Job summary
Are you a compassionate and experienced nurse leader with a passion for palliative care? We're looking for someone who shares our values to join the Midhurst Macmillan Service as a Clinical Lead. This is a unique opportunity to lead a dedicated clinical team delivering high-quality, person-centred care to patients and families in their homes and communities. You'll help shape the future of specialist palliative care, making a meaningful difference every day at the heart of the community.
Main duties of the job
As Clinical Lead, you'll provide visible and supportive leadership across our specialist palliative care service. You'll use your advanced clinical skills to manage complex cases, mentor colleagues, and ensure safe, effective, and compassionate care. You'll work collaboratively with partners across health and social care to deliver seamless, personalised support for patients and families. We're looking for someone who leads with empathy, inspires confidence, and is committed to continuous improvement.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
- Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex
- Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
- Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
- Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
- Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
- Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values - Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence - guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a key leadership role within the Midhurst Macmillan Service, where youll oversee the delivery of high-quality palliative and end-of-life care across the community. Youll lead a skilled multidisciplinary team, providing expert clinical oversight and supporting staff through supervision, mentorship, and reflective practice.
Youll be responsible for managing complex patient care, ensuring services are safe, responsive, and person-centred. Youll contribute to service development, governance, and strategic planning, working closely with GPs, hospices, acute trusts, and voluntary sector partners to ensure joined-up care pathways and equitable access.
Your leadership will help shape the future of our service, championing innovation, inclusion, and excellence in care. If youre passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative, values-led environment, wed love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a key leadership role within the Midhurst Macmillan Service, where youll oversee the delivery of high-quality palliative and end-of-life care across the community. Youll lead a skilled multidisciplinary team, providing expert clinical oversight and supporting staff through supervision, mentorship, and reflective practice.
Youll be responsible for managing complex patient care, ensuring services are safe, responsive, and person-centred. Youll contribute to service development, governance, and strategic planning, working closely with GPs, hospices, acute trusts, and voluntary sector partners to ensure joined-up care pathways and equitable access.
Your leadership will help shape the future of our service, championing innovation, inclusion, and excellence in care. If youre passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative, values-led environment, wed love to hear from you.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or professional registration
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Adult) - current NMC registration
- Postgraduate level qualification or equivalent experience
- Advanced Physical Assessment (Masters module) or willing to work towards
- Independent/Non-medical Prescriber or willing to work towards
- Practice Assessor/Mentorship qualification
- Evidence of continuous professional, clinical and leadership development
Desirable
- Master's degree (or working towards)
- Community Specialist Practice qualification (District Nursing or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience, including case management and complex patient care
- Specialist experience in palliative and end-of-life care or long-term condition management
- Experience of clinical leadership at senior level, including line management and staff development
- Evidence of ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care
- Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries (e.g. Primary Care, Acute, Social Care, Voluntary Sector)
- Experience of contributing to or leading service development, quality improvement or innovation projects
- Experience in governance processes (e.g. incident management, audit, complaints handling, risk assessment)
Desirable
- Experience of drafting or implementing service plans, policies or standard operating procedures
Other requirements
Essential
- Car driver with access to a vehicle for work purposes, unless under Equality Act
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or professional registration
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Adult) - current NMC registration
- Postgraduate level qualification or equivalent experience
- Advanced Physical Assessment (Masters module) or willing to work towards
- Independent/Non-medical Prescriber or willing to work towards
- Practice Assessor/Mentorship qualification
- Evidence of continuous professional, clinical and leadership development
Desirable
- Master's degree (or working towards)
- Community Specialist Practice qualification (District Nursing or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience, including case management and complex patient care
- Specialist experience in palliative and end-of-life care or long-term condition management
- Experience of clinical leadership at senior level, including line management and staff development
- Evidence of ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care
- Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries (e.g. Primary Care, Acute, Social Care, Voluntary Sector)
- Experience of contributing to or leading service development, quality improvement or innovation projects
- Experience in governance processes (e.g. incident management, audit, complaints handling, risk assessment)
Desirable
- Experience of drafting or implementing service plans, policies or standard operating procedures
Other requirements
Essential
- Car driver with access to a vehicle for work purposes, unless under Equality Act
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.
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).
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.
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).
