Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care

Main area Band 7 Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree Liverpool Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/02/2026 23:59

As a Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist you will be providing specialist symptom control assessment and advice and psychological support to patients and those identified as important to them. You will be contributing to the end of life strategy across the organisation to ensure patients with a life limiting illness receive the best possible treatment including end of life care.

You will support the Trust wide strategic education programme, providing education on relevant topics in palliative care to the generic work force, including;
Advance care Planning, Personalised Plan of Care for the Dying Patient and Advanced Communications Skills Training.

We are seeking candidates with strong clinical leadership skills, an understanding of the specific needs of patients requiring palliative and end of life care, and a dedication and commitment to working as part of an integrated specialist team to provide evidence based expert clinical practice and education and training.

Candidates with recent experience working as a palliative care clinical nurse specialist in an advisory team is preferable.

There are currently the following posts available:

37.5 hours over 5 days

36 hours over 5 days

30 hours over 4 days

All CNS's are part of a 7 day rota. The service delivers a 365 day per year clinical service.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidenced- based nursing care.
Provide expert advice and clinical practice.
Provide specialist education and training to others.

Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues in the Integrated Mersey Palliative Care Team (IMPaCT) to develop services in order to deliver quality care.

Support the development of clinical services within the specialist field in line with national and local guidance which includes the NHS Cancer Plan, End of Life Care Strategy and NICE Supportive and Palliative Care guidance for Adults with Cancer and End Stage Disease.

Participate in a rota that provides seven day a week (09.00 to 17:00) face to face working providing palliative care advice as per NICE guidelines. Participate in local, regional and national audit.

If you can demonstrate relevant experience in palliative and end of life care, possess excellent communication and organisational skills, and are committed to high quality, service improvement, through education, teamwork, research and audit, we would like to hear from you.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.

Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is…