Nurse Specialist

Are you passionate about Palliative care and providing holistic and supportive care to individuals and their families with life limiting conditions in our local community? Dorothy House provides outstanding care as rated by CQC, our focus is on quality of life, enabling patients to live well and die well.

We are here for anyone in our community who is facing a life-limiting illness. Using our full breadth of service, we focus on individualised patient-centred care, which starts at diagnosis and follows thru with bereavement support for family, carers and children. We work in close collaboration with our community partners, such as GPs and DNs to ensure a co-ordinated patient care at all times.

The successful candidate will join a supportive and experienced Community Palliative Care Team (CPCT) and will contribute to the delivery of palliative care by providing expertise in decision-making, advance care planning & holistic symptom control. This position will be within the North Wiltshire area.

COMMUNITY NURSE SPECIALIST | Band 6 | £38,682 - £45,580 per annum, pro rata

The successful candidate duties will include:

• To work as part of a Community Palliative care team, to provide specialist palliative care and advice to those with a life-threatening illness and their This involves undertaking home visits or reviews in a clinic setting.
• To participate in the development of services in line with the organisational strategic direction, to assist individuals to support "Death is a part of life", "Living Well", to lead to a "Peaceful death", incorporating a "Supported bereavement" and participate in developing/maintaining an "increase in income".
• To work with the Clinical Lead to develop a program of continuous quality improvement and service development to improve patient, family, carer and staff experience.
• To use learning opportunities to enhance the knowledge and skills of health and social care colleagues.
• To initiate and deliver formal training programmes in collaboration with the DH Education and Research and Training & Development Teams.

See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.

HOURS OF WORK

This is a Part Time position working 22.5 hours over 3 Days, with occasional weekend work.

ABOUT YOU

Due to the community-based nature of the role, the post holder will need to hold a full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle.

Essential requirements:

• First Level Nurse qualification with clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
• Clinical experience in relevant speciality
• Demonstrates evidence of palliative care knowledge
• Experience facilitating Learning and Practice
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills
• Ability to work alongside and support other members of the team
• Ability to work independently and manage own caseload
• Ongoing evidence of professional development

Desirable requirements:

• Clinical assessment and analytical skills- PACR course (or be willing to undertake)
• Experience in teaching/education
• Research skills
• Community experience
• Relevant degree or post graduate qualification(s) eg. Specialist Practitioner qualification in District Nursing, Independent Non-Medical Prescriber, Specialist qualifications in Palliative Care, Oncology or Long Term Illness

ABOUT THE BENEFITS

Dorothy House is an incredible place to work, these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

• 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days and then 33 days with length of service
• Excellent industry leading training with a focus on career development!
• Pension with Life Assurance. 
• Colleague discount across our 30 retail stores.
• 45p per mile for work travel. 
• Mindful Employer Plus Charter - supporting our colleagues with access to impartial, confidential advice when you need it most. 

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application.

Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.

INTERVIEWS

Interviews for the role will be held week commencing the 30^th March 2026.