Community Nurse Specialist
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Job Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Palliative Nurse Specialist to join our Community Nursing team.
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 comprising a mix of face to face and phone assessment with minimal hands-on nursing care.
The Community Nurse Specialist Team support a complex patient caseload of 400-450 patients and 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 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 / shadow shift please contact Cate Robbins (Lead Specialist Nurse Community and Access teams) Julie Heaton or Kate Jelbert (Joint Community Nurse Specialist West Team Leads) or by phoning.
Please note the jobholder will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Closing date: Sun 11 Oct 2026
Interview panel: Cate Robbins Julie Heaton Kate Jelbert
Interview date: Wed 21 Oct 2026
About Us
Weve spent over 40 years helping people die in peace and with dignity. Combining compassion with clinical expertise we provide patients with the best possible care at the end of their lives.
Were here for the people around our patients too those closest to them. Before during and after a bereavement we provide support thats remembered forever.
We think its that unforgettable support that inspires people to give back to St Peters. To fundraise for us. Donate. Volunteer. Were not exaggerating when we say that we couldnt do what we do without our wonderful supporters. We really cant thank them enough.
We want to help many more people to die well. And were doing this by teaching others. As a centre of educational excellence we share our skills with other health professionals helping the NHS and care homes to provide better end-of-life care.
Were here for all for free forever.
The Benefits
If you join our clinical team we offer NHS Agenda for Change benefits such as:
- NHS equivalent salaries
- Generous holiday entitlement and recognition for previous NHS service (up to 33 days for 10 years service)
- Continuation in the NHS pension scheme for existing members
- Recognition of previous NHS service for sick pay
There are many benefits to working at St Peters including:
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays pro rata. This increases the longer youre with us
- Competitive salary
- Pension with employer matched contributions up to 6%
- Enhanced sick pay rising with service to a maximum of 12 weeks full and 12 weeks half pay.
- Birthday leave a day off in the month of your birthday
- Ability to buy or sell up to three days of annual leave per year
- Volunteer leave
- Life insurance scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Access to discounts and offers through the Blue Light Card
- Home and electronics salary sacrifice scheme
- Free parking at our main office sites
- Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
- Travel discounts
- Eye care scheme
- Annual flu vaccine scheme
- Comprehensive induction
- In-house learning & development team
- Continual professional development
Life is busy and we all want to enjoy a healthy work/life why we offer flexible working hours and if its practical for your role we also offer hybrid working.
You can split your hours between your home and our offices in Brentry and Long Ashton. We think this is a good way to work it gives you the convenience of working from home and the camaraderie of being with colleagues in the office.
Equity and Diversity
We want our teams to reflect the diversity of our community and we want everyone to feel that they belong. Thats why weve joined ENEI: Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion. This is a UK based not-for-profit organisation that helps employers build and maintain diverse teams and inclusive cultures. Were really pleased to have ENEI supporting us on our Equity Diversity and Inclusion journey.
Just as we offer care to all we welcome applications from everyone. We want to hear from you regardless of your age disability religion or belief sex race sexual orientation gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity.
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About Company
St Peter's Hospice is a local charity that provides care and support to adults who are living with a progressive life-limiting illness in the Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset area.
