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St Peter's Hospice

Community Nurse Specialist

Community Nurse Specialist

BristolField-based
Permanent

Community Nurse Specialist

St Peter's Hospice

Full-Time
£39,959 - £48,117per annumFTE

Updated yesterday

Description

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
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Work alongside specialists who combine clinical excellence with genuine compassion, supported to learn and innovate while making a tangible difference to patients and families at the most important moments of their lives.

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