Job summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Part Time Band 5 Nurse post within the SACT Outreach Team.

The SACT Outreach Team delivers treatments for Patients closer to home. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team providing care closer to home.

The Nurse will be required to provide a supportive role within the SACT Outreach sites for nursing, medical & clerical staff whilst also covering the Oak Road treatment Centre if required. Sites are located at St Ann's Little Hulton, New Mills, Dr Kershaw's Hospice, Bury Hospice, St Luke's Hospice & Tameside MacMillan Unit.

You must have driving licence and access to a car for this role, due to role being part time this would not be suitable for sponsorship opportunities.

Main duties of the job

The SACT Outreach Team delivers treatments for Patients closer to home. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team providing care closer to home.

You will also be required to provide support where required to Oak Road Treatment Centre and staff.

The staff ensure that they are providing a supportive environment to enable others to develop excellent skills and knowledge within this field. Once established in the role, you will be expected to co-ordinate Outreach Clinics, develop your clinical skills within SACT and teach others. You will also manage staff, their personal development needs and management of attendance.

We are looking for a dynamic individual who is able to demonstrate initiative and vision in continuing to move the service forward whilst assisting in implementing service changes and developments with a positive impact of patient care. Encouraging staff engagement and leading by example showing a strong positive role model.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.

Job summary

Are you a dedicated and experienced nurse passionate about delivering high-quality, personalised care to people living with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses?

At St Lukes Hospice, we are looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to provide expert support, coordination, and leadership in patient care.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a key worker role, providing expert support to individuals living with life-limiting illnesses. Acting as a keyworker, the CNS engages in regular, supported conversations with patients, conducting holistic needs assessments to identify a wide range of physical, emotional, and practical needs.

Through these assessments, the CNS develops comprehensive care and support plans, addressing health concerns while promoting wellbeing, independence, and quality of life.

With specialist knowledge in cancer and palliative care, the CNS delivers high standards of personalised care, offering both physical and emotional support. They play a crucial role in coordinating care services, ensuring seamless patient journeys, and providing informed clinical and practical advice to empower patients in managing their condition.

This compassionate, patient-centered approach leads to improved experiences and outcomes for those in need.

About us

St Lukes Hospice cares for people approaching the end of their life in Harrow and Brent. We aim to give the people we care for the best possible quality of life, every day. Supporting local people and their families is at the heart of what we do focusing on what matters the most to them is at the centre of our care.

Founded by local communities in 1987, we have been providing free expert end of life care and support to local people both in the community and from our beautiful Kenton Grange building, surrounded by tranquil gardens.

Two thirds of our care is provided in the comfort of peoples homes, as we respect that this is where most people would like to be looked after. Our specialist community team of nurses helps people to manage more complex needs whilst our Hospice at Home team supports people to remain in their own homes by providing practical care and support.

Our inpatient unit (IPU) at Kenton Grange cares for people in their final days, providing intensive care to help get symptoms under control or give respite care. Many of the people who are cared for in our IPU go home again.

Details

Date posted

17 September 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience London Allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B0473-26-0014

Job locations

Kenton Grange

Kenton Road

Harrow

Middlesex

HA3 0YG

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Job Purpose and scope

The clinical nurse specialist is a key worker role.The clinical nurse specialist acts a keyworker for the person living with cancer and other life limiting illnesses. They hold regular supported conversations with the person, identifying their wide range of needs through a holistic needs assessment. They develop a comprehensive care and support plan for the person living with cancer, and other diseases, addressing their health concerns and working to promote their health, wellbeing and independence.Using their skills and expertise in cancer/palliative care, the clinical nurse specialist delivers high standards of personalised care, providing physical and emotional support to their patients, coordinating their care services, and informing and advising them on clinical and practical issues associated with their illness.This leads to a more positive outcome for patients.

Leadership

• Demonstrate leadership through clinical expertise, delivering high standards of personalised care by acting as a key worker identifying needs through a holistic needs assessment and co-creating a care and support plan with people living with cancer and other life limiting illnesses.

• Provides a recognisable experience by ensuring people living with cancer /limited life expectancy are aware they are interacting with a specialist professional and know the full range of resources and services available through, navigating and coordinating where necessary.

• Works in collaboration with services across the cancer/and other disease pathways, to implement plans and tomonitortheireffectiveness in improving service delivery and meeting the needs of people living with cancer and other palliative diagnosis.

• Leads by example, contributes to the delivery of specialist education and training to other professionals involved in patient care; promotes best practice; supports and coaches less experienced colleagues to achieve high quality, personalised care for people living with cancer and other life limiting illnesses.

• Supports in demonstrating the impact of the post, contributing to progress reviews and regularly capturing and returning outcome and performance metrics.

• Act as a role model, demonstrating high standards of care and providing clinical leadership to others.

• Promotes a culture that supports and enables self-management.

