Registered Nurses

NHS Scotland; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 27 days + 10 holidays

Continuing Professional Development

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Travel season ticket loan

Job summary

Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh is recruiting Registered Nurses to join our team on fixed-term contracts until August 2027. You will provide compassionate palliative and end-of-life care in a dedicated hospice setting, with night and day shifts.

The role offers a supportive multidisciplinary environment, opportunities for professional development, and benefits including generous annual leave and pension schemes.

Qualifications

• Experience in palliative and end-of-life care.
• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Holistic and person-centred nursing approach.
• Excellent communication with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Genuine passion for delivering high-quality end-of-life care.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate nursing care to hospice patients.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to deliver holistic care.
• Support families and carers with information and guidance.
• Administer medications and monitor patient comfort.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in palliative care services.

Skills

NMC registration

Palliative care experience

Excellent communication

Compassionate care

Holistic, person-centred care

Job description

Registered Nurses – Join Our Team at Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh

We are currently recruiting several Registered Nurses to join our team at Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh, with exciting fixed-term opportunities until August 2027.

If you’re a compassionate Registered Nurse who has been considering a move into palliative and end-of-life care, we’d love to hear from you.

Marie Curie provides specialist palliative and end-of-life care in Edinburgh, supporting people and their families when they need us most.

As part of Edinburgh’s wider strategy to support more people with a palliative diagnosis, outside of an acute hospital setting, our existing inpatient service includes intermediate palliative care beds. These beds provide 24/7 care for people at the end of their life.

These intermediate care beds support people admitted from hospital and home, where their palliative care needs require the additional support and expertise that a hospice environment can provide.

We’re looking for compassionate, adaptable and dedicated Registered Nurses to join us and help deliver high-quality, holistic and person-centred care.

Why Join This Project?

Be a Pioneer: Play a critical role in a new model of care— Intermediate Palliative Care Beds —designed to provide generalised palliative support with the aim to ease hospital pressures and bring care closer to home.

Make a Lasting Impact: Your work will directly influence future palliative care and help support over 300 patients and families in just one year.

Career-Enhancing Experience: Work in a unit within a multidisciplinary team, providing holistic support and care, with advanced clinical governance, and high professional visibility — ideal for those looking to build leadership or palliative skills.

Strong Partnership Working: Collaborate closely with NHS Lothian, Edinburgh HSCP, and other care providers in a dynamic, integrated care system.

Opportunities Beyond the Contract: While these are fixed-term roles, they are part of a high-profile test of change backed by significant investment and national interest. Success here opens the door to future commissioning and potential for permanent roles within palliative care.

What we’re looking for:

• Demonstrated understanding and experience in palliative and end of life care.
• A Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• A holistic and person-centred approach to nursing practice
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage sensitively and effectively with patients, families, and colleagues
• A genuine passion for delivering high-quality care to those at the end of life

What is in it for me?

Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale Band 5 (aligned with AFC) £34,544 to £43,039 pro rata per annum + enhancements

Contract: Fixed Term Contracts up until August 2027 hours available up to 37.5 per week including night and day shifts

Benefits You’ll Love

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 10 public holidays (pro rata)
• 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
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Introduce a friend scheme
• Help with eyecare cost
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme
• Life assurance – for all employees

Application Process

Close date for applications: Wednesday 30th September 2026

Interview/Registered Nurses Recruitment Day: Monday 5th October 2026

As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Reasonable adjustments to our standard process can be accommodated. Should you require any reasonable adjustments please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing [e-mail].