Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) / Clinical Paramedic Specialist (CPS)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Community Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) / Clinical Paramedic Specialist (CPS) (Hospital@Home)

Location: Bromley but may require working from the Sydenham site 

 Hours: Part Time 22.5 hours per week  Maternity Cover fixed term or secondment opportunity.

Salary:  £31,129-£35,126 (inclusive of HCA, 22.5 hours per week)

Please note, salary will be determined on service and experience within the role

Are you an experienced community palliative care nurse, or paramedic, looking for an exciting opportunity to join a new initiative within the Hospital@Home Team hosted within the St Christophers Community Palliative Care Team?

Are you interested in being part of a dynamic team that provides the best possible palliative care for people living in South East London? A team that responds rapidly, is holistic, reflexive, responsive and uses all your clinical skills to provide high quality palliative care through direct care, or through supporting other clinicians using teaching, education and advancing practice 

The Bromley Hospital@ Home Service is a dynamic, collaborative and integrated model of care that intends to deliver a range of interventions, including remote monitoring in the community. It aims to help patients avoid hospital admission, enable early discharge from hospital and to remain at home through the use of short-term support and intervention. St Christophers is part of this new service (The Hospital@ Home Palliative Team), and is looking to recruit a CNS/CPS to cover maternity leave within the team 

What will you be doing?  You will work across organisations to support people to remain in their own homes rather than attending hospital or facilitating a rapid discharge home from hospital when appropriate using the Hospital@home model as a basis for care provision. The Palliative Pathway in this innovative service, supports people identified as reaching the end of their life. You will be an integral part of the Bromley Hospital@Home Team and St Christophers Community Palliative Care Team. You will also work closely with The PRUH Acute Frailty Unit, St Christophers In Reach Nurse and PRUH Inpatient Palliative Care Team.

St Christophers prides itself on creating an environment of committed and supportive multi-professionals who deliver empowering, compassionate care and support, through making meaningful connections with the people we care for and their families. 

St Christophers has services spanning the London boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham, and are connected to partner health and social care organisations in all the boroughs we support. St Christophers CARE, provides learning and development to the communities we support, and we have academic links with a number of universities, nationally and internationally

Benefits of joining St Christophers

• You will gain a stimulating and rewarding career with an opportunity to influence and make a real difference in the community
• Access to excellent training and development opportunities including masters level education and non-medical prescribing dependent on role
• A number of health and wellbeing schemes
• A competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance scheme with generous beneficiary plan

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Fiona Hodson - Nurse Consultant on 0208 768 4500 or f.hodson@StChristophers.org.uk

Please have a look at our website for further information on all aspects of St Christophers at www.stchristophers.org.uk and to apply for this position, please click the Apply Online button below.

Closing Date:  29th May 2025

Provisional Interview Date: 2 June

In the event we receive a high amount of applications, we reserve the right to close the job earlier than the initial closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

• Essential:NMC registration

Experience

Desirable

• Essential: Proven palliative care/oncology with relevant qualifications and experience of working at Band 6/equivalent or above

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

St Christopher’s Hospice

Address

St Christopher's - Orpington

Caritas House

Orpington

Kent

BR6 9XA

Employer's website

https://www.stchristophers.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)