Community Clinical Nurse Specialist

Status: Fixed term for 1 year (maternity cover)

Salary: £18,819.00 to £22,734.00 (WTE: £31,365.00 to £37,890.00)

Closing Date: 07/10/2020

Hours:             22.5 hrs per week.   Full rotation, 24/7 days a week.

We are offering an opportunity to be part of the Community Specialist Palliative Care Team influencing the holistic care of patients and carers with end of life and specialist palliative care needs.  This is a chance to make a real difference to people’s lives.

Are you an enthusiastic Registered Nurse who wants to give the best possible care?   Have you thought about a career in Specialist Palliative Care at St Elizabeth Hospice?

You will work with our Community Team providing specialist palliative care advice and support to patients in the East Suffolk area. You will work closely with your Team Leader and multi-disciplinary team to provide face to face and telephone support, for a caseload of patients and participate in answering calls from our 24/7 advice line.

In return we offer:

  • personal pension plan (NHS Pensions are transferrable)
  • generous holiday entitlement
  • excellent training opportunities externally and from within our Education Department on site, including our Palliative Care programme
  • support with revalidation and ongoing CPD
  • experience in working in a 24/7 Specialist Community Team

 Our most recent Care Quality Commission report rated the hospice as “Outstanding”

 Closing Date:             7 October 2020

Interview Date:          to be confirmed

For more information please see job description and person specification.

Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted, and invitation to interview will be sent by email.




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