Hospice Community Clinical Nurse Specialist

Are you an enthusiastic

Registered Nurse who wants to give the best possible care? Have you

thought about a career in Specialist Palliative Care at St Elizabeth

Hospice?

St

Elizabeth Hospice is an independent charity and hospice, which improves life

for people in the East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney areas living with a

progressive or life-limiting illness. Our

most recent Care Quality Commission report rated the hospice as Outstanding.

Established

in 1989, the hospice has built a reputation for delivering high-level care to

patients and the community it serves. Through medicine and therapy, they ease

pain; give life purpose and make life liveable. Last year the charity supported

over 4,000 patients and their families.

The

hospices work is centred on the individual's needs and they provide specialist

support wherever it is needed; whether that is in the home, another setting in

the community, in hospital or in the hospice itself.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to

join the Reactive Service within our Community Nursing Team on a permanent

basis. You will provide specialist palliative care

advice and support to patients in the East Suffolk area working at an enhanced

level of practice to manage patients in complex, challenging and changing

situations and environments.

To

thrive in this role, you will need to demonstrate experience in influencing

the holistic care of patients and carers with end of life and specialist

palliative care needs. This is a chance

to make a real difference to peoples lives.

The ideal candidate will possess skills and

capabilities across all four pillars of nursing: clinical practice, education,

research and leadership and will be required to function to a high level of

autonomy within specialist palliative care.

Please note that we have a

flexible workforce policy which means that employees will be deployed in other

areas when there is the need to do so. This benefits service users and

employees.

Interview Date:26 October 2026

Salary:WTE: £47,810.00 - £54,710.00 - Band

7 (will consider band 6)

Part time: 23 or

34.5 hours per week. 11.5 hour shifts

Monday to Sunday. Day shifts 07:30 to

20:00 and night shifts 19:30 to 08:00.

If you would like an opportunity to find out

more about working at the hospice and how it can fit your own career

aspirations, we recommend an informal visit/discussion prior to you completing

your application.

About us

St Elizabeth

that we work with and has a zero-tolerance approach to abuse, neglect and

discrimination of any person. As such, all posts are subject to a rigorous

safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and

vetting checks. We have a range of robust safeguarding policies in place which

promote safeguarding across the hospice and staff are expected to undertake

regular, mandatory safeguarding training to equip them with the knowledge and

skills to identify and respond to potential risks.

The

hospice offers a generous benefit package, including:

27

days annual leave entitlement

Pension

scheme

Life

Cover

Cycle

to Work Scheme

Car

Leasing Scheme

Health

Service Discounts

Occupational

Sick Pay

Blue

Light Card

Employee

Assistance Programme

Details

Date posted

11 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

B0291-26-0038

Job locations

565 Foxhall Road

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP3 8LX

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Job summary:

To work at an enhanced level of

practice to manage community patients in complex, challenging and changing

situations and environments, seeking further guidance when the boundary of

competence is reached. Will possess

skills and capabilities across all four pillars of nursing: clinical practice,

education, research and leadership. Required to function to a high level of

autonomy within specialist palliative care.

Safeguarding

responsibilities:

To demonstrate a commitment to keeping adults and young people

safe

To report any disclosure made to you to the appropriate person

To report any safeguarding concerns in the workplace to the

appropriate person

To maintain an awareness of the hospices policies in relation

to safeguarding

Key responsibilities:

To undertake in-depth holistic assessments of patients with

palliative care needs, regardless of their diagnosis and plan care to meet

patient outcomes.

To provide information, advice, psychological and spiritual care

to patients, their families and carers, liaising and referring on as necessary

to appropriate healthcare professionals in the Hospice, Hospital and community.

Responsible for managing the reactive work via the OneCall

service, ensuring a timely and appropriate response to all clinical calls.

Work in a collaborative, compassionate way, promoting equality,

respecting diversity, and ensuring inclusivity, taking responsibility for

challenging behaviour that does not align with these values.

