Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse

The closing date is 16 October 2026

Job summary

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We are a high performing organisation with a track record of success and have been rated as Outstanding by the CQC for our Palliative and End of Life Care. This substantive permanent Band 7 post offers an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced Registered Nurse to work within the Specialist Palliative Care in the Community setting.

The post covers core hours of 09:00-17:00 and works across a seven day period, weekends and bank holidays are rostered across the team as per CDDFT policy. Core hours are 09:00-17:00.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide a consistent high quality specialist palliative care service for patients and families. With significant post registration experience including recent experience in palliative care.

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Specialist Palliative Care Community team the post holder will need to be able to:

• Demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills and will need to be committed to developing practice.


• Work collaboratively as part of a team and building effective relationships with the role colleagues, you must also be able to work on your own initiative.


• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients and carers.


• Provide specialist advice.


• Provides day to day supervision and/or clinical supervision to others

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

Over reliance on AI-generated content is discouraged and may diminish the applicant's chances of success.

For the most up-to-date information on visa requirements and eligibility, please check online to determine whether you can apply.

Details

Date posted

25 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum / pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9439-2627-RP-N289

Job locations

The Whitehouse

Traynor Way

Peterlee

County Durham

SR8 2RU

United Kingdom

Employer details

Employer name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Whitehouse

Traynor Way

Peterlee

County Durham

SR8 2RU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Matron for Palliative and End of life care

Suzanne Vickers

suzannevickers@nhs.net

Supporting documents

Supporting links (all open in new tabs)

• Library knowledge and learning centre services


• CDDFT


• Credit union


• Cycle to Work Link


• Pension Scheme

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The successful candidate will provide a consistent high quality specialist palliative care service for patients and families. With significant post registration experience including recent experience in palliative care.

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Specialist Palliative Care Community team the post holder will need to be able to:

Demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills and will need to be committed to developing practice.

Working collaboratively as part of a team and building effective relationships with the role colleagues, you must also be able to work on your own initiative.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients and carers.

Provide specialist advice.

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We are a high performing organisation with a track record of success and have been rated as Outstanding by the CQC for our Palliative and End of Life Care. This substantive permanent Band 7 post offers an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced Registered Nurse to work within the Specialist Palliative Care in the Community setting., If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

Over reliance on AI-generated content is discouraged and may diminish the applicant's chances of success.

For the most up-to-date information on visa requirements and eligibility, please check online to determine whether you can apply.