Job summary
We are recruiting a compassionate Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care for a new role supporting residents across care homes.
You will lead and embed high-quality, person-centred end-of-life care, offering expert guidance, coaching, and clinical leadership to multidisciplinary teams.
Working with GPs, hospices, and specialists, you will champion best practice in advance care planning, symptom management, and communication, ensuring dignity and respect for residents and families.
This full-time (40 hours) fixed-term role (12 months) includes some flexible and occasional out-of-hours working, with potential to extend.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist leadership and expert advice in palliative and end-of-life care
- Role-model compassionate, dignified, person-centred practice
- Strengthen MDT working with GPs, hospices, and community teams
- Lead education, mentoring, and clinical coaching
- Support personalised care plans and advance care directives
- Drive improvements aligned to CQC, NICE QS13, and national frameworks
- Lead audits, mortality reviews, and service development
About You
- Experienced Registered Nurse (Adult) with palliative care expertise
- Confident working autonomously and influencing practice
Essential
- Current NMC registration
- 5+ years post-registration experience
- 2+ years in specialist palliative care
- Postgraduate qualification in palliative care or symptom management
- Strong symptom control and end-of-life care experience
- Excellent communication, leadership, and coaching skills
- Commitment to compassionate, culturally sensitive care
- Strong MDT collaboration skills
Desirable
- Experience in care homes and/or hospice settings
About us
Jewish Care is the largest provider of health and social care services for the Jewish community in the UK. Every week, we touch the lives of 10,000 people. We provide services to a range of people including older people, people with mental health needs and people living with dementia.
Our five values are at the heart of the way we work. They drive how we act as individuals and as an organisation and shape our culture. We value Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Compassion, and Inclusivity.
Details
Date posted
01 April 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£56,000 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
VP6C271D72
Job locations
Friern Barnet
N11 3ND
Employer details
Employer name
Jewish Care
Address
Friern Barnet
N11 3ND
Employer's website
https://careers.jewishcare.org/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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