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Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care The closing date is 16 January 2026
The palliative care service operates over 7 days.
The Palliative Care business unit operates across all Trust sites. This includes the hospice in Andover and Winchester, links to the hospice in Basingstoke and various activities in the community. This is a cross site role.
Main duties of the job The delivery of a seven-day palliative care service across the organisation both in the acute hospitals and the community.
Leads the development in own speciality services
Delivers education to the multi-disciplinary team
Assessment and treatment of own caseload of patients
Responsible for clinical governance within the team.
Ensuring clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved
Leads on clinical audit
Adviser for the speciality both internally and externally
Lead on the highly complex patient assessment, where factors may be conflicting, requiring high level analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of a range of options to achieve effective treatments
About us Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability. If this something you would like to explore please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017
Job responsibilities Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person Specification MSc evidence
Educated at MSc level
Teaching qualification
3 years experience at band 7 in palliative care
Masters level or equivalent
Evidence of leadership
Evidence of teaching qualification
Evidence of advanced nurse practice skills
Non medical prescriber
Evidence of community specialist palliative care practice
Evidence of acute hospital palliative care team practice
Evidence for quality improvement within palliative care
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.
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Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care The closing date is 16 January 2026
The palliative care service operates over 7 days.
The Palliative Care business unit operates across all Trust sites. This includes the hospice in Andover and Winchester, links to the hospice in Basingstoke and various activities in the community. This is a cross site role.
Main duties of the job The delivery of a seven-day palliative care service across the organisation both in the acute hospitals and the community.
Leads the development in own speciality services
Delivers education to the multi-disciplinary team
Assessment and treatment of own caseload of patients
Responsible for clinical governance within the team.
Ensuring clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved
Leads on clinical audit
Adviser for the speciality both internally and externally
Lead on the highly complex patient assessment, where factors may be conflicting, requiring high level analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of a range of options to achieve effective treatments
About us Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability. If this something you would like to explore please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017
Job responsibilities Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person Specification MSc evidence
Educated at MSc level
Teaching qualification
3 years experience at band 7 in palliative care
Masters level or equivalent
Evidence of leadership
Evidence of teaching qualification
Evidence of advanced nurse practice skills
Non medical prescriber
Evidence of community specialist palliative care practice
Evidence of acute hospital palliative care team practice
Evidence for quality improvement within palliative care
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.
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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