Title: Community Nurse Specialist
Job location: Field Based, BS10 6NL, United Kingdom
Advertised salary: £39,959 - £48,117
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Closing date: 21/10/2026
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Palliative Nurse Specialist to join our Community Nursing team.
We are a supportive and dynamic team delivering outstanding palliative care to people in our community. You will need knowledge and experience of palliative care, confident decision-making skills and a passion to continuously improve and develop. This role is primarily advisory, comprising a mix of face to face and phone assessment, with minimal hands-on nursing care.
The Community Nurse Specialist Team support a complex patient caseload of 400-450 patients and work 7.5 hr days Monday to Friday with a regular commitment to the weekend/ bank holiday rota.
We can offer either full or part time hours (37.5 or 30 hours per week)
Working as a Palliative Nurse Specialist within the community requires a core skill set
- Holistic assessment – face to face and by phone
- Problem solving, decision making, symptom control and prescribing advice
- Independent prescribing
- Advance care planning and completion of Respect plus
- Joint working / liaison referral / signposting with internal and external MDT
- Initial bereavement support
You will be given excellent support to develop your nursing skills into a specialist role. There are opportunities for professional development and specialist training in palliative care, including Independent Prescribing.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit / shadow shift, please contact Cate Robbins (Lead Specialist Nurse – Community and Access teams) cate.robbins@stpetershospice.org, Julie Heaton or Kate Jelbert (Joint Community Nurse Specialist West Team Leads), or by phoning 0117 9159430.
Please note the jobholder will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
- Closing date: Sun 11 Oct 2026
- Interview panel: Cate Robbins, Julie Heaton, Kate Jelbert
- Interview date: Wed 21 Oct 2026