Access and Community Nurse Specialist (Band 6)

We have an exciting opportunity for Band 6 Palliative Nurse Specialists to join the Community Nursing Service and rotate between the Access and Community Nurse Specialist Teams.

We are a supportive and dynamic team delivering outstanding palliative care to people in our community.  You will need knowledge and experience of palliative care, confident decision-making skills and a passion to continuously improve and develop. This role is primarily advisory, with minimal hands-on nursing care.

The Access Team manage the clinical Telephone Advice Line between 08:00 and 20:00 Monday to Sunday in addition to triaging all urgent external referrals to the hospice. The team are currently trialling a mix of long and short shifts over 7 days.

The Community Nurse Specialist Team support a complex patient caseload of 400-450 patients, triaging all routine external referrals to the hospice. The team work 7.5 hr days Monday to Friday with a regular commitment to the weekend/ bank holiday rota.

We can offer either full or part time hours (37.5 or 30 hours per week)

Working as a Palliative Nurse Specialist within the Community Nursing Services requires a core skill set

Holistic assessment – face to face and by phone ?
Problem solving, decision making, symptom control and prescribing advice?
Independent prescribing
Advance care planning and completion of Respect plus    ?
Joint working / liaison referral / signposting with internal and external MDT?
Initial bereavement support

You will be given excellent support to develop your nursing skills into a specialist role. There are opportunities for professional development and specialist training in palliative care, including Independent Prescribing.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Cate Robbins, Lead Specialist Nurse – Community and Access teams, cate.robbins@stpetershospice.org or Claire Collins, Community Nurse Specialist Team Leader - South Team, claire.collins@stpetershospice.org, or by phoning 0117 9159493.

Please note the jobholder will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Check. 

Sensitive DBS applications:
If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, please call 0300 131 2784 or email sensitive@dbs.gov.uk once the form has been issued to you.

We will also require vaccination history or evidence of immunity.

Strictly no agencies.