Apply clinical reasoning to individual presentations and complex

situations, utilising information from different sources to make timely,

appropriate, and evidence-based judgements.

Where qualified, carry out non-medical prescribing within scope

of practice.

Optimise safety through assessment and management of risk.

Use advanced communication skills in delivering highly emotive

information clearly, sensitively and unambiguously with staff, patients,

families and professionals by face to face, telephone and/or electronic

means. This may be where there are

barriers to understanding.

Provide skilled and expert palliative nursing interventions,

working closely with medical and other colleagues to ensure a coordinated and

effective service across boundaries of inpatient, community and outpatients and

across professionals, carrying out reactive visits as clinically indicated.

Maintain and develop working relationships with community and

hospital colleagues ensuring effective communication so enhancing patient care.

Involve patients, families, and carers in co-production of and

making informed decisions regarding strategies to manage their own health and

wellbeing.

Participate in the development and updating of practice

policies/guidelines and procedures using high-quality contemporary

evidence-based resources.

Participate in the evaluation of significant events, capturing

the learning from these experiences to improve patient care and service

delivery.

Identify own personal development needs, proactively seek

feedback, and take effective action to address them using a mix of strategies.

Share knowledge, experience and expertise with nurses and others

at all levels, through strategies such as formal and informal teaching,

facilitated reflective practice, skills supervision, coaching, mentoring and

preceptorship.

Participate in the supervision, evaluation and assessment of

nurses aspiring to work at an enhanced level acting as the line manager for

allocated Senior Registered Nurses.

Undertake activities that monitor and improve the effectiveness,

impact, and value of own and others work.

Use a wide range of contemporary high-quality data, research,

evidence based professional practice, and valid and reliable tools and

techniques, to proactively evaluate and sustainably improve current ways of

working.

Display self-leadership by managing own workload and competing

demands.

Support innovation and service development utilising

evidence-based approaches to optimise effective, sustainable change

Work within current evidence-based policies, processes,

standards, and governance systems, alerting others when revisions are needed to

ensure they remain fit for purpose.

Reflect on and contribute to improving ways of working and

supporting a culture of safety

Promote a safeguarding is everyones business culture, acting as

a safeguarding deputy if required.

Ensure adherence with relevant Infection Prevention and Control

policies and procedures, raising any risks to the IPC group / service

lead.

Lead and participate in research, integrating research-based

evidence in all aspects of specialist palliative care into clinical practice

Contribute to the audit programme, taking a lead role in

specialist palliative nursing audits.

Deputise for the Community Service Lead as requested.

Keep abreast of national policy on palliative and end of life

nursing strategy to use as a framework for practice development.

To update own specialist skills and knowledge in cancer and

palliative care, through continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

for all staff:

Act as a positive

ambassador for St Elizabeth Hospice

Where the

postholder is a member of a professional body, comply to the professional

standards set by that body. Ensure registration is current and practice

continuous professional development.

Because

of the special nature of the hospice and its work, the postholder may on

occasion be asked to undertake other duties to help maintain our high standards

of care and engagement.

Job responsibilities

Job summary:

To work at an enhanced level of

practice to manage community patients in complex, challenging and changing

situations and environments, seeking further guidance when the boundary of

competence is reached. Will possess

skills and capabilities across all four pillars of nursing: clinical practice,

education, research and leadership. Required to function to a high level of

autonomy within specialist palliative care.

Safeguarding

responsibilities:

To demonstrate a commitment to keeping adults and young people

safe

To report any disclosure made to you to the appropriate person

To report any safeguarding concerns in the workplace to the

appropriate person

To maintain an awareness of the hospices policies in relation

to safeguarding

Key responsibilities:

To undertake in-depth holistic assessments of patients with

palliative care needs, regardless of their diagnosis and plan care to meet

patient outcomes.

To provide information, advice, psychological and spiritual care

to patients, their families and carers, liaising and referring on as necessary

to appropriate healthcare professionals in the Hospice, Hospital and community.

