Job summary
Macmillan Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist - Band 7 - Full time and part time hours available

The post holder will provide specialist palliative care advice and support for patients receiving palliative and end of life care who have complex symptoms associated to their life limiting condition. Responsibilities include referral and clinical caseload management. pain & symptom management advice and support, Assessing patients in both the Community and Hospital settings. Provide supervision and mentorship to team members band 6 and below. In addition, liaise with clinical colleagues in the Hospice and primary care where required, to provide support and coordinate care.

A high level of existing clinical skill and experience in managing palliative and end of life care patients to acting as a resource, support and educator to colleagues, clients, carers and other health and social care professionals.

Excellent communication skills will be essential in order to provide high quality information to the patient and you will need to be confident in undertaking significant and sensitive conversations and breaking bad news.

Ability to travel independently and efficiently across multiple community sites to meet the operational requirements of the role. The Service operates 7 days a week and the post holder will be expected to be included in the rota to cover weekend and Bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

• Provide evidence-based specialist palliative care, advice and support to patients with a diagnosis of cancer or other life limiting conditions, and their carers. Working collaboratively with multi-professionals across primary and secondary and social care agencies including voluntary organisations
• Lead service development and educational audit and research projects
• Provide specialist palliative care advice, education and training to all professional groups of the multi professional team across all care settings as the service requires.
• Provide line management to band 6 and below staff
• Support the service in being compliant with CQC standards and ensuring their practice is evidence based and promotes patient safety.

About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union - for local financial advice

Job responsibilities
For more information please find the attached JD.

The post holder will have designated responsibilities for patient care, hold advanced communication skills, work autonomously, organise own diary and participate within clinical audit and research.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

Essential education and qualifications

• 1st Level Nurse
• Relevant First Degree level or on degree pathway
• Specialist qualification in palliative care or equivalent experience
• Non Medical Prescribing qualification V300 or willingness to undertake
• Evidence of recent continuous professional development in palliative care

Desirable education and qualifications

• Advanced communication skills training / level 2 psychological support qualification or equivalent
• Teaching Qualification

Essential knowledge

• Awareness of current issues in palliative care.
• Knowledge of management and treatment of the patient with Palliative Care needs in line with National and local guidelines
• Knowledge of research and evidence-based practice

Essential experience

• Substantial experience working at a senior level - Band 6 or above
• Substantial experience of dealing with patients with complex palliative care needs.
• Managing a clinical caseload
• Multi-disciplinary team working

Desirable experience

• Developing and delivering education and training to groups.

Essential skills and abilities

• Ability to work autonomously, being aware of own limitations and developmental needs.
• Clear vision of the role and commitment to the speciality.
• Highly motivated, innovative and practical.
• Able to demonstrate effective leadership skills
• Time management skills

Desirable skills and abilities

• Ability to identify training needs and deliver education sessions
• Proven ability to make and sustain changes in practice or services

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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.

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

Employer name: Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport, SK2 7JE, United Kingdom
Reference number: 362-NAM7SPC-06-26-B
Contact: Barbara Houghton, Lead Nurse for Palliative and End of Life Care, Barbara.Houghton@stockport.nhs.uk, 07900145651

Date posted: 03 November 2026
Closing date: 12 November 2026
Band: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time

Apply through our website.