be an essential car user, therefore candidates must have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.
When you join St Catherine’s, you’ll be joining a supportive team all working towards a big ambition: that will be here for you through the joyful memories, final goodbyes and moments after. If that sounds like something you’d find fulfilling, please apply today.
Employees at St Catherine’s Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including:
25 days holiday, increasing with length of service to 30 days + public holidays
Option to buy or sell up to 1 week of annual leave
Day off for volunteering
Day off for moving house
Blue Light Card
Cycle to work scheme
Eye test vouchers
Generous Pension – Up to 9% employer contributions or honour of NHS pension
Enhanced maternity/adoption pay
Life Assurance – 4x basic salary
Pay enhancement of unsocial hours
Flu Jabs
Counselling Offering
Discounted Gym
Schwartz rounds
Wellbeing Supervision (aka clinical supervision)
Career pathway and progression
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. By applying you are confirming you have read the Enhanced Check Privacy Policy for applicants https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-privacy-policies and understand how DBS will process my personal data and the options available to me for submitting an application.
We are located in Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SL.
Please ensure you have read our employee and recruitment privacy statement prior to applying for this role.
For a full job description and to apply please visit our website.
If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this role further, please give us a call on 01293 447353.
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
DEPARTMENT: Community Team
HOURS: Full time, working 37.5 hours per week
SALARY: £45,131 - £53,186 per annum for 37.5 hours per week,
depending on experience (Grade CA5)
CLOSING DATE: 22 December 2025
INTERVIEW DATE: 7 January 2026
Are you an experienced clinician with a passion for delivering specialist palliative care? Would you find it rewarding to provide expert support to patients and families working independently and collaboratively with our talented community team.
We are seeking an effective communicator with substantial post-registration experience and expertise in Palliative care.
About You:
The successful candidate with be a passionate leader with sound knowledge of end of life care, confidence in care planning and individual assessments. With computer literacy and a resilient and compassionate approach.
If you have experience teaching and developing others, the ability to listen, plan and communicate and hold strong quality and governance awareness, we would love to hear from you!
This post is offered on a full time basis, working 37.5 hours per week. Hours worked over seven days, four shifts per week, worked three shifts working 9.5 hours and one shift 9 hours. We operate a 365 day service.
Please note, the successful candidate will be an essential car user, therefore candidates must have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.
When you join St Catherine’s, you’ll be joining a supportive team all working towards a big ambition: that will be here for you through the joyful memories, final goodbyes and moments after. If that sounds like something you’d find fulfilling, please apply today.
Employees at St Catherine’s Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including:
25 days holiday, increasing with length of service to 30 days + public holidays
Option to buy or sell up to 1 week of annual leave
Day off for volunteering
Day off for moving house
Blue Light Card
Cycle to work scheme
Eye test vouchers
Generous Pension – Up to 9% employer contributions or honour of NHS pension
Enhanced maternity/adoption pay
Life Assurance – 4x basic salary
Pay enhancement of unsocial hours
Flu Jabs
Counselling Offering
Discounted Gym
Schwartz rounds
Wellbeing Supervision (aka clinical supervision)
Career pathway and progression
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. By applying you are confirming you have read the Enhanced Check Privacy Policy for applicants https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-privacy-policies and understand how DBS will process my personal data and the options available to me for submitting an application.
We are located in Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SL.
Please ensure you have read our employee and recruitment privacy statement prior to applying for this role.
For a full job description and to apply please visit our website.
If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this role further, please give us a call on 01293 447353.
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