Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Supportive & Palliative Care
Posted 5 days 9 hours ago by NHS
The closing date is 03 November 2025
The Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist will work as a member of the wider locality based multidisciplinary Manchester Macmillan Supportive and Palliative Care Service. The post holder will support neighbourhood teams to deliver locally driven high quality care, responsive to patient and carers needs. This includes education of other health care professionals, training, support and advice for the multidisciplinary team.
The focus of the multidisciplinary approach will be to support patients and carers to live well, prevent inappropriate hospital admission and meet their preferred priorities for care.
Main Duties of the JobMacmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care Band 7
An exciting opportunity has now arisen within the City Wide Manchester Macmillan Palliative Support Service for a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care.
The post holder will work as part of the Macmillan Specialist multi disciplinary team comprising of medics, dietitian, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, nurses, speech and language therapist, assistant practitioners, admin support and volunteer coordinators. The team aims to provide effective support, palliative care and/or rehabilitation to patients with a life limiting condition requiring palliative intervention.
The post holder will provide supportive palliative care to enhance the quality of life for patients and carers with any life limiting illness, including complex physical, psychological and emotional needs. The post holder will be expected to have extensive palliative medication knowledge to support the complex symptom management needs of the patient.
Recent investment by Macmillan has enabled the Manchester Macmillan Supportive and Palliative Care Service to develop substantially for the city of Manchester; this is an exciting time to join our innovative and expanding team.
About UsMFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn and operates on a scale unlike most other NHS Trusts. We are creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services each year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, enabling a scale of opportunity that is extraordinary.
We have also built a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and drive research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system launched in September 2022.
We are proud to be a major academic research centre and education provider, offering a robust infrastructure to support high quality research programmes. We are also embarking on our Green Plan, outlining how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT we create and nurture a culture of inclusion and belonging, offering equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, safeguarding health, wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job ResponsibilitiesTo find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. A detailed Candidate Essentials Guide accompanying the Job Description outlines the Trust, our benefits and how we support you as you care for others. It also contains essential information you must be aware of before submitting an application.
Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating all unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply. If you have any special requirements to assist with your application, email our team at .
Person Specification Qualifications- Registered Nurse
- Up to date registration with the NMC
- Health related degree or equivalent portfolio experience
- Experience evidenced by completion of short specialist courses, postgraduate training or relevant master's degree
- Ability to work towards V300 within 12 months of post
- Teaching qualification
- Member of a relevant special interest group
- Completion of a basic leadership course
- Post graduate courses in cancer/palliative care
- Substantial post registration experience, some at a senior level
- Substantial experience in the specialist field of cancer/palliative care
- Experience of working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience of teaching and training others at a specialist level
- Experience of supporting and supervising staff in the clinical environment
- Experience of managing resources
- Evidence of contribution to the development of services
- Experience of working in an inner city multi ethnic environment
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
£47,810 to £54,710 per annum (pro rata)