Band 6 Senior Nurse - STARS

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks Senior Nurses for their STARS service in Liverpool. The role involves delivering palliative and end-of-life care and requires a strong focus on education and leadership. Ideal candidates will have experience in nursing with a passion for high-quality patient care. This position offers competitive compensation, employee benefits, and opportunities for teaching and development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays

Industry-leading training programmes

Defined contribution pension schemes

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register.
• Experience caring for patients with palliative care needs.
• Understanding of audit and research processes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver palliative and end-of-life care to patients in their homes.
• Lead teaching and support development for nursing staff.
• Coordinate care and maintain communication with the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Palliative care experience

Teaching experience

Leadership capability

Education

Registered Nurse on NMC Register

Job description

We are recruiting for 2 x Senior Nurses to join our STARS service in Liverpool on a permanent basis.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Nurse in the STARS service plays a vital role in delivering expert palliative and end-of-life care to patients in their own homes across Liverpool. This Band 6 position combines clinical leadership with a strong focus on education and quality improvement, ensuring compassionate, patient-centred care at all times.

About us

Marie Curie is the UKs leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness they're likely to die from.

The care and support we provide is highly valued by the people we care for and their loved ones, but at present we are only reaching around 10% of dying people at the end of life. Right now, one in four people in the UK with a terminal illness, do not get the care or support they deserve at the end of their lives.

Job responsibilities

Hours: 08:00am-18:00pm (M-S, can be done over 4-days)

Contract: Permanent Full-Time and Part-time

Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata) and a whole range of Marie Curie employee benefits.

Location: Liverpool Hospice

Key highlights:

• Lead on formal and informal teaching, supporting the development of nurses, healthcare assistants, and volunteers.
• Act as a role model for best practice in palliative care, promoting reflective learning and clinical supervision.
• Coordinate care delivery and maintain effective communication across the multidisciplinary team.
• Support quality improvement initiatives, audits, and learning from incidents and feedback.
• Maintain flexibility to meet service needs, including occasional out-of-hours work.

This role is ideal for a Registered Nurse with strong teaching experience, leadership capability, and a passion for delivering high-quality care in a community setting.

What we're looking for:

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• 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.

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
• Help with eye care costs
• 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.

Advert closes: 22nd December 2025

For more information or an informal chat please contact Rebecca Ruddock [e-mail]

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 [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register

Experience

• Experience caring for patients with palliative care needs (hospice/hospital/community)
• Experience of formal and informal teaching

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.