Job summary
BANK - End of Life Care Nurse - BAND 6Advance Your Compassionate Career: End of Life Care Nurse
Do you possess exceptional communication skills & are driven to ensure every patient experiences dignified, high-quality End of Life Care?
We're seeking a highly motivated & experienced clinician to join our End of Life Care Team in Merton as a Community End of Life Care Nurse. This is a unique opportunity to shape quality palliative care across our community.
Why this role is unique and impactful:
- Pivotal Role in Quality: This isn't just clinical delivery, it's about facilitation, mentorship, and policy implementation. You'll be an essential link, working collaboratively to embed best practice & Coordinated Care across primary care, social services & care homes.
- Expert Autonomy: While supported by the Band 7 Specialist Nurse, you'll work with a moderate degree of autonomy, utilising your clinical judgement & discretion to provide direct advice & mentorship to front-line staff caring for dying patients.
- Strategic & Clinical Development: This post offers an immediate chance to develop your clinical leadership & strategic skills. You'll be instrumental in managing a patient caseload to facilitate best practice & collecting data to support key performance indicators (KPIs) for End of Life Care
Main duties of the job
If you possess:
- Significant experience and passion for palliative or end of life care.
- A proven ability to communicate clearly, succinctly, and with genuine empathy.
- The commitment to working autonomously and driving patient-centred, evidence-based care.
- We want to hear from you. This is your chance to make a profound difference at the most critical time for patients and their families.
About us
We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.
We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trusts values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trusts values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with full and current UK NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing personal development and training
Desirable
- Related Diploma/Module in EoLC, Palliative Care, Care of the Dying
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration experience
- Previous experience of palliative care / Previous experience of the End of Life Care tools (Gold Standards Framework and Advance Care Planning, Coordinate My Care)
- Experience of working in the community
- Familiar with EoLC medications and how to administer via subcutaneous route
- Demonstrate a knowledge of national policies influencing end of life care
- Experience, insight and understanding of Clinical Governance, risk management, clinical effectiveness, audit, patient and public involvement initiatives
- Competent using the Universal Care Plan
Desirable
- Teaching experience in formal and informal settings
- Recent experience of involvement in management of patients moving between acute care and community
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate with staff at a range of levels of seniority and background
- Able to give clear succinct instructions and direction
- Good self-management and organisational skills
- Able to work in a changing environment
- Comfortable with a moderate degree of autonomy
- Commitment to patient-centred and evidence-based care
- Commitment to developing clinical leadership skills
- Commitment to achieving corporate objectives of the Trust and able to promote the work of the team across the trust
- Good computer literacy
Desirable
Key Attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build effective relationships
- Kind and empathic
- Self-management skills - managing time and workload
- Ability to work in a team and to supervise the work of others
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
- Ability to analyse, interpret and record data in a clear, and succinct manner
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with full and current UK NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing personal development and training
Desirable
- Related Diploma/Module in EoLC, Palliative Care, Care of the Dying
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration experience
- Previous experience of palliative care / Previous experience of the End of Life Care tools (Gold Standards Framework and Advance Care Planning, Coordinate My Care)
- Experience of working in the community
- Familiar with EoLC medications and how to administer via subcutaneous route
- Demonstrate a knowledge of national policies influencing end of life care
- Experience, insight and understanding of Clinical Governance, risk management, clinical effectiveness, audit, patient and public involvement initiatives
- Competent using the Universal Care Plan
Desirable
- Teaching experience in formal and informal settings
- Recent experience of involvement in management of patients moving between acute care and community
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate with staff at a range of levels of seniority and background
- Able to give clear succinct instructions and direction
- Good self-management and organisational skills
- Able to work in a changing environment
- Comfortable with a moderate degree of autonomy
- Commitment to patient-centred and evidence-based care
- Commitment to developing clinical leadership skills
- Commitment to achieving corporate objectives of the Trust and able to promote the work of the team across the trust
- Good computer literacy
Desirable
Key Attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build effective relationships
- Kind and empathic
- Self-management skills - managing time and workload
- Ability to work in a team and to supervise the work of others
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
- Ability to analyse, interpret and record data in a clear, and succinct manner
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
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).
