Job Description

Introduction

37.5 Hours per week

#

30,569 per annum rising to 38,085

Permanent

'We can't change what is going to happen, but we can change how it happens'

Make a real difference to people's lives

Our Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) support palliative patients with often complex needs in the community. Working with other community services as well as hospice colleagues, they help to manage symptoms and provide emotional, psychological and social support to both the patient and those supporting them.


An exciting opportunity has arisen to join this amazing team in a developmental role capacity.


You will gain experience and knowledge through shadowing the team, following a comprehensive training programme and managing a caseload.


The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering care to patients in their own homes, so teamwork is important as well as the ability to travel across South Devon.


You would be fully supported by a senior CNS throughout your development.


Starting in Band D rising to Band E, once training and competent in role which will take approximately 3 years to complete.

What you'll bring

To be successful in this role you will need to be a Registered Nurse, passionate about palliative care, have excellent communication skills and the drive to learn and develop.


Our values are important to us and we expect our staff to base their work ethic around them. We have our goals and to deliver on our strategy takes real teamwork, energy and passion, no two days are ever the same!

What's in it for you?

You will be supported and encouraged to innovate and to try new things. Our scope of work and our confident organisational vision creates opportunities for progress and development. And we work together with passion and pride in an environment where people are caring, considerate, inclusive and welcoming. It can be tough. We don't shy away from that. But you'll see clearly the importance and impact of your work and feel recognised and part of something remarkable.

Working at Rowcroft Hospice

Rowcroft Hospice is an independent charity that provides comfort, support and specialist care to over 2,000 patients and their loved ones across South Devon each year. Our Vision is to make every day the best day possible for patients, and those closest to them, living with life-limiting illnesses in South Devon.


Take a look

here

to find out what our team says about working at Rowcroft and the

employee benefits

on offer.

For more Information

Please see below to download the and Person Specification for this role.


For more information or an informal discussion about the role please contact

Tracey Hurley,

CNS Team Leader, on

01803 217623

or

tracey.hurley@rowcrofthospice.org.uk

, or

Karenne Weaver

, Head of Community and Hospice at Home, on

01803 217638

or

karenne.weaver@rowcrofthospice.org.uk

Closing date: 11:59pm Sunday 27 July 2025

Interview date: To be confirmed