Job summary
- Hours: 30 hours per week
- Location: St Albans, Harpenden and Dacorum Locality Area (Travel between all Rennie Grove Peace offices will be required as part of this role.)
- Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 7 - £47,810 - £54,710 per annum (pro rata)
- Closing date: 27 April 2026 at 12 noon
- Interview date: TBC
This role will suit someone who:- Is an experienced palliative care nurse or paramedic who would like to be part of a community
service which aims to ensure equity of access to Rennie Grove Peace Hospice services.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of the role is to provide high quality specialist palliative practitioner care, skills, advice and support to patients, carers and those important to the patient.
This role will support the delivery of planned and unplanned care across Rennie Grove Peace Hospice.
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's 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
- Actively participate in the development of the organisations planned and unplanned community model of care.
- Offer advice, support and education to the primary health care team as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- The management of a specialist palliative planned care caseload within a set Primary Care Network (PCN) and cross cover other surgeries as required to maintain our service.
- To work from an interdisciplinary approach to care.
- To engage in the full range of activities consistent with the role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist/ Clinical Paramedic Specialist.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Actively participate in the development of the organisations planned and unplanned community model of care.
- Offer advice, support and education to the primary health care team as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- The management of a specialist palliative planned care caseload within a set Primary Care Network (PCN) and cross cover other surgeries as required to maintain our service.
- To work from an interdisciplinary approach to care.
- To engage in the full range of activities consistent with the role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist/ Clinical Paramedic Specialist.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse or Registered Paramedic
- Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development
- Proven palliative care experience
- Non-medical Prescriber or a commitment to successfully achieve this qualification as agreed
- with line manager
- Advanced assessment skills training/commitment to attend this qualification
- Advanced communication skills training
- 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
- Ability to work autonomously and as an effective member of the team
- Caring and empathetic approach
- Commitment to the organisation values
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may
- have experienced Rennie Grove and 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
- Experience of teaching within a clinical setting
- Experience of successfully implementing and supporting change
- Experience of leading and motivating teams of volunteers.
- Strong problem-solving skills and able to implement new initiatives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse or Registered Paramedic
- Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development
- Proven palliative care experience
- Non-medical Prescriber or a commitment to successfully achieve this qualification as agreed
- with line manager
- Advanced assessment skills training/commitment to attend this qualification
- Advanced communication skills training
- 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
- Ability to work autonomously and as an effective member of the team
- Caring and empathetic approach
- Commitment to the organisation values
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may
- have experienced Rennie Grove and 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
- Experience of teaching within a clinical setting
- Experience of successfully implementing and supporting change
- Experience of leading and motivating teams of volunteers.
- Strong problem-solving skills and able to implement new initiatives.
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).
