Senior Staff Nurse - Community (Mountbatten SOUTHAMPTON)

Job Posted: 16 June 2026

Contract Term: Permanent
Location: Southampton , Isle of Wight
Contract Type: Part time
Salary: £32,662 per annum (£40,827 FTE)
Industries: Nursing

Closing Date: 30/06/2026 - or before
Job Start Date: TBC

THIS JOB IS BASED IN SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE

Are you passionate about palliative and end of life care and looking for a new challenge?

We are looking for someone who holds a high amount of empathy and compassion, and who can make a real difference - not only to our patients but to their family and support network.

The postholder will provide support to patients in their own homes or preferred place of care who have palliative or end of life care needs, raising clinical standards and promoting a learning environment for other health care providers.

They will be responsible for planning, assessing, implementing, and evaluating care in partnership with the Multidisciplinary Teams and out of hours providers.

A clean driving licence and use of a vehicle with business insurance is essential.

Part-time: 30 hours a week to be worked flexibly to include days, nights, weekends and bank holidays on a shift rota basis

Main duties of the job

The Senior Staff Nurse - Community role will contribute to the provision of specialist palliative and end of life care in the community, being based at Mountbatten Hampshire.

Under the supervision of the Locality Leads, they will work autonomously and as a member of the Community Palliative Care Team influencing the delivery of ongoing patient care, as well as providing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professions within the community.

About us

Mountbatten Hampshire is part of the Mountbatten Group, and its sister hospice is Mountbatten Isle of Wight.

We pride ourselves on providing expert care and support to our communities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, who are facing death, dying and bereavement.

Our vision at Mountbatten is of a world where all dying people and those closest to them, have access to expert care of the highest quality, provided by compassionate and professional teams.

Our Values

We care about what we do. We appreciate that people are different and we are kind and compassionate to our patients and families, to our local community and to each other

We are experts in our field. We are professional at all times, aspiring to be the best that we can be in everything that we do

We are innovative and bold. We respond quickly and creatively to the changing needs of our society within the scope of our human and financial resources

We respect our community. We exist for our local population, now and into the future, and we believe that we can achieve more together by working in partnership with others

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Tasks:

To provide an environment that encourages patients and their families to play an active part in their care enabling them to voice their wishes about current and future care requirements

To provide advanced levels of clinical decision-making through assessment and interpretation of clinical information to support patients, families and carers who have complex or rapidly changing physical symptoms, emotional or practical needs

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate patients care needs as required by your designated patients, including admittance to the Hospice/Hospital and advanced care planning including identifying their preferred place of death

To provide appropriate pain and symptom management and provide directional support for their psychological and spiritual needs of the patient, their families, and carers

To provide support, information and advice to patients, families, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals, including supporting the Mountbatten Care Co-Ordination Centre

Prioritise daily duties in response to patients and familys requirements in a manner that maintains and promotes quality, NMC code of practice, the patients care needs and the values of Mountbatten

To be fully conversant with organisational medicines policies and palliative care guidelines, algorithms and administer medication in line with these controls procedures

To provide training support in the use of syringe drivers and provide teaching to others including, staff nurses and students in collaboration with the Community Team and other professionals

In accordance with Mountbatten Infection Control policy and procedures, promote an environment that supports infection prevention and control policies and procedures, ensuring that they and other staff practice in accordance with these documents

The postholder will act as an advocate for their patients and families ensuring their views are known to the team including in the case of advance care planning and occasions where offered care is declined

~~~Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full duties and responsibilities of this role~~~

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Mountbatten Isle of Wight

Our vision is of a world where all dying people and those close to them have access to expert, compassionate and cost-effective care of the highest quality, whatever the illness, whoever they are and wherever they happen to be.

Senior Staff Nurse - Community (Mountbatten SOUTHAMPTON)

Main duties of the job

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Mountbatten Isle of Wight

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