Palliative Care Nurse Consultant

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for an experienced specialist palliative care nurse to join Willen Hospice as a Palliative Care Nurse Consultant.

The post holder will provide expert clinical leadership, advanced nursing practice, and strategic influence to ensure people in Milton Keynes experience high-quality, compassionate, coordinated end-of-life care.

Aligned to the Milton Keynes Dying Well Report (2024), this role will:

✅ Champion equitable access to palliative and end-of-life care

✅ Enable more people to die in their preferred place, particularly at home or in hospice

✅ Strengthen advance care planning and early identification

✅ Reduce avoidable hospital admissions at end of life

✅ Build system-wide capability in palliative care across health, social care, and voluntary sectors

✅ Act as a senior clinical ambassador for Willen Hospice within the local system

This is a hybrid role, combining advanced clinical practice, education, service development, research, and support for Palliative and End of Life Care across the Health and Care system in Milton Keynes.

What you’ll need:

The role requires advanced specialist palliative nursing expertise, underpinned by extensive clinical skills, to influence care across multiple settings including community, primary care, care homes, acute hospitals, ambulance services and hospices.

The post holder will bring clinical credibility, evidence-based governance skills, and highly tuned communication skills, to shape pathways, support integration and ensure people with a life limiting illness receive timely, personalised and culturally sensitive care. They will have a proven record in implementing or supporting successful organisational change.

 Who we are:

Set in the tranquil grounds of Willen Lake, Willen Hospice is the leading provider of specialist palliative care in the Milton Keynes area. We offer round-the-clock, expert care to local patients with a life-limiting illness, both in their own homes and in our In-Patient Unit. Our passionate staff and volunteers make sure our care is personalised to each patient’s needs and supports their loved ones too. We have a thriving Therapeutic & Wellbeing service providing counselling, physiotherapy, activity groups and more, and a specialist Lymphoedema service. As a registered charity, we raise vital funds through our dedicated Business Development team and our growing portfolio of high street and online shops, to ensure our care stays free of charge.