Job summary
Exciting Opportunity: Band 6 Community Palliative Care Nurse
Are you passionate about making a real difference at a profoundly important time in people's lives? We are looking for a Band 6 Palliative Care Nurse to join our community team in West Cumbria. This is an exciting opportunity to specialise in palliative and end-of-life care, supporting patients and families through some of life's most critical moments.
You will provide expert specialist advice, guidance and support to patients, carers/relatives, clinical practitioners and the wider multidisciplinary team.
You will be instrumental in assessing, planning, and delivering compassionate, high-quality care, while also sharing your knowledge and expertise with colleagues.
While your primary base will be in West Cumbria, there may be occasions to support other parts of the service, including hospital settings or East Cumbria, providing continuity of care across the region.
If you are motivated, caring, and eager to make a meaningful impact, this role offers the chance to develop your skills in a specialist area of nursing that truly matters.
Main duties of the job
-
Deliver expert palliative care to patients with complex needs across diverse community and home settings.
-
Manage symptoms and provide holistic support to patients and their families.
-
Coordinate care with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless service delivery.
-
Advise, educate, and support colleagues and carers, promoting best practice in palliative care.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
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.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Excellent opportunities for development*
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
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.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Excellent opportunities for development*
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of sustained personal & professional development
- Ist level registered nurse
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Advanced communication skills training/qualification from a recognised body
- oEvidence of sustained personal and professional development.
Desirable
- Post-registration qualification in palliative care
- Evidence of recent study at Masters/post graduate/Highly specialist level in relevant area.
- Teaching qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Enhanced, comprehensive knowledge of issues related to Specialist Palliative Care
- Demonstrate ability to obtain and evaluate information to aid decision making
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its application
- Committed to Continued Professional
- Development of self
- Ability to concentrate in an unpredictable work environment
- Understanding of current NHS issues and initiatives
- Ability to apply research into practice
- Organisation and time management skills
- Intermediate IT skills in word processing, email, spreadsheets, Powerpoint and desk top publishing
- Highly developed expert communication skills both verbal and written
- Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and maintain quality
Desirable
- Demonstrate people management skills including: - Motivation of staff and team building Negotiation -Decision Making -Leadership Staff development- -Conflict and problem solving
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Minimum 2 year's post-basic experience include experience in relevant field
- Evidence of clinical competence in Palliative Care
- Recognition of own limitations
- Experience of and ability to work as a member of the multidisciplinary clinical team
- Experience of undertaking audit
Desirable
- Management and leadership experience
- Evidence of teaching and developing staff
Other Requirements
Essential
- Adaptable to the changing needs of the service
- Self motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible
- Approachable
- Assertive
- Able to deal with difficult and sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of sustained personal & professional development
- Ist level registered nurse
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Advanced communication skills training/qualification from a recognised body
- oEvidence of sustained personal and professional development.
Desirable
- Post-registration qualification in palliative care
- Evidence of recent study at Masters/post graduate/Highly specialist level in relevant area.
- Teaching qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Enhanced, comprehensive knowledge of issues related to Specialist Palliative Care
- Demonstrate ability to obtain and evaluate information to aid decision making
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its application
- Committed to Continued Professional
- Development of self
- Ability to concentrate in an unpredictable work environment
- Understanding of current NHS issues and initiatives
- Ability to apply research into practice
- Organisation and time management skills
- Intermediate IT skills in word processing, email, spreadsheets, Powerpoint and desk top publishing
- Highly developed expert communication skills both verbal and written
- Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and maintain quality
Desirable
- Demonstrate people management skills including: - Motivation of staff and team building Negotiation -Decision Making -Leadership Staff development- -Conflict and problem solving
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Minimum 2 year's post-basic experience include experience in relevant field
- Evidence of clinical competence in Palliative Care
- Recognition of own limitations
- Experience of and ability to work as a member of the multidisciplinary clinical team
- Experience of undertaking audit
Desirable
- Management and leadership experience
- Evidence of teaching and developing staff
Other Requirements
Essential
- Adaptable to the changing needs of the service
- Self motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible
- Approachable
- Assertive
- Able to deal with difficult and sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy
Desirable
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).
