241073 - Nurse Consultant - Palliative Care
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Description
The Role
This role provides a key opportunity to continue to shape the future of nursing practice within Specialist Palliative care, working at the forefront of professional leadership, clinical innovation and service transformation.
The Nurse Consultant is a senior clinical leadership role responsible for providing expert professional practice, advancing clinical excellence, and shaping service development across Specialist Palliative Care. The postholder will work at the highest level of autonomous practice, providing strategic leadership and influencing improvement in patient outcomes, workforce capability, and service quality.
About The Role
As a key member of the senior nursing leadership team, the Nurse Consultant will:
Provide expert clinical advice and decision-making for complex cases.
Act as a visible clinical leader, supporting optimal patient pathways and evidence‑based care.
Offer professional leadership across multidisciplinary teams, HSCPs, and partner agencies.
Influence strategic planning and contribute to national and local priorities aligned with NHS Scotland governance frameworks.
This role provides a key opportunity to continue to shape the future of nursing practice within Specialist Palliative care, working at the forefront of professional leadership, clinical innovation and service transformation.
The Nurse Consultant is a senior clinical leadership role responsible for providing expert professional practice, advancing clinical excellence, and shaping service development across Specialist Palliative Care. The postholder will work at the highest level of autonomous practice, providing strategic leadership and influencing improvement in patient outcomes, workforce capability, and service quality.
About The Role
As a key member of the senior nursing leadership team, the Nurse Consultant will:
- Expert Clinical Practice
Provide expert clinical advice and decision-making for complex cases.
Act as a visible clinical leader, supporting optimal patient pathways and evidence‑based care.
- Professional Leadership
Offer professional leadership across multidisciplinary teams, HSCPs, and partner agencies.
Influence strategic planning and contribute to national and local priorities aligned with NHS Scotland governance frameworks.
- Education & Workforce Development
Provide expert education, mentorship and clinical supervision to nursing and wider MDT colleagues.
Lead initiatives to develop advanced practice capability and support succession planning.
Champion a culture of continuous learning and professional development.
Drive quality improvement initiatives that enhance safety, effectiveness and patient experience.
Disseminate learning locally and nationally, contributing to the wider professional body of knowledge.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
Lead initiatives to develop advanced practice capability and support succession planning.
Champion a culture of continuous learning and professional development.
- Research, Evidence & Quality Improvement
Drive quality improvement initiatives that enhance safety, effectiveness and patient experience.
Disseminate learning locally and nationally, contributing to the wider professional body of knowledge.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
- Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration.
It would be great if you also have
- Formal leadership development
- Evidence of advanced clinical assessment & V300 prescribing
- Experience working in a community environment
- Robust understanding of the current Specialist Palliative Care agenda across the Multi Disciplinary Team.
- Extensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards in the Health Care Agenda
Permanent
Full time
37 hours
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in Nursing Department within Almada Street.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Christine Paterson, Deputy Associate Nurse Director on Christine.Paterson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some Of NHS Lanarkshire’s Benefits Include
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some Of NHS Lanarkshire’s Benefits Include
- A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
- A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
- Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- Occupational health services
- Employee counselling services
- Work-life Balance policies and procedures
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.