• Supports St Lukes strategy and vision by leading the development, management and promotion of services, ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost effective care.

• Embeds patient and public involvement within the sphere of practice.

• Leads on the implementation and monitoring of adherence to relevant clinical guidelines.

• Takes professional responsibility for ensuring effective communication between all service providers across the care pathway.

• Actively participates in multi-professional meetings, acting as patient advocate and representing nursing views.

• Acts as a role model for excellent advanced communication skills and expertise.

• Demonstrates skills in conflict resolution and negotiation skills when dealing with difficult or challenging situations.

• Leads the development of patient focused education, including training to self-manage ongoing consequences of treatment.

• Develop new skills in response to emerging knowledge and techniques.

• Works across professional boundaries using creative reasoning and problem solving.

• Instigates and manages change within a complex environment.

• Perform duties according to the values of St Lukes Hospice acting at all times to safeguard the interests of the individual patients, and their families.

• Influences the development of others through education and training.

• Promotes patient and public experience feedback through local initiatives to drive innovation and change.

Expertise

• Takes personal responsibility for life-long learning and personal development through clinical supervision, and appraisal, and Knowledge & Skills Framework and actively engages with the learning and development opportunities offered by St Lukes Hospice.

• Demonstrates high level clinical, technical and research skills through breadth and depth of knowledge.

• Uses creative reasoning, experience and vision to advance care. Attending relevant CCG/ locality meetings, using expert knowledge to support and advise on the development of patient services and pathways.

• Demonstrates continuous evaluation of nursing practice and makes changes where appropriate.

• Act as practice assessor/supervisor for learner nurses.

• Contribute to the hospice education program liaising with the Education and Professional Development Managers to ensure this is current and addresses the needs of our own staff and those who work in external teams and organisations

• Provide mentorship and support when required to junior staff, staff undertaking the hospice development program and student nurses allocated to the hospice from our local partner Higher Education Institutes ensuring timely assessment and completion of clinical competencies.

Clinical Excellence

• Delivers personalised care through regular supported conversations with the person living with a palliative diagnosis, identifying needs through a holistic needs assessment, and addressing patients health care needs.

• Following a holistic needs assessment, develops a comprehensive care and support plan with the person living with a terminal illness. Reviews and updates the plan every time a supportive conversation takes place, which should be regularly and evaluates the impact of care interventions.

• Actively integrates theory and practice.

• Act as a key worker for a clinical caseload, working to coordinate care and provide easy access for ongoing support for patients.

• Participates in a 7-day service as part of a rota.

• Assesses peoples information needs and provides information, to determine their own future.

• Enables people to access, identify, appraise and interpret complex technical information to help them to determine their own future.

Provides clinicalexpertise, specialistadviceand support across service boundaries.

• Leads the nursing contribution to service development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care. Defines a clear care pathway, refers to other professionals and signposts to other agencies as appropriate. Promotes the service and clinical excellence by contributing to publishing and presenting innovations, audit and research locally, regionally and nationally. Influences and develops policy and clinical guidelines internally and externally. Promotes self-management, risk stratifying patients into who can self-manage following education, those who will need guided support to self-manage and those who will require ongoing, face-to-face support, to support people to live with their diagnosis and the choices available to them.

