Clinical Nurse Specialist
LocationLiverpool, England, United Kingdom
Posted At3/5/2026
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Description
Ambulatory Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 6
Main area
Palliative Care
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Worked over 3 days, 09:00-17:00, within a Monday-Friday service with flexible days off)
Job ref
287-AMED-65-26
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Woodlands Hospice, Aintree Hospital Site
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 Pro Rate Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/03/2026 23:59
Job Overview
We are seeking a dynamic Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team, based within Woodlands Hospice Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team. Candidates must have previous palliative care experience and training specific to the role.
You will part of a team of Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialists, working closely with the Specialist Palliative Care multi-disciplinary team, and wider teams from the Hospital, Hospice and Community, caring for palliative patients. Your role will involve management of your own caseload of palliative care patients in the community, known to the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Service, and supporting these patients via Nurse-Led Clinics. The post holder will be based within the Integrated Mersey Palliative Care Team (IMPaCT) Department
Band 6
Main area
Palliative Care
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Worked over 3 days, 09:00-17:00, within a Monday-Friday service with flexible days off)
Job ref
287-AMED-65-26
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Woodlands Hospice, Aintree Hospital Site
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 Pro Rate Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/03/2026 23:59
Job Overview
We are seeking a dynamic Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team, based within Woodlands Hospice Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team. Candidates must have previous palliative care experience and training specific to the role.
You will part of a team of Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialists, working closely with the Specialist Palliative Care multi-disciplinary team, and wider teams from the Hospital, Hospice and Community, caring for palliative patients. Your role will involve management of your own caseload of palliative care patients in the community, known to the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Service, and supporting these patients via Nurse-Led Clinics. The post holder will be based within the Integrated Mersey Palliative Care Team (IMPaCT) Department
at Woodlands Hospice, working as part of an integrated team of CNSs from hospital, community and hospice settings, triaging referrals and requests of advice and support from our shared patient caseload.
Previous experience and knowledge of palliative pain and symptom control and management, holistic assessment and patient-centred planning and delivery of care are essential for this role. Advanced Communication Skills and Advance Care Planning training and experience are also desirable.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Nurse Specialist will act as the clinical expert and
professional resource to the generalist multi-professional team caring for these patients in the community, and to palliative patients and their carers.
The CNS will participate in the rota as the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team triage coordinator within the IMPaCT Hub, triaging referrals for ambulatory services, and coordinating and responding to requests for advice and support from patients, their carers, and other healthcare professionals caring for these patients.
The post holder will carry responsibility a defined case load, offering specialist advice include setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The CNS will conduct and coordinate independent holistic assessments, and nurse-led follow up clinics for this caseload, using all available media, including face to
Previous experience and knowledge of palliative pain and symptom control and management, holistic assessment and patient-centred planning and delivery of care are essential for this role. Advanced Communication Skills and Advance Care Planning training and experience are also desirable.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Nurse Specialist will act as the clinical expert and
professional resource to the generalist multi-professional team caring for these patients in the community, and to palliative patients and their carers.
The CNS will participate in the rota as the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team triage coordinator within the IMPaCT Hub, triaging referrals for ambulatory services, and coordinating and responding to requests for advice and support from patients, their carers, and other healthcare professionals caring for these patients.
The post holder will carry responsibility a defined case load, offering specialist advice include setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The CNS will conduct and coordinate independent holistic assessments, and nurse-led follow up clinics for this caseload, using all available media, including face to
face in the department, attend anywhere, telephone, and on occasion, in the patient's own home.
The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical Palliative Care & Acute Oncology corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework.
The post holder will also be required to support the Hospice at Home service as a Band 6 Clinical Coordinator in cases of absence. This may include participating in their on call Rota, covering the service remotely 09:00-17:00 at weekends and on bank holidays.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical Palliative Care & Acute Oncology corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework.
The post holder will also be required to support the Hospice at Home service as a Band 6 Clinical Coordinator in cases of absence. This may include participating in their on call Rota, covering the service remotely 09:00-17:00 at weekends and on bank holidays.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For full details of requirements for this role, please see attached job description and person specification. If you would like to discuss your previous experience and suitability for this role or arrange an informal visit, please contact our clinical admin team on 0151 529 2637 to arrange to speak to Jennifer Warren, Team Leader Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care CNS Team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse / Midwife
- Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Recordable specialist qualification
- Independent Nurse Prescribing
- ECDL
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience
- Extensive clinical experience
- Involvement in audit
- Participation in research
- Evidence of leading and facilitating change
Essential criteria
- In depth specialist knowledge
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
- Teaching / assessment skills Organisation and negotiation skills
- Effective communicator
- Root Cause Analysis
- Leadership & motivation skills
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Evidence of audit and change management ability
- Computer literate
- Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
Essential criteria
- Diplomatic
- Assertive and confident
- Recognition of own limitations
- Able to travel between sites
- Flexibility
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian,
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian,
gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their
safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
ASPCT CNS Job Description And Person Specification (PDF, 443.2KB)
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
ASPCT CNS Job Description And Person Specification (PDF, 443.2KB)
Risk assessment (PDF, 344.6KB)
Life at LUHFT Benefits (PDF, 333.2KB)
Apply online now
Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Jennifer Warren
Job title
Team Leader Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care
Email address
Telephone number
01515292637
Additional information
For full details of requirements for this role, please see attached job description and person specification. If you would like to discuss your previous experience and suitability for this role or arrange an informal visit, please contact our clinical admin team on 0151 529 2637 to arrange to speak to Jennifer Warren, Team Leader, Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care CNS Team.
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Life at LUHFT Benefits (PDF, 333.2KB)
Apply online now
Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Jennifer Warren
Job title
Team Leader Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care
Email address
Telephone number
01515292637
Additional information
For full details of requirements for this role, please see attached job description and person specification. If you would like to discuss your previous experience and suitability for this role or arrange an informal visit, please contact our clinical admin team on 0151 529 2637 to arrange to speak to Jennifer Warren, Team Leader, Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care CNS Team.
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