Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist
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Job Summary
Join a dynamic team delivering outstanding palliative care
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Community Nursing Service working across both the Hospice Inpatient Nurse Led Beds and CNS Response
About Us
Our progressive and dynamic team is at the forefront of delivering exceptional palliative care. We are committed to continual improvement and outstanding patient outcomes.
The Role
As a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist you will:
- Utilise your clinical palliative care knowledge and experience to provide high-quality care.
- Demonstrate confident decision-making skills and a passion for ongoing improvement.
- Support and develop more junior staff members
- Work within the CNS Response / Nurse Led Beds Team led by an Advanced Practitioner to:
- Manage patients admitted to the nurse led beds for end of life care
- Triage the majority of urgent referrals
- Support patients requiring urgent assistance
- Work 7.5 hour days covering 7 days a week
Working Hours
- Part-time: 30 hours per week
Key Requirements
- Significant experience in specialist palliative care
- Independent prescribing qualification (or willingness to work towards this development opportunities available)
What We Offer
- Excellent support and opportunities for skill development
- Training provided for prospective Independent Prescribers
Contact Us
For further information please contact:
Martin Ball Advanced Practitioner Nurse led Beds and Response:
Katie Versaci Head of Community Nursing:
Telephone:
Closing date 28/09/2026
Interview Date 07/10/2026
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.
