Lead for Palliative and End of Life Care
The closing date is 25 November 2025
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced, compassionate, and highly motivated Palliative and End of Life Care Lead Nurse to provide clinical and professional leadership for our specialist palliative care service. This role will drive the development, coordination, and delivery of exceptional care, ensuring all patients facing life-limiting illnesses and their families receive seamless, holistic, and dignified palliative and end of life support.
Main duties of the job
The main purpose of this role is to:
Provide support to patients with specialist palliative care needs and their families, in both the hospital and community settings
Provide strong, visible leadership and have the appropriate level of authority to offer support, advice and assistance required by patients, their families and carers. Concentrating on areas of patient safety, patient experience and clinical outcomes will be essential.
Provide leadership, line management and operational nursing responsibility for the Palliative Care Nursing Team
Working with consultant colleagues in Palliative Medicine to:
o Share lead clinical responsibility for Palliative and End of Life (EoL) care
o Enhance Palliative and EoL Care in HDFT and across the locality through education of healthcare professionals and implementation of evidence based guidelines.
o Support the organisation with service improvement initiatives in Palliative and (EoL) Care in line with the national strategy for EoLC across Harrogate and Rural District (HaRD).
About us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
- A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
- Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
- Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please note:
- Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
- Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
- Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
- All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
Details
Date posted
11 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
421-LTUCC-3452A
Job locations
Harrogate and District Hospital
Harrogate
HG2 7SX
Employer details
Employer name
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Harrogate and District Hospital
Harrogate
HG2 7SX
Employer's website
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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