Responsible for managing the reactive work via the OneCall

service, ensuring a timely and appropriate response to all clinical calls.

Work in a collaborative, compassionate way, promoting equality,

respecting diversity, and ensuring inclusivity, taking responsibility for

challenging behaviour that does not align with these values.

Apply clinical reasoning to individual presentations and complex

situations, utilising information from different sources to make timely,

appropriate, and evidence-based judgements.

Where qualified, carry out non-medical prescribing within scope

of practice.

Optimise safety through assessment and management of risk.

Use advanced communication skills in delivering highly emotive

information clearly, sensitively and unambiguously with staff, patients,

families and professionals by face to face, telephone and/or electronic

means. This may be where there are

barriers to understanding.

Provide skilled and expert palliative nursing interventions,

working closely with medical and other colleagues to ensure a coordinated and

effective service across boundaries of inpatient, community and outpatients and

across professionals, carrying out reactive visits as clinically indicated.

Maintain and develop working relationships with community and

hospital colleagues ensuring effective communication so enhancing patient care.

Involve patients, families, and carers in co-production of and

making informed decisions regarding strategies to manage their own health and

wellbeing.

Participate in the development and updating of practice

policies/guidelines and procedures using high-quality contemporary

evidence-based resources.

Participate in the evaluation of significant events, capturing

the learning from these experiences to improve patient care and service

delivery.

Identify own personal development needs, proactively seek

feedback, and take effective action to address them using a mix of strategies.

Share knowledge, experience and expertise with nurses and others

at all levels, through strategies such as formal and informal teaching,

facilitated reflective practice, skills supervision, coaching, mentoring and

preceptorship.

Participate in the supervision, evaluation and assessment of

nurses aspiring to work at an enhanced level acting as the line manager for

allocated Senior Registered Nurses.

Undertake activities that monitor and improve the effectiveness,

impact, and value of own and others work.

Use a wide range of contemporary high-quality data, research,

evidence based professional practice, and valid and reliable tools and

techniques, to proactively evaluate and sustainably improve current ways of

working.

Display self-leadership by managing own workload and competing

demands.

Support innovation and service development utilising

evidence-based approaches to optimise effective, sustainable change

Work within current evidence-based policies, processes,

standards, and governance systems, alerting others when revisions are needed to

ensure they remain fit for purpose.

Reflect on and contribute to improving ways of working and

supporting a culture of safety

Promote a safeguarding is everyones business culture, acting as

a safeguarding deputy if required.

Ensure adherence with relevant Infection Prevention and Control

policies and procedures, raising any risks to the IPC group / service

lead.

Lead and participate in research, integrating research-based

evidence in all aspects of specialist palliative care into clinical practice

Contribute to the audit programme, taking a lead role in

specialist palliative nursing audits.

Deputise for the Community Service Lead as requested.

Keep abreast of national policy on palliative and end of life

nursing strategy to use as a framework for practice development.

To update own specialist skills and knowledge in cancer and

palliative care, through continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

for all staff:

Act as a positive

ambassador for St Elizabeth Hospice

Where the

postholder is a member of a professional body, comply to the professional

standards set by that body. Ensure registration is current and practice

continuous professional development.

Because

of the special nature of the hospice and its work, the postholder may on

occasion be asked to undertake other duties to help maintain our high standards

of care and engagement.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience including proven palliative care / Oncology experience at a Band 6 or above, or equivalent level.
• Experienced in assessing patient needs that may be complex and subject to change.
• Knowledge of the national palliative care agenda.
• Have an understanding of safeguarding principles and be able to apply these within everyday practice.

Desirable

• Experience of working in the community.
• Previous experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Smart personal presentation, appropriate to the role.
• Can lead and develop team working.
• Car driver, holding a current valid driving licence.
• Active member of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to work flexibly to the needs of the service.
• Proven personal coping strategies in dealing with emotionally loaded situations.

