Palliative Care Nursing Assistant


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£25,760 to £27,476 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Morpeth, NE61 1JY
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	15 Oct 2026
Closing date:	29 Oct 2026

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Summary

We are looking for applicants who have excellent communication skills, who work well as part of a team and have a flexible adaptable approach to meet the care needs of a broad range of patients. The post will require you to work unsocial hours, weekends and Bank Holidays providing a service 365 days of the year working a shift pattern of days and evenings. Working alongside the Clinical Lead and Locality Supervisor for the service, the District Nursing service and Specialist Palliative Service you will be able to undertake support worker duties to an exceptionally high standard. Contribute to and works with team to provide high quality service to patients and carers requiring care & support in the end stages of life. Support patients and carers to manage disability, loss and change. Use equipment appropriately, once trained in the use and care of simple equipment. Record care in patients care plans in the electronic patient record (System One) and demonstrate high standards of record keeping. Please note, it is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role. The successful post holder must be able to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the Trust.

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