Job summary
We are looking for a well-motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist for Palliative Care with excellent communication, organisation and leadership skills. This is a maternity post starting in October 2026 and running until June 2027.

Do you have experience of working in the community, supporting for people in their own homes? Do you have experience in Palliative Care and are interested in working in the community?

Cheshire Wirral Partnership NHS Trust are looking to appoint a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Palliative Care to work alongside community colleagues within the Neighbourhood Community Care Team based in the Fountains Health Centre, Chester.

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Palliative Care, you will be supported by fellow specialist practitioners including other Nurse Specialists, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapists and a Therapy Assistant. You will also clinically work closely with the support of the Palliative Care Consultants.

The successful candidate will receive a full supportive induction when they join. You will work closely with both your neighbourhood team, Specialist Palliative Colleagues and wider Multi-disciplinary colleagues based at the Hospice and beyond

This role is part time, 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide holistic care and support to patients with complex palliative care needs with malignant or non-malignant life limiting conditions, working autonomously and as part of a team. They will deliver care to patients registered with a West Cheshire GP in their own home. The post holder will provide advice, education and support to patients, their carers and other health care professionals.

They will also promote advanced care planning, management of complex end of life symptoms and patient and carer expectations whilst meeting the holistic care needs of the patient.

Over recent years there has been a lot development within the service and the successful candidate will need to share the teams drive to take the service forward. You also need to be passionate about delivering quality care to people receiving palliative or end of life care.

About us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Job responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Person Specification

• Qualifications - Essential
  • Registered General Nurse
  • First level degree
  • Post-graduate qualification in palliative care or relevant subject or working towards
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Mentorship qualification
• Qualifications - Desirable
  • Differential diagnosis or clinical examination module
  • Non-medical prescribing V300 qualification
  • Advanced communications skills training or prepared to work towards
  • Recognised teaching qualification or prepared to work towards
  • Evidence of Masters level learning or prepared to work towards
• Knowledge and Expertise - Essential
  • High level of clinical and technical knowledge relating to palliative care.
  • Teaching/assessment and presentation skills
  • Exemplary written communication skills
• Experience - Essential
  • Relevant post registration experience, at Band 5 or above in palliative care.
  • Experience of multi-professional working
  • Experience of teaching
  • Evidence of good communications skills
  • Experience of supporting and influencing change.
• Experience - Desirable
  • Experience of audit and research
  • Leadership and management experience

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.