Senior Nurse

We're looking for an experienced and compassionate Senior Nurse (Band 6) to join our Hospice Care at Home service across the North-West.

This is a unique leadership opportunity for a registered nurse who enjoys developing people, influencing standards of care and creating a positive team culture. Whilst you'll bring a strong clinical background in palliative and end-of-life care, this role is primarily non-clinical , with a key focus on managing, supporting and developing a team of Healthcare Assistants delivering care in the community.

Working closely with the Clinical Nurse Manager, you'll provide day-to-day leadership, oversee staffing and service delivery, support recruitment and retention activities, conduct observations and reviews, and ensure our teams have the tools, training and support they need to provide exceptional care.

The role will involve occasional travel across the North-West region and periodic night-time observations to support staff development and quality assurance. Please note that these observations do not attract unsocial hours enhancements .

Hours: Monday – Friday, with occasional 10pm-1am night observations.

Contract: Permanent - 30 hours per week (4 days across M-F)

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata), plus a full range of Marie Curie benefits.

Location: Home working with some required travel across the North-West for training and overnight observations

Key highlights

• Leading, motivating and developing a team of Healthcare Assistants within the Hospice Care at Home service.
• Supporting recruitment, induction, performance management, wellbeing and ongoing development of staff.
• Promoting high standards of care through coaching, supervision, observations and quality review activities.
• Managing staffing levels, workload allocation and rostering to ensure a safe and responsive service.
• Supporting service coordination and responding to operational challenges as they arise.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across community healthcare, hospice and wider multidisciplinary teams.
• Contributing to service improvement, audit activities and the development of best practice.
• Supporting the Clinical Nurse Manager and deputising when required
• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Relevant Nursing Degree
• Mentorship / Teaching qualification
• Experience caring for patients with palliative care needs (hospice/hospital/community)
• Understanding of steps involved in audit and research
• Experience of formal and informal teaching
• Understands benefits of working with a patient-centred philosophy of multidisciplinary team working.
• Computer literate
• Driving licence and ability to travel across the place.

What's in it for you:  

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata)
• Hybrid working 
• Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
• Continuous Professional development  
• Industry leading training programmes  
• Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work  
• Defined contribution schemes for Pension  
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme  
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems  
• Introduce a friend scheme  
• Help with eye care costs
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card  
• Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme  
• Life assurance – for all employees  

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To apply, please send us your most recent CV and a cover letter detailing your experience, how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie. 

Advert closes: Wednesday 5th August

For more information or an informal chat please contact Danielle Lloyd on [email hidden] or Sophie Graham on [email hidden]

At Marie Curie, our values are central to everything we do. They guide how we care for people, how we work together, and how we make decisions every day. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe for everyone — staff and volunteers alike — supportive, inclusive and rewarding.  We take stringent steps to ensure that anyone who joins our organisation are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. We actively consider our impact on the planet, embedding sustainability into everyday decisions to create a lasting, positive difference for the individuals we care for and the world we share.

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to thrive and fulfil their potential. Marie Curie is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, recognising both the social justice imperative and the strength a diverse workforce brings.  We actively encourage applications from people of all cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you require any support, please contact us at [email hidden] .

Every application we receive is personally reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team, and in return, we ask that your application authentically reflects you — your experience, perspective and voice.