Specialist Nurse - Community Palliative Care Team
Location
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At6/10/2026
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Description
There is an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Specialist Nurse within the Community Palliative Care Team. The Community Palliative Care Team is a dynamic multi-disciplinary team who provide specialist palliative care services to Oxfordshire and South Northamptonshire. This includes home visiting, outpatient and Attend Anywhere clinics and telephone advice. We provide a 7-day service, encompassing pro-active support, a telephone support service and a Virtual Ward. Weekend and extended hours working will be required for this post. We are looking for candidates who display excellent communication skills in supporting patients and their families and strong leadership qualities. Palliative or End of Life Care experience is essential.
As a specialist nurse within the team, the post holder will be expected to demonstrate patient focused expert clinical assessment and judgement. The post holder will also be expected to develop autonomous and multi-disciplinary team working. A full driving licence and car ownership is essential, as is the ability to work anywhere within Oxfordshire and South Northamptonshire. The Community Palliative Care Team supports end of life, symptom management and communication skills training and teaching to all levels of staff.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mary Walding Job title: Lead Specialist Palliative Care Nurse Email address: pallcareleadnurse@ouh.nhs.uk
As a specialist nurse within the team, the post holder will be expected to demonstrate patient focused expert clinical assessment and judgement. The post holder will also be expected to develop autonomous and multi-disciplinary team working. A full driving licence and car ownership is essential, as is the ability to work anywhere within Oxfordshire and South Northamptonshire. The Community Palliative Care Team supports end of life, symptom management and communication skills training and teaching to all levels of staff.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mary Walding Job title: Lead Specialist Palliative Care Nurse Email address: pallcareleadnurse@ouh.nhs.uk