Qualifications

Essential

• First level Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Level 6 and / or level 7 post registration education in palliative care or related qualification.
• Advanced communication course.
• Relevant mentorship qualification.

Desirable

• Non -Medical Prescribing.
• Supervision qualification.
• Counselling qualification.

Specific Skills

Essential

• Expert current knowledge of pain and symptom management, which underpins theory, usually gained through recent clinical practice at a senior level.
• Ability to identify psychological or spiritual distress requiring referral to other specialist services.
• Evidence of counselling skills and practical application.
• Evidence of ability to interact and influence at all levels within the organisation.
• Commitment to clinical excellence through regular professional updating.
• Computer literacy sufficient to input patient records and work efficiently and effectively.
• Able to prioritise and manage own time effectively. time manage work.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience including proven palliative care / Oncology experience at a Band 6 or above, or equivalent level.
• Experienced in assessing patient needs that may be complex and subject to change.
• Knowledge of the national palliative care agenda.
• Have an understanding of safeguarding principles and be able to apply these within everyday practice.

Desirable

• Experience of working in the community.
• Previous experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Smart personal presentation, appropriate to the role.
• Can lead and develop team working.
• Car driver, holding a current valid driving licence.
• Active member of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to work flexibly to the needs of the service.
• Proven personal coping strategies in dealing with emotionally loaded situations.

Qualifications

Essential

• First level Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Level 6 and / or level 7 post registration education in palliative care or related qualification.
• Advanced communication course.
• Relevant mentorship qualification.

Desirable

• Non -Medical Prescribing.
• Supervision qualification.
• Counselling qualification.

Specific Skills

Essential

• Expert current knowledge of pain and symptom management, which underpins theory, usually gained through recent clinical practice at a senior level.
• Ability to identify psychological or spiritual distress requiring referral to other specialist services.
• Evidence of counselling skills and practical application.
• Evidence of ability to interact and influence at all levels within the organisation.
• Commitment to clinical excellence through regular professional updating.
• Computer literacy sufficient to input patient records and work efficiently and effectively.
• Able to prioritise and manage own time effectively. time manage work.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

St Elizabeth Hospice

Address

565 Foxhall Road

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP3 8LX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St Elizabeth Hospice

Address

565 Foxhall Road

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP3 8LX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Job summary:

To work at an enhanced level of

practice to manage community patients in complex, challenging and changing

situations and environments, seeking further guidance when the boundary of

competence is reached. Will possess

skills and capabilities across all four pillars of nursing: clinical practice,

education, research and leadership. Required to function to a high level of

autonomy within specialist palliative care.

Safeguarding

responsibilities:

To demonstrate a commitment to keeping adults and young people

safe

To report any disclosure made to you to the appropriate person

To report any safeguarding concerns in the workplace to the

appropriate person

To maintain an awareness of the hospices policies in relation

to safeguarding

Key responsibilities:

To undertake in-depth holistic assessments of patients with

palliative care needs, regardless of their diagnosis and plan care to meet

patient outcomes.

To provide information, advice, psychological and spiritual care

to patients, their families and carers, liaising and referring on as necessary

to appropriate healthcare professionals in the Hospice, Hospital and community.

Responsible for managing the reactive work via the OneCall

service, ensuring a timely and appropriate response to all clinical calls.

Work in a collaborative, compassionate way, promoting equality,

respecting diversity, and ensuring inclusivity, taking responsibility for

challenging behaviour that does not align with these values.

Apply clinical reasoning to individual presentations and complex

situations, utilising information from different sources to make timely,

appropriate, and evidence-based judgements.

Where qualified, carry out non-medical prescribing within scope

of practice.

Optimise safety through assessment and management of risk.

Use advanced communication skills in delivering highly emotive

information clearly, sensitively and unambiguously with staff, patients,

families and professionals by face to face, telephone and/or electronic

means. This may be where there are

barriers to understanding.

