Salary: £53,000 per annum
Location: ellenor Hospice, Coldharbour Road, Kent, DA11 7HQ
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional weekends
Application deadline: 23 March 2026
Interviews: 7 April 2026
Do you have an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or an equivalent qualification? Are you currently registered with the HCPC or NMC? If so, we are looking for someone just like you!
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will deliver expert clinical care to patients with complex palliative and end-of-life needs across community and daycare settings. The ACP will act as an autonomous practitioner, providing advanced assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, including prescribing, while working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality, patient-centred care.
The post holder will also lead our Wellbeing service to deliver high quality therapeutic activities for patients and families.
ellenor is a hospice charity in Gravesend providing palliative and end-of-life care within the local community. At ellenor, we value inclusivity and focus on providing high-quality services with compassion and care.
We offer professional development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package, including a pension scheme (with the option for NHS Pension Scheme members to transfer their pension), an employee assistance program, discount schemes, a generous annual leave allowance, and much more.
Key responsibilities for the role include:
- To work in line with Health Education England’s recommended framework for Advanced Clinical Practice Palliative and end-of-life care advanced practice area specific capability and curriculum framework demonstrating the delivery of person-centred, holistic care through multi-professional teamworking, a hallmark of palliative and end-of-life care.
- Work flexibly across sites and departments from time to time as may be requested by their managers
- Proactively networks with colleagues within ellenor to develop and facilitate collaborative links with specialist palliative services and active researchers in academic and clinical settings to identify potential for further research in palliative and end- of-life care and opportunities to apply for funding and disseminate research and quality improvement through relevant media.
- Prescribe medications as an independent prescribe and monitor treatment plans.
- Lead and contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement, and service development initiatives.
Essential requirements for the role include:
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent qualification.
• Current registration with HCPC or NMC.
• Independent prescribing qualification.
This post is subject to a DBS clearance.
UK Immigration:
ellenor is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.
How to apply
By online application only. Please note: CVs without a cover letter will not be considered.
Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted on an ongoing basis. Therefore, if you are interested, kindly submit your application at your earliest convenience as the vacancy may close prior to the closing date.
Additional Forms
For those who may require a reasonable adjustment at interview or during employment, you may download and complete the disability adjustment form and submit it alongside your application.
We only ask applicants to disclose convictions which are not yet spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you need to check if you need to declare a conviction to us you may check this online here.
You can complete the form online here.
If you require any assistance during this process please email HR at HR@ellenor.org or call 01474 538 555.
