Palliative Care Nurse in Reading
Posted by Leaders in Care
£42,000 – £47,000 a year
Reading · Permanent
Up to £46,946.89 per annum
Full Time (37.5 hours) or Part Time (22.5 hours)
Berkshire & South Oxfordshire Hubs
Make every conversation, every assessment and every decision count.
Are you an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care Nurse, Hospice Nurse or Community Nurse looking for a role where you'll have the autonomy, support and time to deliver truly exceptional end of life care?
Join a specialist palliative care service supporting patients with life-limiting illnesses across Berkshire West and South Oxfordshire. Working alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, you'll provide expert clinical care that helps patients remain comfortable, supported and in control, while making a lasting difference to the people closest to them.
Based from one of the Berkshire hubs, you'll work across local services throughout Berkshire West and South Oxfordshire, combining autonomous clinical practice with close multidisciplinary collaboration.
The Role
As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you'll provide specialist assessment, expert symptom management and high-quality palliative care for patients with complex needs.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Delivering holistic assessments and developing individualised care plans
- Managing complex symptoms and supporting patients approaching the end of life
- Providing specialist advice and guidance to patients, carers and healthcare professionals
- Supporting telephone triage and responding to clinical enquiries
- Working collaboratively with GPs, community teams and the wider multidisciplinary team
- Acting as a patient advocate, ensuring compassionate, person-centred care at every stage
- Maintaining accurate, high-quality clinical records
You'll be an experienced clinician who enjoys working autonomously while remaining part of a supportive specialist team.
You'll have:
- RGN with active NMC registration
- Previous palliative care experience
- Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle
- Excellent communication, assessment and clinical decision-making skills
- A genuine passion for delivering outstanding palliative and end of life care
Why Join?
- Salary up to £46,946.89
- Enhanced pay for unsociable hours
- Full-time or part-time opportunities
- Structured induction with protected supernumerary period
- Fully supported Non-Medical Prescribing training
- Excellent career progression and specialist education
- NHS pension continuation (where applicable)
- 35 days annual leave
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and sick pay
- Death in Service benefit
Apply today or contact Sam at Leaders in Care on (phone number removed) for a confidential discussion.
Ref: LICSF
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