Job summary
As part of Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust, Evelina London is there for children, young people & women from London to South East England and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world.
Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in our hospitals and throughout our local community, continues to grow. We support families from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life.
Right in the heart of vibrant London, we benefit from excellent transport links, we have staff working here from the local areas, spanning across London, and further afield into the home counties.
We strive to recruit and retain staff who are motivated to develop and learn with us as we continually strive to ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe, and focused on women, children and their families.
Closing date: 21st April 2026
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to recruit a dynamic and innovative nurse with experience in Paediatric Palliative Care to our Clinical Nurse Specialist team.
As a clinical nurse specialist you will be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team working together to deliver this specialist service to children and families under the care of Evelina London across the South East network.This will involve travel to local hospitals, hospices and children's homes.
You will bring excellent communication, clinical skills and a desire to maintain and role model a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.There is an expectation that you will be able to work autonomously. The role also involves an element of lone working.
You will be responsible for developing and delivering specialist pathways of care as part of a multi-professional team, working with care providers across the South East to ensure children, families receive high quality palliative care in the most appropriate setting.
This role will involve taking part in an out of hours telephone on call rota to provide advice and support.The on-call rota is in addition to your contracted hours.
You will benefit from excellent support from the existing CNS team and Palliative Care consultants & we will offer you a comprehensive range of experience and development opportunities.
If you feel you have the skills, enthusiasm and ambition to take this opportunity to join this fantastic team please take this opportunity and contact us.
About us
At Evelina, we are reminded every day of how important life is, and how important it is to look after the health and wellbeing of our staff as they balance of responsibilities in and out of work. We are committed to supporting flexible working; we want to support you to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and creating a sense of belonging and fun for all our teams caring for women, children and families; as we continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs, we recognise the huge benefit of our workforce being reflective of the diverse communities we serve.
We are committed to supporting the professional development of staff, and have excellent training and educational offerings. Recognising that looking after babies, children and young people is incredibly rewarding, but can also bring challenge we offer amazing resources to help support our staff's emotional wellbeing and resilience.
If you have what it takes to be an amazing Evelina Nurse, and have the appetite to join a forward thinking, positive environment, where aspiration and innovation are encouraged, we want you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning and provision of specialist nursing advice working as part of a multi-professional expert team caring for children and young people on a palliative care or end of life pathway.
You will be act as a role model for excellent advanced communication skills and expertise and demonstrate skills in conflict resolution and competent negotiation skills when dealing with difficult or challenging situations. You will provide clinical supervision to other staff, students and may take part in research & lead clinical audits in this specialist area.
The post holder will ensure the safety and wellbeing of services users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.
Please see the attached Job Description for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning and provision of specialist nursing advice working as part of a multi-professional expert team caring for children and young people on a palliative care or end of life pathway.
You will be act as a role model for excellent advanced communication skills and expertise and demonstrate skills in conflict resolution and competent negotiation skills when dealing with difficult or challenging situations. You will provide clinical supervision to other staff, students and may take part in research & lead clinical audits in this specialist area.
The post holder will ensure the safety and wellbeing of services users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.
Please see the attached Job Description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
- Leadership course
- Mentorship course
Desirable
- Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality)
- Evidence of leadership development
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
- Ability to carry out audit and research
- Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully
- Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to direct patient care
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills
Desirable
- Experience of nursing research /audit
- Experience of using of variety of IT applications to undertake clinic/meetings and patient care
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area delivering effective patient focused care.
- Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education at undergraduate level
- Experience of delivering patient advocacy
- Experience of audit, research & evidence based care
Desirable
- Experience of change management or service improvement
- Previous experience as CNS or other senior role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
- Leadership course
- Mentorship course
Desirable
- Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality)
- Evidence of leadership development
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
- Ability to carry out audit and research
- Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully
- Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to direct patient care
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills
Desirable
- Experience of nursing research /audit
- Experience of using of variety of IT applications to undertake clinic/meetings and patient care
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area delivering effective patient focused care.
- Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education at undergraduate level
- Experience of delivering patient advocacy
- Experience of audit, research & evidence based care
Desirable
- Experience of change management or service improvement
- Previous experience as CNS or other senior role
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).
