Job summary
- Hours:37.5 hours per week, part-time hours considered
- Location:Rennie Grove Peace St Albans, Harpenden and Dacorum Locality
- Salary:Rennie Grove Peace Band 7: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (Pro-rata)
- Closing date: 14 August 2025 at 12:00 noon
- Interview date:26 August 2025
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.
Main duties of the job
You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:
- 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.
- Demonstrate specialist skills and expertise in palliative care, the post holder will deliver high standards of personalised care
- Improve patient outcomes and experience by providing physical and emotional support to their patients, coordinating their care services, and informing and advising them on clinical and practical issues associated with their illness.
- Participate activities such as audits and case reviews to improve the Hospice at Home service.
- Act as a Rennie Grove Peace Hospice ambassador within the community, actively demonstrating our values and positively promoting the specialist care we provide.
- As required, work across Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care geographical area to support safe and effective service delivery.
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
- Demonstrate clinical excellence and maintain consistently high standards of clinical practice
in palliative care.
- Act as a role model providing clinical leadership for colleagues.
Advise and support on patients with complex needs and their families at home, maintaining
an approach that incorporates physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care, in
accordance with the organisation mission and values.
- Manage a caseload of complex patients promoting the highest possible standards of
individualised care, symptom management and bereavement support through a process of
assessment, planning, coordination and evaluation.
- Effectively allocate and support team members to implement the care plan, monitoring and
evaluating the care provided, delivering practical nursing care when appropriate.
- Monitor and prioritise team referrals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Demonstrate clinical excellence and maintain consistently high standards of clinical practice
in palliative care.
- Act as a role model providing clinical leadership for colleagues.
Advise and support on patients with complex needs and their families at home, maintaining
an approach that incorporates physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care, in
accordance with the organisation mission and values.
- Manage a caseload of complex patients promoting the highest possible standards of
individualised care, symptom management and bereavement support through a process of
assessment, planning, coordination and evaluation.
- Effectively allocate and support team members to implement the care plan, monitoring and
evaluating the care provided, delivering practical nursing care when appropriate.
- Monitor and prioritise team referrals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse or Registered Paramedic
- Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic developmentFirst level Registered Nurse or Registered Paramedic
- Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development
- Proven palliative care experienceNon-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.
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
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic developmentFirst level Registered Nurse or Registered Paramedic
- Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development
- Proven palliative care experienceNon-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.
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).
