Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist / Specialist Paramedic #1195 in Stoke-on-Trent

🌻 Two exciting opportunities to join our Community Team at Dougie Mac!

Are you a Clinical Nurse Specialist or Specialist Paramedic looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference?

We’re recruiting to two exciting opportunities within our Community Team, supporting patients and families across our local community to receive specialist palliative and end of life care when and where they need it most.

💛 Clinical Nurse Specialist / Specialist Paramedic – Geographical Community Team

Join our established geographical teams, providing specialist palliative care to patients and families in their own homes. You’ll have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships, manage complex care needs, support advance care planning and work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to deliver truly person-centred care.

💛 Clinical Nurse Specialist / Specialist Paramedic – Hospice Advice and Response Team (HART)

Be part of our dynamic and evolving HART service, delivering specialist advice, urgent clinical assessment and responsive interventions through our 24-hour Advice Line, Rapid Response Service and Virtual Ward. You’ll play a key role in supporting patients with complex needs, responding to urgent situations and helping to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. Flexibility around shift times, days and night required for this role

This post may be considered as part of a development pathway for the right candidate, with appropriate support, supervision and training provided.

Why Join Dougie Mac?

At Dougie Mac, we care deeply about the people who make our work possible. Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a supportive, values-led organisation where everyone is encouraged to grow, contribute, and make a real difference.

As a Dougie Mac employee, you’ll benefit from:

• 🌴 35 days of annual leave, rising with length of service
• 🔄 Options to buy and sell annual leave
• 🏥 Hospice-paid Healthcare Cash Plan
• 💰 Competitive Pension Scheme
• ✅ DBS paid for by the hospice

• 🚗 Free on-site parking
• 📚 Learning & Development opportunities

✨ Join us and be part of a local charity that puts people at the heart of everything we do. ✨

Salary: Circa £40,600 FTE per annum (Depending on knowledge, skills & experience)

Hours: 37.5 hours a week (Part time considered - 30 or 22.5 hours). Permanent and fixed term opportunities.

Applications close: 15th November 2026

Interviews: 25th & 27th November

📩 How to Apply
Please complete the application form in full, paying particular attention to your personal statement. This should clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification. See the Recruitment Process Document for more information.

📞 For more information, please contact:
Lisa Hill – Head of Community & Dementia Services
📧 lisahill@dmhospice.org.uk ¦ 📱 01782 344300

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not provided.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy and interview early, in the event of a large number of applications.

Job Description & Person Specification below - Please note, our shortlisting process is based on these documents. In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CV’s alone will not be accepted. We are strongly committed to the Safeguarding of our adults and children.

At Dougie Mac we are recruiting employees to join our rapidly growing team. We currently have over 400 employees who work together to provide exceptional care and support to patients and their families in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

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