Job summary
Clinical Nurse Specialist (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice
Grove Rd, Headingley, Leeds LS6 2AE
37.5 Hours Per Week
£16.94 - 20.68 per hour
£22.17 - 26.40 per hour (Non-Medical Prescriber)
(plus enhancements and competitive benefits)
Main duties of the job
Our Clinical Nurse Specialists play an essential role in providing high-quality, person centred care for individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. Their role extends beyond direct patient care to include education, leadership, and advocacy.
By combining clinical expertise, emotional intelligence, and leadership skills, they ensure that patients and families experience dignity, comfort, and peace during some of the most challenging times of their lives. Their role enhances the overall quality of palliative care and supports the healthcare team in delivering the best possible outcomes.
About us
Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice is in the heart of Headingley, Leeds. We provide expert palliative care at a time when people need this the most. We support you when you are living with a life-limiting condition, and also help your loved ones and family.
We support people aged 18 and over who are living with life-limiting conditions such as cancer, heart failure and lung disease by combining specialist medical care for managing pain and other symptoms with other emotional, practical and spiritual support.
We are able to provide care in our inpatient unit and our CNS team are on hand to visit people and provide care for people in their own home.
Benefits
Enhanced pay for unsociable hours
Company pension scheme
Continuation of NHS pension (terms and conditions apply)
27 days holiday rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
NHS annual leave honoured (terms and conditions apply)
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Enhanced sick pay
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Healthcare Cash plan, to claim back costs of routine healthcare
Death in Service benefit
Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org
Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, were proud to support the Offer an Interview scheme. This means we will offer an interview to all disabled applicants who best meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
About the role
Our Clinical Nurse Specialists play an essential role in providing high-quality, person centred care for individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. Their role extends beyond direct patient care to include education, leadership, and advocacy.
By combining clinical expertise, emotional intelligence, and leadership skills, they ensure that patients and families experience dignity, comfort, and peace during some of the most challenging times of their lives. Their role enhances the overall quality of palliative care and supports the healthcare team in delivering the best possible outcomes.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Palliative Care Nurse who wants to work in a supportive environment where care of the patients comes first.
Your main duties will be to provide direct assessment, support and advocacy to service users and carers dealing with complex, distressing and life-limiting illnesses.
In addition:
You will manage your own caseload and provide expert care to service users, appropriate to their needs, wishes and culture.
You will collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate service user records.
Job description
Job responsibilities
About the role
Our Clinical Nurse Specialists play an essential role in providing high-quality, person centred care for individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. Their role extends beyond direct patient care to include education, leadership, and advocacy.
By combining clinical expertise, emotional intelligence, and leadership skills, they ensure that patients and families experience dignity, comfort, and peace during some of the most challenging times of their lives. Their role enhances the overall quality of palliative care and supports the healthcare team in delivering the best possible outcomes.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Palliative Care Nurse who wants to work in a supportive environment where care of the patients comes first.
Your main duties will be to provide direct assessment, support and advocacy to service users and carers dealing with complex, distressing and life-limiting illnesses.
In addition:
You will manage your own caseload and provide expert care to service users, appropriate to their needs, wishes and culture.
You will collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate service user records.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- About you
- The successful applicant will play an active role within our team. Sue Ryder prides itself on giving our patients the best possible quality of life by providing a holistic and individualised service.
- Our ideal candidate will have significant experience of working in Palliative and End of Life Care with evidence of additional, role specific qualifications and professional development.
- To work in our service, you should be able to demonstrate:
- Minimum Essential Criteria
- NMC registered and a Specialist nursing qualification and experience in complex care
- Ability to support adjustments for diverse patient needs
- Skilled in accessible communication with patients and families
- Commitment to inclusion and patient advocacy
- Desirable Criteria
- Advanced communication training (e.g. Sage & Thyme)
- Experience with symptom management in complex needs
- Sue Ryder provides a thorough induction with supernumerary time to settle into the role and full training/competency assessment will be provided.
- There is plenty of scope to further develop your own skills in specialist palliative care, and planned career progression through our education programme and development framework is encouraged.
- If you would like to arrange an informal visit to our hospice, please let us know.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- About you
- The successful applicant will play an active role within our team. Sue Ryder prides itself on giving our patients the best possible quality of life by providing a holistic and individualised service.
- Our ideal candidate will have significant experience of working in Palliative and End of Life Care with evidence of additional, role specific qualifications and professional development.
- To work in our service, you should be able to demonstrate:
- Minimum Essential Criteria
- NMC registered and a Specialist nursing qualification and experience in complex care
- Ability to support adjustments for diverse patient needs
- Skilled in accessible communication with patients and families
- Commitment to inclusion and patient advocacy
- Desirable Criteria
- Advanced communication training (e.g. Sage & Thyme)
- Experience with symptom management in complex needs
- Sue Ryder provides a thorough induction with supernumerary time to settle into the role and full training/competency assessment will be provided.
- There is plenty of scope to further develop your own skills in specialist palliative care, and planned career progression through our education programme and development framework is encouraged.
- If you would like to arrange an informal visit to our hospice, please let us know.
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 (opens in a new window).
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 (opens in a new window).
