Job summary
Band 7 - Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative and End of Life Care
0.9 WTE (substantive) - 33.75 hours a week.
7 day working pattern including weekends and bank holidays.

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Palliative and End of Life Care team.

We provide fully integrated 24/7 clinically effective, efficient and high-quality care to people with complex specialist palliative and end of life care needs, based on current evidence and best practice across inpatient and community settings. Our dedicated Palliative and End of Life Care team provides rapid response to patients in the dying phase and our overnight service (Pal@Home) support people to remain in their preferred place of care.

We really look forward to welcoming you to our team!

Please contact gstt.palliativecareenquires@nhs.net to find out more about our team and your chance to join us. You will have the opportunity to work alongside wider specialist teams including Learning Disabilities, Health Inclusion Team, Neighbourhood Nursing, Dementia and Delirium.

Closing date - Monday 5th October 2026 at Midnight
Provisional Interview date - Wednesday 14th October 2026
Applicants who have applied for this position in the last three months are requested not to submit another application.

Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will lead and support the delivery of excellent personalised care to patients and families across inpatient services and the Boroughs of Lambeth & Southwark, in their own homes and care homes.

You will provide specialist advice on pain and other physical symptoms as well as psychological, emotional, social and spiritual concerns. Our team includes nursing, pharmacy, medical, social work, and psychology colleagues.

Our Band 7 nurses participate in developing our Band 6 nurses within the team with support from our Matrons, Consultant Nurse & Deputy Head of Nursing.

About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We are a member of the Palliative Care Clinical Academic Group, providing unique access to world leading researchers in the field. You will have the opportunity to develop your teaching skills through delivering training across the wider Trust. We support our staff wellbeing through clinical supervision as well as multiple team and Trust wide initiatives.

Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and personal specification for a detailed description of the roles and responsibilities for this post

Qualifications / education
Essential

• BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
• Your professional knowledge acquired at degree level will be supplemented by specialist training, experience and short courses to Masters level equivalent.
• Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or equivalent post qualification experience
• Leadership course
• Mentorship course

Desirable

• To have or be working towards a Master's degree
• To have or working towards a non medical physical assessment course

Previous Experience
Essential

• Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area delivering effective patient focused care.
• Proven evidence of management / leadership skills and autonomous practice
• Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education at undergraduate level
• Experience of delivering patient advocacy
• Experience of audit, research & evidence based care
• Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator

Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential

• Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in specialty.
• Proven listening / counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situation and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes.
• Evidence of teaching skills
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, communication skills
• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills
• Time management and organisation skills
• Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully
• Demonstrate an understanding of the National agenda & quality standards for specialty
• IT & presentation Skills

Desirable

• Ability to interpret and analyse complex data and findings
• Undertaken clinical & nursing research

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).