Provide skilled and expert palliative nursing interventions,

working closely with medical and other colleagues to ensure a coordinated and

effective service across boundaries of inpatient, community and outpatients and

across professionals, carrying out reactive visits as clinically indicated.

Maintain and develop working relationships with community and

hospital colleagues ensuring effective communication so enhancing patient care.

Involve patients, families, and carers in co-production of and

making informed decisions regarding strategies to manage their own health and

wellbeing.

Participate in the development and updating of practice

policies/guidelines and procedures using high-quality contemporary

evidence-based resources.

Participate in the evaluation of significant events, capturing

the learning from these experiences to improve patient care and service

delivery.

Identify own personal development needs, proactively seek

feedback, and take effective action to address them using a mix of strategies.

Share knowledge, experience and expertise with nurses and others

at all levels, through strategies such as formal and informal teaching,

facilitated reflective practice, skills supervision, coaching, mentoring and

preceptorship.

Participate in the supervision, evaluation and assessment of

nurses aspiring to work at an enhanced level acting as the line manager for

allocated Senior Registered Nurses.

Undertake activities that monitor and improve the effectiveness,

impact, and value of own and others work.

Use a wide range of contemporary high-quality data, research,

evidence based professional practice, and valid and reliable tools and

techniques, to proactively evaluate and sustainably improve current ways of

working.

Display self-leadership by managing own workload and competing

demands.

Support innovation and service development utilising

evidence-based approaches to optimise effective, sustainable change

Work within current evidence-based policies, processes,

standards, and governance systems, alerting others when revisions are needed to

ensure they remain fit for purpose.

Reflect on and contribute to improving ways of working and

supporting a culture of safety

Promote a safeguarding is everyones business culture, acting as

a safeguarding deputy if required.

Ensure adherence with relevant Infection Prevention and Control

policies and procedures, raising any risks to the IPC group / service

lead.

Lead and participate in research, integrating research-based

evidence in all aspects of specialist palliative care into clinical practice

Contribute to the audit programme, taking a lead role in

specialist palliative nursing audits.

Deputise for the Community Service Lead as requested.

Keep abreast of national policy on palliative and end of life

nursing strategy to use as a framework for practice development.

To update own specialist skills and knowledge in cancer and

palliative care, through continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

for all staff:

Act as a positive

ambassador for St Elizabeth Hospice

Where the

postholder is a member of a professional body, comply to the professional

standards set by that body. Ensure registration is current and practice

continuous professional development.

Because

of the special nature of the hospice and its work, the postholder may on

occasion be asked to undertake other duties to help maintain our high standards

of care and engagement.

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience including proven palliative care / Oncology experience at a Band 6 or above, or equivalent level.
• Experienced in assessing patient needs that may be complex and subject to change.
• Knowledge of the national palliative care agenda.
• Have an understanding of safeguarding principles and be able to apply these within everyday practice.

Desirable

• Experience of working in the community.
• Previous experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Smart personal presentation, appropriate to the role.
• Can lead and develop team working.
• Car driver, holding a current valid driving licence.
• Active member of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to work flexibly to the needs of the service.
• Proven personal coping strategies in dealing with emotionally loaded situations.

Qualifications

Essential

• First level Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Level 6 and / or level 7 post registration education in palliative care or related qualification.
• Advanced communication course.
• Relevant mentorship qualification.

Desirable

• Non -Medical Prescribing.
• Supervision qualification.
• Counselling qualification.

Specific Skills

Essential

• Expert current knowledge of pain and symptom management, which underpins theory, usually gained through recent clinical practice at a senior level.
• Ability to identify psychological or spiritual distress requiring referral to other specialist services.
• Evidence of counselling skills and practical application.
• Evidence of ability to interact and influence at all levels within the organisation.
• Commitment to clinical excellence through regular professional updating.
• Computer literacy sufficient to input patient records and work efficiently and effectively.
• Able to prioritise and manage own time effectively. time manage work.