Nurse Consultant
| Posting date: | 30 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £66,582.00 to £77,368.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £66582.00 - £77368.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2026 |
| Location: | Canterbury, CT2 8JA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0497-26-0021 |
Summary
Expert Clinical Practice To be professionally accountable for all work undertaken and to practice at an advanced level of professional autonomy in line with local/national policy and guidance and the NMC Code. To work as a Nurse Consultant using advanced clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills, prescribing, planning, and evaluating interventions for patients with complex presentations. To be an authoritative expert assessor/advisor on pain and symptom management, psychological /spiritual/ social /practical and ethical decisions at the end of life and to work in partnership with a range of health professionals to improve their skills in these areas. Develop and conduct skilled clinical intervention with patients with palliative care needs, assessing and addressing issues such as quality of life, futility, prognosis, withdrawing and withholding treatment and end of life decision making within an ethical framework. To undertake complex and sensitive holistic care assessments and plan, implement and evaluate care utilising advanced communication skills. To improve access to medication through the support and implementation of independent Nurse prescribing. Demonstrate negotiation and diplomacy skills and partnership working across the multi-disciplinary team To be in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, with regards to safe, effective, timely admissions and discharges of patients. To identify areas for improvement and development which will enhance the palliative care provision for patients and carers. To work with the other clinical leads within the hospice in undertaking service improvements as identified. To act as a resource locally and nationally on issues related to palliative care. Take an active role in continuing to embed the outcome data to provide safe, responsive and effective care to the people we see in the community. Leadership It is expected that the Nurse Consultant will spend up to 60% of their time in direct patient contact using a combination of face to face, video and telephone consultations, supporting and clinically supervising the ACP team. 40% of the time will be spent in developing services in line with the hospices clinical strategy and education To provide expert clinical leadership alongside the other Medical and Nurse Consultants across the organisation Working with other clinical leads to develop and implement the Hospices strategic clinical plan. Be involved in the hospice governance process, influencing service provision and standards within the Hospice and the locality. To identify areas for service improvement, working with stakeholders, including service users, and propose changes as they are needed. To project manage change to services, as required. Provide support to the clinical teams in their development and learning, driving change as needed. To provide consultancy to other stakeholders involved in specialist palliative care provision and be recognised in the locality for having expertise in the field. Develop mechanisms to ensure regular feedback from stakeholders and respond to any informal or formal feedback. Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop policy in line with local services and to ensure best practice. Report on prescribing activity governance to enable safe prescribing practice. To represent the hospice in relevant groups and at meetings where an expert nurse is required. To maintain patient statistics and comprehensive patient records, providing data and reports as required ensuring effective and efficient service delivery. Utilise audit to improve quality of care and evidence areas for service improvement. Manage complaints, as requested to do so. Support the selection and recruitment of new staff and development of new roles. Assess risk and minimise threat to personal safety Be a core member of the Local Management Team Encourage formal/informal teambuilding Chair meetings effectively Be responsible for continuing to embed iPOS and other outcome measures, using data to show the effectiveness of these tools. Education and research To work with the Clinical Leadership Team to develop and implement educational strategies for the development of palliative care within the hospice and locally. To be competent in delivering education and training sessions at all levels for a variety of key stakeholders, patients and their carers. Utilise experiential learning methods and reflective practice. Demonstrate competence in lecture and discussion-based teaching. Mentor new staff and clinical placements. Consistently draw on research and literature to influence specialist palliative care teaching Write articles for publication, deliver at conferences, and produce posters for presentation as required Ensure that service developments are evidence based and supported by research activity. Participate in research locally or nationally where appropriate. With the Clinical Education lead, identify training needs of the clinical teams. Participate in the hospice-training programme and staff induction. To participate in the development of clinical standards within the total quality and audit framework of the Hospice and participate in clinical audit, as required. Personal Responsibilities To recognise indications of staff stress and to facilitate staff support. To undertake staff personal development reviews annually and one to one meetings every 6-8 weeks with direct reports To facilitate regular team meetings To recognise the value of volunteer contribution and play an active part in their support & development where appropriate. Personal Development To devise with the a personal development plan in line with the Hospice objectives and personal needs. To maintain and increase personal, clinical and project management skills. To work at all times within the policies and guidelines of the Hospice and act within NMC guidelines at all times.