Job description Job responsibilities Job Purpose and scopeThe clinical nurse specialist is a key worker role.The clinical nurse specialist acts a keyworker for the person living with cancer and other life limiting illnesses. They hold regular supported conversations with the person, identifying their wide range of needs through a holistic needs assessment. They develop a comprehensive care and support plan for the person living with cancer, and other diseases, addressing their health concerns and working to promote their health, wellbeing and independence.Using their skills and expertise in cancer/palliative care, the clinical nurse specialist delivers high standards of personalised care, providing physical and emotional support to their patients, coordinating their care services, and informing and advising them on clinical and practical issues associated with their illness.This leads to a more positive outcome for patients.Leadership Demonstrate leadership through clinical expertise, delivering high standards of personalised care by acting as a key worker identifying needs through a holistic needs assessment and co-creating a care and support plan with people living with cancer and other life limiting illnesses. Provides a recognisable experience by ensuring people living with cancer /limited life expectancy are aware they are interacting with a specialist professional and know the full range of resources and services available through, navigating and coordinating where necessary. Works in collaboration with services across the cancer/and other disease pathways, to implement plans and tomonitortheireffectiveness in improving service delivery and meeting the needs of people living with cancer and other palliative diagnosis. Leads by example, contributes to the delivery of specialist education and training to other professionals involved in patient care; promotes best practice; supports and coaches less experienced colleagues to achieve high quality, personalised care for people living with cancer and other life limiting illnesses. Supports in demonstrating the impact of the post, contributing to progress reviews and regularly capturing and returning outcome and performance metrics. Act as a role model, demonstrating high standards of care and providing clinical leadership to others. Promotes a culture that supports and enables self-management. Supports St Lukes strategy and vision by leading the development, management and promotion of services, ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost effective care. Embeds patient and public involvement within the sphere of practice. Leads on the implementation and monitoring of adherence to relevant clinical guidelines. Takes professional responsibility for ensuring effective communication between all service providers across the care pathway. Actively participates in multi-professional meetings, acting as patient advocate and representing nursing views. Acts as a role model for excellent advanced communication skills and expertise. Demonstrates skills in conflict resolution and negotiation skills when dealing with difficult or challenging situations. Leads the development of patient focused education, including training to self-manage ongoing consequences of treatment. Develop new skills in response to emerging knowledge and techniques. Works across professional boundaries using creative reasoning and problem solving. Instigates and manages change within a complex environment. Perform duties according to the values of St Lukes Hospice acting at all times to safeguard the interests of the individual patients, and their families. Influences the development of others through education and training. Promotes patient and public experience feedback through local initiatives to drive innovation and change.Expertise Takes personal responsibility for life-long learning and personal development through clinical supervision, and appraisal, and Knowledge & Skills Framework and actively engages with the learning and development opportunities offered by St Lukes Hospice. Demonstrates high level clinical, technical and research skills through breadth and depth of knowledge. Uses creative reasoning, experience and vision to advance care. Attending relevant CCG/ locality meetings, using expert knowledge to support and advise on the development of patient services and pathways. Demonstrates continuous evaluation of nursing practice and makes changes where appropriate. Act as practice assessor/supervisor for learner nurses. Contribute to the hospice education program liaising with the Education and Professional Development Managers to ensure this is current and addresses the needs of our own staff and those who work in external teams and organisations Provide mentorship and support when required to junior staff, staff undertaking the hospice development program and student nurses allocated to the hospice from our local partner Higher Education Institutes ensuring timely assessment and completion of clinical competencies.Clinical Excellence Delivers personalised care through regular supported conversations with the person living with a palliative diagnosis, identifying needs through a holistic needs assessment, and addressing patients health care needs. Following a holistic needs assessment, develops a comprehensive care and support plan with the person living with a terminal illness. Reviews and updates the plan every time a supportive conversation takes place, which should be regularly and evaluates the impact of care interventions. Actively integrates theory and practice. Act as a key worker for a clinical caseload, working to coordinate care and provide easy access for ongoing support for patients. Participates in a 7-day service as part of a rota. Assesses peoples information needs and provides information, to determine their own future. Enables people to access, identify, appraise and interpret complex technical information to help them to determine their own future.Provides clinicalexpertise, specialistadviceand support across service boundaries. Leads the nursing contribution to service development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care. Defines a clear care pathway, refers to other professionals and signposts to other agencies as appropriate. Promotes the service and clinical excellence by contributing to publishing and presenting innovations, audit and research locally, regionally and nationally. Influences and develops policy and clinical guidelines internally and externally. Promotes self-management, risk stratifying patients into who can self-manage following education, those who will need guided support to self-manage and those who will require ongoing, face-to-face support, to support people to live with their diagnosis and the choices available to them.

Person Specification

personal skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Effective time management skills
• Ability to manage conflict
• Ability to demonstrate organisational skills
• Ability to manage time
• Excellent written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a confident and professional manner
• Self aware, reflective and proactive identifying and meeting own development needs
• Ability to practice safely and autonomously
• Be resourceful flexible and resilient.
• Demonstrate the ability to innovate and motivate others

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of palliative care and symptom management and the ability to use in care planning
• Experience of working at Band 6 or above
• Experience of leading and managing
• Experience of working as part of a multi professional team
• Experience of mentorship and teaching
• Evidence of Holistic assessment skills and clear decision making skills
• IT skills
• Education/ presentation skills
• A working knowledge of clinical governance and evidence based practice

Desirable

• Experience in Oncology / Dementia / chronic conditions and or palliative care
• Specialist knowledge of palliative care and symptom management
• Experience of clinical supervision
• Experience of Community Nursing
• Awareness of the use of clinical supervision in practice
• Experience of working as a Specialist Palliative Care CNS
• Experience of audit and research

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registration RGN/RN Level 1
• Degree/Masters level of study in Health related topic (or willing to work towards)
• Post registration qualification in palliative care and or oncology / dementia / (or willing to work towards appropriate levels )
• Independent Nurse Prescribing (or willing to work towards)

Desirable

• MSC in related Health Topic
• Teaching Qualification
• Leadership training course
• Advanced communication skills training

