Registered Nurse - North East

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for a position where you can progress to a Senior Nurse? We are recruiting for an experienced Registered Nurse to join us on a part-time basis within our Community based Hospice Care at Home Team.

Salary:Marie Curie Pay Scale, aligned with AFC Band 5 £31,049 - £37,796 per annum + enhancements

Hours/Contract: Part Time 22.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 9th February 2026

Interview Date: TBC

As a Registered Nurse, you'll be part of a multidisciplinary team, working toward providing holistic, person-centered, end of life care, including assessing and understanding the care and support needs of patients and those important to them, planning and providing person centered care based on individual needs.

You will research and network across the system to understand the wide range of services available to patients and those important to them and work with other providers, supporting the wider system to improve the experience of dying, death, and bereavement.

You will assume responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based, high quality person-centered nursing care for people living with a terminal illness and those important to them.

What were looking for:

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Experience in NHS or other relevant care setting, ideally in palliative care
• Be person-centred and compassionate when caring for the person and those important to them
• Ability to develop and evaluate care management plans alongside other healthcare professionals that meets the complex needs of the person, and those important to them
• Proven understanding the barriers and enablers to good communication and how challenges can be overcome
• Willing to line manage healthcare assistants
• Ability to assess Healthcare Assistant clinical skills
• Ability to undertake staff observational/support visits in the Community
• The ability to co-ordinate care/prioritise patient need
• Willing to develop the team alongside Senior Nurses

What's in it for you:

• Annual leave allowance 27days 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
• 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.

Additional information

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 are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We're happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please email any requests to 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

Experience

Essential

• Working with minimal /without supervision
• Recent experience of working in a healthcare environment and providing care for people at the end of their lives

Desirable

• Experience of working in a specialist palliative care setting
• Experience of working Hospice / community setting

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on NMC register (Adult)
• Ability to demonstrate continued professional development

Desirable

• Relevant post-registration training for example: palliative and end of life care/ leadership/ quality improvement
• Clinical supervisor

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Marie Curie

Address

Community Based

Newcastle

NE1 5DL

Employer's website

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)