We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Nurse to join our Yorkshire Hospice Care at Home Team. This is a fantastic chance for anyone looking to move from a clinical role to a nursing management position. If you're ready to take the next step in your career, then this is the role for you!

Main duties of the job

In this key role, supported by the Clinical Nurse Manager, you will provide day-to-day support to a dedicated team of Marie Curie nurses and healthcare assistants. Your responsibilities will include training and development, investigating incidents, managing caseloads, and supporting the Co-ordinators in Yorkshire

About us

Every day of your life matters - from the first to the last. When you work for Marie Curie, you understand that better than ever. We're a passionate, committed and diverse team of more than 4,400 staff and 12,000 volunteers, here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We offer expert care, guidance and support, to help them get the most from the time they have left.Everyone knows our daffodil, but it's our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.

Job responsibilities

We are recruiting for a Senior Nurse to join our Yorkshire Hospice Care at Home Team

Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale, aligned with AFC BAND 6 £38,682 and £46,580 per annum pro rata + enhancements

Contract: Permanent

Hours:22.5 hours per week

Based:Hybrid Home/Regional Office twice per week.

Closing Date:19th July 2025

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to transition from a clinical role to a nursing management position. By sharing your nursing and palliative care expertise, you will have the chance to significantly influence and shape patient care across the Yorkshire region.

In this key role, supported by the Clinical Nurse Manager, you will provide day-to-day support to a dedicated team of Marie Curie nurses and healthcare assistants. Your responsibilities will include training and development, investigating incidents, managing caseloads, and supporting the Co-ordinators in Yorkshire. Alongside the Clinical Nurse Manager, you will be responsible for delivering the Marie Curie Yorkshire Hospice Care at Home. You will also deputise for the Clinical Nurse Manager in their absence.

As a confident communicator and calm decision-maker, you will need experience and knowledge in palliative care and community services, along with well-developed assessment and planning skills. The ability to prioritise your work while managing a variety of changing demands is essential.

This hybrid role will be home-based, with regular travel to various venues across Yorkshire to meet with nursing teams and attend relevant End of Life Care meetings. Therefore, the ability to drive and access a vehicle insured for business use is essential.

What were looking for:

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Experience in Mentorship/Teaching qualification
• Strong time management skills and the ability to proactively plan and schedule your own workload, to meet patient care requirements.
• The flexibility to work across a varied shift pattern.
• Integration with Yorkshire place based teams.
• Experience in observation and provision of clinical skills training, to determine standards of care.
• An understanding of specific needs of patients approaching end of life and in the terminal phase.
• Driving license and access to your own vehicle and a willingness to travel within the region

What's in it for you:

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

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.

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We believe that diversity makes us stronger. Join Marie Curie and be part of an inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone's unique perspectives and experiences are valued. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and walks of life. Apply today to bring your talents to our diverse and inclusive charity.

Were committed to making reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the application and selection process. You can request support via recruitment@mariecurie.org.uk

This role will be subject to receiving an enhanced DBS criminal record check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Working towards a Master of Nursing/MSc. in Cancer/Palliative
• Care (or equivalent)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Cancer/Palliative Care or relevant subject

Experience

• Experience caring for patients with palliative care needs (hospice, hospital, community)
• Understanding of steps involved in audit and research
• Understanding of steps involved in introducing change
• Understands benefits of working with a patient centred philosophy of multidisciplinary team working.
• Experience in caring for non cancer patients requiring palliative care
• Experience of standard setting and audit
• Experience in leading a team of nurses
• Experience of delivering care in a community setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.