Palliative Care Nurse Band 6

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Job Location:

Portsmouth - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Specialist Nurse Palliative Care Band 6

Band 6: 39959 - 48.117

Permanent contract

Location: Queen Alexandra Hospital Southwick Hill Road Cosham Portsmouth PO6 3LY Portsmouth

We have an exciting opportunity for a 1 WTE or a 0.8 WTE band 6 Specialist Nurse in Palliative Care in the Hospital Palliative Care Team at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. These are substantive posts available from May 2026.

We are looking for a registered nurse with 5 years post registration experience including 2 years working in a specialist palliative/end of life care setting. A band 6 development post will be considered for candidates who do not completely meet the person specification and all successful candidates will be supported in their development. We highly recommend interested applicants contact us to discuss the role especially if you do not meet the person specification.

The Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) Hospital Palliative and End of Life Care Team (HPCT) provide a Trust wide service for all adults aged 18 years and above:days a year. Out of hours telephone advice is provided by our specialist palliative care provider.

Reporting to the Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist (accountable to the Nurse Consultant and working with the Hospital Palliative and End of Life Care team members) the post holder will work as an integral part of the hospital palliative care team to provide specialist palliative and end of life care advice and management for patients (and their families) with life shortening illnesses and to the multi-professional teams to enable timely and effective care. This includes those with malignant and non-malignant diagnoses.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a high level of expertise/potential within palliative care can work independently and within a team and demonstrate skills in teaching audit and service development. They will provide support and education for colleagues and work in close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across the hospital and community to ensure patients receive the highest standard of clinical care and a seamless service.

This post will contribute to and implement the Trust Clinical Strategy: End of Life Workstream and act as a professional role model for nursing across the Trust and to colleagues outside of the organisation. They will work closely with the local Integrated Care System hospice and palliative care providers including medical consultant colleagues.

Informal visits and discussions are strongly recommended.

If you do not meet the person specification - Please contact us as we are open to a development post.

Applications via Smart Recruiters go to Share Point - My Development Vacancies at PHU

Internal Applicants Only

Key Contacts:

Sarah Russell Nurse Consultant Bleep 1433 Ext 6132

Jill Cronen Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist Bleep 2232

Melissa Tolson Clinical Nurse Specialist Bleep 1370.

Or any member of the hospital palliative care team via Ext 6132.

Closing Date: Friday 17th April 2026

Interview Date: Friday 24th April 2026 (venue to be confirmed)

Please refer to the Job description for further details

Qualifications :

Essential

Current Registered Nurse with NMC
Other post registration qualifications relevant to specialist palliative and end of life care
Evidence of continuous professional development
Proven clinical leadership skills.
5 years post registration experience including 2 years working in a specialist palliative/end of life care setting
Knowledge of the pathology of disease processes in life limiting illnesses.
Knowledge and understanding of the management of complex symptom control.
Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act.
Good communication skills both verbal and written.
Advanced person-centred assessment skills for the health and wellbeing of patients with a life limiting diagnosis.
Principles of clinical supervision and reflective practice.
Excellent organisational skills

Desirable

Nursing degree (level 6)
Advanced symptom control or palliative care qualification or courses
Advanced communication skills training or similar
Experience of design delivery monitoring and evaluation of clinical informal and formal teaching
Teaching qualification
Local regional and national agendas relating to Palliative and End of Life Care e.g. Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care Five Priorities for Care in Dying Specialist Level Palliative Care Service Specification Integrated Care Board strategy.
Underpinning knowledge of palliative/end of life care tools which improve patient care e.g. outcome measures prognostication indicators symptom assessment tools.
Understanding of the clinical governance pathway
Principles of research and audit.
Effective mentoring and coaching skills

Additional Information :

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ Race Equality and DisAbility and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

Specialist Nurse Palliative Care Band 6Band 6: 39959 - 48.117Permanent contractLocation: Queen Alexandra Hospital Southwick Hill Road Cosham Portsmouth PO6 3LY PortsmouthWe have an exciting opportunity for a 1 WTE or a 0.8 WTE band 6 Specialist Nurse in Palliative Care in the Hospital Palliative Car...