Job summary
Coordination Centre Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Hours: 30 hours per week
- Location: Peace Hospice, Watford
- Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 7 - £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (pro rata)
- Closing date: 4 July 2025 at 12 noon
- Interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to be part of a small team of senior nurses who are responsible for the clinical coordination of care for patients and families referred to Rennie Grove Peace.
About us
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, our unique care provides a lifeline of compassion and support to patients, carers, and families facing progressive life-limiting illness.
We provide palliative and end of life care support, including bereavement services, within Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and our patient services are available to adults, as well as patients transitioning into adult services (16 to 25 years.) Bereavement support is offered for all ages to families of patients and those around them, as well as throughout the community, in schools and workplaces. We are proud to offer care in the place that best suits the individuals needs, whether that is at home, in a care home, in a short stay in our inpatient unit, out in the community, or in our purpose-built Living Well Centre facilities.
As a hospice care charity, we have offered this support, free of charge, for over 40 years. Our staff team of 340+ includes a wide range of patient-facing disciplines plus operational support based in Watford, Tring, St Albans, Chalfont St Giles and Berkhamsted. The Charity is now one of the larger UK hospice charities, reaching a GP population of 797,037 of whom 75% live in Hertfordshire and 25% in Buckinghamshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:
- Being the point of contact for patients, families, clients and professionals who contact the hospice, dealing with all clinical enquiries.
- Providing clinical oversight and triage for referrals to ensure that the patients and family members get the right Rennie Grove Peace service in a timely manner.
- Developing the Coordination Centres nursing role to ensure it provides a responsive, evidence based and high-quality service to beneficiaries and professionals.
- Working as a Specialist Palliative Care CNS in a different Rennie Grove Peace clinical setting on a monthly basis to maintain and develop skills.
- The post holder will undertake activities such as audits and case review in order to improve the Coordination Centre Service.
- Contributing to the wider strategic development of the hospice and help to translate local and national strategy relating to hospice care and Rennie Grove Peace to implement and deliver an effective service.
- Act as a Rennie Grove Peace ambassador within the community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:
- Being the point of contact for patients, families, clients and professionals who contact the hospice, dealing with all clinical enquiries.
- Providing clinical oversight and triage for referrals to ensure that the patients and family members get the right Rennie Grove Peace service in a timely manner.
- Developing the Coordination Centres nursing role to ensure it provides a responsive, evidence based and high-quality service to beneficiaries and professionals.
- Working as a Specialist Palliative Care CNS in a different Rennie Grove Peace clinical setting on a monthly basis to maintain and develop skills.
- The post holder will undertake activities such as audits and case review in order to improve the Coordination Centre Service.
- Contributing to the wider strategic development of the hospice and help to translate local and national strategy relating to hospice care and Rennie Grove Peace to implement and deliver an effective service.
- Act as a Rennie Grove Peace ambassador within the community.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject.
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development.
- Proven palliative care experience.
- Proven experience of managing people/strong clinical leadership.
- Proven experience of effective team working.
- IT literate including a good knowledge of Excel Word, a clinical IT system.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good organisational skills.
- Teaching and presentation skills.
- Advanced assessment skills and specialist symptom control knowledge to plan, implement and
- evaluate nursing care.
- Drive and enthusiasm with a positive approach.
- Caring and empathetic approach
- Flexible approach and attitude to working.
- Commitment to Rennie Grove Peace hospice car emission and aims.
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have
- experienced Rennie Grove Peace Hospice care services or be bereaved.
- Be a perfect match with our values:
- o We are caring and compassionate
- o We engage and empower
- o We strive for excellence
- o We develop and innovate
- o We respect and value
Desirable
- Nurse Prescriber/commitment to successfully achieve this qualification.
- Advanced assessment skills training/commitment to attend this training within one year of being
- appointed to the position.
- Experience of teaching within a clinical setting.
- Experience of successfully implementing and supporting change
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject.
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development.
- Proven palliative care experience.
- Proven experience of managing people/strong clinical leadership.
- Proven experience of effective team working.
- IT literate including a good knowledge of Excel Word, a clinical IT system.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good organisational skills.
- Teaching and presentation skills.
- Advanced assessment skills and specialist symptom control knowledge to plan, implement and
- evaluate nursing care.
- Drive and enthusiasm with a positive approach.
- Caring and empathetic approach
- Flexible approach and attitude to working.
- Commitment to Rennie Grove Peace hospice car emission and aims.
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have
- experienced Rennie Grove Peace Hospice care services or be bereaved.
- Be a perfect match with our values:
- o We are caring and compassionate
- o We engage and empower
- o We strive for excellence
- o We develop and innovate
- o We respect and value
Desirable
- Nurse Prescriber/commitment to successfully achieve this qualification.
- Advanced assessment skills training/commitment to attend this training within one year of being
- appointed to the position.
- Experience of teaching within a clinical setting.
- Experience of successfully implementing and supporting change
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
