Specialist Palliative Care Nurse

As a Specialist Palliative Care Nurse, you will play a vital role in supporting patients and those important to them at some of the most significant moments of their lives. You will deliver high-quality, evidence-based specialist palliative care, providing expert clinical advice, advocacy, and compassionate support to patients, families, and colleagues across seven days of service delivery.
Working as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you will help ensure care is person-centred, dignified, and responsive to individual needs, while promoting comfort, choice, and quality of life.
The team works closely with wards, departments, and services across the Trust, as well as with partners beyond organisational boundaries, to ensure seamless and coordinated care. You will also contribute to the education and development of staff, supporting excellence in palliative and end-of-life care across the organisation.
In return, you will join a supportive, experienced, and values-driven team, where your contribution is genuinely valued. You will be encouraged and supported in your professional development, with opportunities to grow your specialist knowledge and skills within this rewarding role., As a Specialist Palliative Care Nurse, you will manage a caseload of patients with complex palliative care needs, working closely with their families and carers to deliver high-quality, person-centred care. You will undertake holistic assessment, care planning, and evaluation, supporting patients across hospital and community settings.
Using your specialist knowledge, you will provide expert advice and support to patients, carers, and health and social care professionals. You will work collaboratively with the Specialist Palliative Care team and wider MDT, addressing complex physical, psychosocial, and ethical aspects of care. Skilled communication and advocacy are central to the role, supporting individuals through sensitive and challenging situations.
The role requires flexibility, including unsocial hours, to meet the needs of a seven-day specialist palliative care service.
Key responsibilities include:
+ Managing a caseload of patients and families/carers with specialist palliative care needs
+ Providing expert advice on symptom control, psychosocial support, and ethical issues
+ Developing and maintaining therapeutic relationships through skilled, compassionate communication
+ Acting as an advocate for patients and families
+ Supporting patients towards self-care and educating carers
+ Working collaboratively across health and social care settings
+ Working flexibly to meet service demands, As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives., To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
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Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified.
For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants.
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