Job summary
To work as part of the Community Team, working collaboratively with the wider healthcare teams. To provide expert palliative care to support the complex needs of patients with progressive life limiting illnesses. To develop knowledge and skills in the provision of high quality, research based

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of the Community Team, working collaboratively with the wider healthcare teams.
• To provide expert palliative care to support the complex needs of patients with progressive life limiting illnesses
• To develop knowledge and skills in the provision of high quality, research based supportive and palliative care to patients with progressive life-limiting illnesses
• Provide clinical advice and expertise to help guide the primary care teams

About us
Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Details
Date posted: 31 July 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £39,443 to £46,538 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: B0265-26-0026
Job locations: Titnore Lane, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6NZ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• To work as part of the Community Team, working collaboratively with the wider healthcare teams.
• To provide expert palliative care to support the complex needs of patients with progressive life limiting illnesses.
• To develop knowledge and skills in the provision of high quality, research based supportive and palliative care to patients with progressive life-limiting illnesses.
• Provide clinical advice and expertise to help guide the primary care teams to anticipate potential problems, encourage and support advance planning, to recognise and respond appropriately to palliative care emergencies.
• Within own level of competence, advise other health professionals on symptom management and care planning (including social and psychological care) which promotes evidence-based practice and maximises the patient's potential outcome.
• To advocate for patients and their families, providing information which will allow for informed discussions, enabling choices to be made concerning treatments and/or future care.
• Use interpersonal skills to advise and inform patients and their families, primary healthcare team and colleagues regarding pain and symptom management, psychological, social, spiritual support and bereavement care.
• Complete patient assessments using a range of clinical skills, knowledge and expertise and ensure the full range of MDT resources are offered to meet individual patient and carers needs.
• To provide telephone clinical support and advice to patients, their families and health care professionals via the telephone advice line known as the Hub which may involve working unsocial hours.
• To demonstrate advanced communication skills with patients, families, carers and other health care professionals, in complex and emotionally distressing situations, to facilitate holistic palliative care.
• To identify specific educational needs of individual patients, carers and health care professionals.
• To implement user involvement initiatives to create a more patient responsive service.
• To participate in and contribute to research and audit and incorporate evidence based knowledge into-day to day practice, in line with national and local initiatives and guidance.
• To increase knowledge of national policy initiatives in palliative care to play an active role in their local dissemination.
• To maintain a high professional standard within own professional practice and development in accordance with NMC standards.
• Attend relevant meetings such as Gold Standard Framework (GSF) meetings, MDTs and capacity meetings to determine plan of care and appropriate actions for patients and their families.
• To have a good working knowledge of information management and technology, including but not limited to, email; electronic patient record system; word documents.
• To enter clinical data accurately to support team and service development and ensure patient centred care.
• To be involved in clinical audit contributing to the Hospices overall clinical governance policy.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Significant recent post registration experience, at AFC Band 5 or above in relevant area
• Current professional qualification and NMC registration/RN level 1
• Degree level qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant subject or working towards

Experience
Essential

• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Community Experience

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Southern Hospice Group
Address: Titnore Lane, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6NZ, United Kingdom

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
John McDonald
Hroperations@southernhospicegroup.org.uk
01903706317