Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Lead in Specialist Palliative Care.

The post holder will work closely with the Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurses, and the Priscilla Bacon Lodge inpatient unit, acting as an ambassador for clinical excellence, and providing professional and clinical leadership for both teams.

The post would suit candidates who have an extensive background and experience in palliative and end of life care, as well as a high standard of professionalism, strong leadership skills, and experience of working to improve services to promote good quality, safe, and effective patient-centered care.

Main duties of the job

• The post-holder will be an ambassador for clinical excellence by maintaining their own specialist training, development, and expertise so that they can provide professional and clinical leadership to the team.
• You will be responsible for the supervision, training, and clinical skills competency sign-off of staff working within both teams.
• You will support the teams' caseload of complex patients and undertake ad-hoc clinical work on the inpatient unit on a regular basis, in order to support service delivery and maintain high standards of clinical practice.
• You will promote excellent standards of clinical care in the team through continual service improvement arising from supervision and training strategies, competency frameworks, and learning from incidents, complaints, audits, and outcome measure data.
• You will act as a clinical representative for the service in both internal and external clinical development meetings and forums.
• You will promote high standards of palliative and end of life care across our local network of providers by acting as a specialist resource and contributing to the delivery of formal and informal training and education.

About us
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

Details
Date posted: 16 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share
Reference number: 839-8336101-GP
Job locations: Priscilla Bacon Lodge, Century Place, Norwich, NR4 7YA, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• To be an ambassador for clinical excellence, maintaining high standards of training, development, and expertise to provide professional and clinical leadership to the teams.
• Clinical responsibilities: The post-holder is expected to operate autonomously at an advanced level of clinical practice, hold a caseload of patients with complex specialist palliative care needs and to undertake ad-hoc clinical work in the Priscilla Bacon Lodge Inpatient Unit.
• Professional: Be proactive in promoting information sharing to support on-going development of Specialist Palliative Care services.
• Organisational: Be committed to working in a changing environment responding to new demands. Be willing to be flexible to the changing needs of the service acting as a change agent.
• To develop local and trust-wide policies, clinical guidelines, and protocols necessary to support the delivery of specialist and generalist palliative care services. Ensure that palliative care policies and procedures are adhered to through education and clinical governance.
• To work with the ICS to enhance palliative and End of Life Care.
• Attend team and senior management team meetings.
• To ensure that all practices adhere to NMC policies and guidelines.
• To continue to develop personal and professional competencies through reflective practice, clinical supervision, and the performance review process.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC register
• Relevant degree or diploma in nursing or other health related subject
• Relevant post-registration qualification in palliative care/oncology
• Relevant teaching qualification or relevant experience.

Desirable

• Relevant MSc in nursing or other health related subject or willingness to work towards.
• Relevant post-registration qualification in non-medical prescribing or working towards.
• Post-registration qualification in palliative care/oncology

Experience
Essential

• Community/palliative care/oncology experience or experience in a related area at relevant level
• Understands the wider issues impacting on the provision of palliative care, e.g. The End of Life Care Strategy, NICE Guidance, NHS Cancer Plan previous experience in research e.g. clinical trials, own research projects
• Experience of leading a team

Desirable

• Community experience
• Knowledge and experience of audit
• Previous experience in research e.g. clinical trials, own research projects
• Able to demonstrate evidence-based knowledge of symptom control

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential

• Advanced communication skills
• Change management
• Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
• Analytical skills, with the ability to problem solve complex situations
• Innovative, adaptable to change
• Calm, able to work under pressure
• Motivated and enthusiastic
• Ability to work within a team
• Demonstrates a commitment to providing and receiving clinical supervision
• Understands the wider issues impacting on the provision of palliative care e.g. The End of Life Care Strategy, NICE Guidance, NHS Cancer Plan
• Clinical decision-making skills
• Prioritise workload
• IT literate
• Effective leadership skills
• Teaching skills
• Advanced assessment skills

Desirable

• Ability to deliver psychological assessment and support to a minimum of Level 2 as outlined in NICE Supportive and Palliative Care Guidelines
• Effective Leadership Skills

Personal Attributes and Behaviour
Essential

• Honest and trustworthy
• Commitment to providing quality services
• Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
• Innovative, adaptable to change
• Motivated and enthusiastic
• Calm, able to work under Pressure

Other
Essential

• Holds a full and valid UK Driving licence and have access to a vehicle
• Able to communicate effectively using the English Language in both written and verbal forms

Communication
Essential

• Expert communication skills, able to address communication barriers
• Have good IT/ keyboard skills

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Address: Priscilla Bacon Lodge, Century Place, Norwich, NR4 7YA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.eastofenglandcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Quality Matron, Mark Prentice, mark.prentice10@nhs.net, 01603776600

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