NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
Senior Nurse
Liverpool
Posted about 18 hours ago
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Role Overview
The post holder will provide high-quality, compassionate, patient-centred care to individuals receiving specialist palliative and end-of-life care within the ward setting.
Responsibilities
- Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, the Band 6 nurse will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, ensuring patients and their families receive holistic support that meets their physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs.
- The role includes clinical leadership and supervision of junior staff, supporting the delivery of safe, effective care while role modelling professional standards and best practice in palliative care.
- The post holder will contribute to maintaining a supportive and dignified environment, ensuring that care is aligned with patient wishes and promotes comfort, symptom control, and quality of life.
- They will also play a key role in coordinating care, liaising with community and hospital teams, and supporting service development to meet the needs of patients within the temporary South Palliative Care ward.
Key Duties
- Work flexibly across Maple Suite (LHCH) and Aintree Woodlands to meet service needs within the temporary South Palliative Care ward.
- Deliver high-quality, patient-centred palliative and end-of-life care, ensuring dignity, comfort, and respect at all times.
- Undertake comprehensive assessments, develop, implement, and regularly evaluate individualised care plans.
- Provide expert symptom management, including pain control and complex care needs.
- Act as a clinical role model and leader, supporting and supervising Band 5 nurses, healthcare assistants, and students.
- Coordinate care and ensure effective communication within the multidisciplinary team (MDT), including medical staff, allied health professionals, and community services.
- Support patients and families emotionally and psychologically, including during end-of-life care and bereavement.
- Ensure safe medication management, including administration of controlled drugs in line with policy.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and legally compliant clinical documentation.
- Participate in shift coordination / nurse-in-charge duties where required.
- Contribute to quality improvement, audit, and service development initiatives.
- Support education and development of staff, promoting best practice in palliative care.
- Ensure adherence to clinical governance, infection prevention, and safeguarding policies.
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About the Employer
NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.
- We are one of the largest employers in the region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
- For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.
- We operate from five hospital sites: Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kerry Cunningham
- Job title: Clinical Services Manager
- Email address: Kerry-ann.cunningham@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0151 529 8161
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Skills
Palliative Care
End-of-life Care
Clinical Leadership
Symptom Management
Patient Assessment
Care Planning
Multidisciplinary Team Coordination
Medication Management
Clinical Documentation
Staff Supervision
Holistic Support
Infection Prevention
Safeguarding
Quality Improvement
Clinical Governance