Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Community)
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7019675
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- Hampstead
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 7 Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care
Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
You should be creative, enthusiastic, and motivated with:
- Broad and extensive post registration experience of working with acutely sick patients, emotionally distressed patients and their families, and terminally ill adults.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- The ability to work autonomously and as a team member
- Hold a first degree and post registration qualifications in oncology, palliative care, community nursing or other appropriate medical speciality.
- Demonstrate extensive teaching experience.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Previous applicants need not apply.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN
- Post registration qualification in palliative care / cancer care / community nursing other medical speciality at level 3
- Post registration teaching qualification i.e.City and Guilds Certificate or extensive teaching experience
Desirable criteria
- First degree in relevant subject to palliative care nursing
- Advanced Communications Skills
- Non Medical Prescriber (D) Advanced Assessment skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience and consolidation of registered nursing with evidence of development in a leadership role.
- Experience of caring for patients with advanced, progressive illness
- Experience of working in a learning environment
Desirable criteria
- Recent experience in caring for patients within the community setting
- Experience of Mentorship
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Skills and knowledge in general palliative care
- Able to articulate understanding of specialist palliative care
- Able to effectively prioritise
- Understanding of and commitment to team working
- Ability to be self-directional, manage own time and workload
- Can articulate experience of of Clinical Governance responsibilities and issues
- Can demonstrate evidence of developing leadership skills
- Articulate the assessment of psycho-social and spiritual needs
- Can demonstrate practical application of evidence based knowledge
- Able to represent service at internal or external meetings
- Is able to communicate clearly, effectively and sensitively
- Knowledge of models of grief and loss
Desirable criteria
- developments in Palliative Care and end of life care in England and Wales
- Experience of Clinical Supervision
Royal Free World Class Care Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to meet the Trust's values
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Henawi
- Job title
- Nurse Consultant Palliative Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02078302905
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