Other

Essential

• Car owner/driver
• Willingness to work to meet the demands of the service

Person Specification personal skills Essential Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively Ability to work as part of a team Effective time management skills Ability to manage conflict Ability to demonstrate organisational skills Ability to manage time Excellent written, and verbal communication skills Ability to work in a confident and professional manner Self aware, reflective and proactive identifying and meeting own development needs Ability to practice safely and autonomously Be resourceful flexible and resilient. Demonstrate the ability to innovate and motivate others Experience Essential Knowledge of palliative care and symptom management and the ability to use in care planning Experience of working at Band 6 or above Experience of leading and managing Experience of working as part of a multi professional team Experience of mentorship and teaching Evidence of Holistic assessment skills and clear decision making skills IT skills Education/ presentation skills A working knowledge of clinical governance and evidence based practice Desirable Experience in Oncology / Dementia / chronic conditions and or palliative care Specialist knowledge of palliative care and symptom management Experience of clinical supervision Experience of Community Nursing Awareness of the use of clinical supervision in practice Experience of working as a Specialist Palliative Care CNS Experience of audit and research Qualifications Essential NMC Registration RGN/RN Level 1 Degree/Masters level of study in Health related topic (or willing to work towards) Post registration qualification in palliative care and or oncology / dementia / (or willing to work towards appropriate levels ) Independent Nurse Prescribing (or willing to work towards) Desirable MSC in related Health Topic Teaching Qualification Leadership training course Advanced communication skills training Other Essential Car owner/driver Willingness to work to meet the demands of the service

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

St Luke's Hospice

Address

Kenton Grange

Kenton Road

Harrow

Middlesex

HA3 0YG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.stlukes-hospice.org/join-our-team/current-vacancies/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St Luke's Hospice

Address

Kenton Grange

Kenton Road

Harrow

Middlesex

HA3 0YG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.stlukes-hospice.org/join-our-team/current-vacancies/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

Is care at your core? It is at ours. Here at St Lukes Hospice, youll have the opportunity to make a satisfying, rewarding difference to the lives of our patients, their families and friends, and be supported every step of the way. We support our clinical staff to be the difference in these precious days. The secret to our CQC outstanding rating is simple. We are pioneering in our support of providing excellent end of life care, We care for not only for our patients, but their friends, families and loved ones. Were ambitious supporting the development of our nurses with on-site training and external qualifications. Youll be part of a great team of experienced professionals to learn from and learn with, delivering care you can take pride in.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for nurses with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to join our team. You will work closely with the ward Multi-Disciplinary team, Ward Sisters and wider clinical team to ensure high quality, holistic support in their preferred place of care. As a Staff Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centred nursing care. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will support patients with complex needs, ensuring they receive the highest standard of physical, psychological, and emotional support. You will also act as a role model and mentor to colleagues, junior staff and students, fostering a caring and professional environment.

About us

St Lukes is an organisation that is dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing and quality of life of all those affected by a terminal illness in Sheffield. Our purpose is to give patients and their families the high-quality care they need, treating each person as a unique individual. We promise to listen to their wishes and choices, tailoring our care and support so they can make the most of every day. We work with others to champion improvements in end-of-life care, in Sheffield and beyond. Everyone who works at St Luke's makes a difference. St Lukes plays a key role in helping terminally ill people in Sheffield and you could join the team that makes St Lukes so special.

Job summary

We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Corporate & Clinical Governance Administrator to provide professional, confidential, and efficient administrative support across our Corporate and Clinical Governance functions. This pivotal role supports the Board of Trustees, Executive Team and Clinical Governance Team, helping to ensure effective governance processes, regulatory compliance and the delivery of high-quality hospice care. The successful candidate will play a key role in coordinating meetings, maintaining governance records, producing accurate minutes and supporting a variety of governance activities across the organisation.

Main duties of the job

Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Corporate Governance Manager, Head of Clinical Governance, Executive Team and governance committees. Organise and coordinate meetings, including preparing agendas, collating papers, distributing documentation, taking accurate minutes and monitoring follow-up actions. Support the management of governance documentation, ensuring policies, procedures, guidelines and terms of reference are reviewed, maintained and accessible. Assist with governance processes including incident reviews, After Action Reviews, Subject Access Requests, Access to Health Records Requests and Coroner enquiries. Provide diary, inbox and communication support where required, acting as a professional first point of contact for internal and external stakeholders. Maintain accurate governance records, track actions and risks, and support organisational compliance with governance standards and regulatory requirements. Work collaboratively across both governance teams, providing flexible support while maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality, professionalism and integrity.

About us

St Lukes is an organisation that is dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing and quality of life of all those affected by a terminal illness in Sheffield. Our purpose is to give patients and their families the high-quality care they need, treating each person as a unique individual. We promise to listen to their wishes and choices, tailoring our care and support so they can make the most of every day. We work with others to champion improvements in end-of-life care, in Sheffield and beyond. Everyone who works at St Luke's makes a difference. St Lukes plays a key role in helping terminally ill people in Sheffield and you could join the team that makes St Lukes so special.