Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Team Lead for Community & Hospital Palliative Care Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 31 March 2026

Job summary

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to be part of the Senior Nursing Team at Salisbury Hospice. We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated nurse with expert leadership and management skills, and to also have expert clinical palliative care knowledge and experience.

Using your specialist skills and knowledge you will be responsible for developing your teams and the service in order to ensure excellent evidence based care that meets local need within a designated budget.

Main duties of the job

As a senior nurse you will be working alongside the senior management team to support the provision of specialist palliative care. You will have responsibility for the Community and Hospital Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Teams ensuring that expert high quality palliative care is delivered to patients and their families.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Details

Date posted

17 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata if part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

269-SFT9653

Job locations

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Meets the below criteria

Essential

  • Minimum 2 years working at a Band 6
  • Minimum 2 years working in Specialist Palliative Care
  • Advanced Communication Skills Course
  • Leadership/Management Skills

Desirable

  • Currently either working in a Community or Hospital Specialist Palliative Care role
  • Evidence of teaching qualification
  • Evidence of managing a team previoulsy
Person Specification

Meets the below criteria

Essential

  • Minimum 2 years working at a Band 6
  • Minimum 2 years working in Specialist Palliative Care
  • Advanced Communication Skills Course
  • Leadership/Management Skills

Desirable

  • Currently either working in a Community or Hospital Specialist Palliative Care role
  • Evidence of teaching qualification
  • Evidence of managing a team previoulsy

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Employer's website

https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Employer's website

https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clin. service lead for specialist palliative care

Joana Ribeiro

joana.ribeiro7@nhs.net

01722425113

Details

Date posted

17 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata if part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

269-SFT9653

Job locations

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


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