Senior Nurse – Derbyshire

Integrated Care System; Derby; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is looking for an experienced Palliative Care Nurse to enhance end-of-life care within Derbyshire. This role involves improving patient identification and care through advanced clinical assessment, focusing on community and multidisciplinary collaboration, offering competitive pay and benefits.

Benefits

Industry leading training programmes

Travel Allowance - Paid Mileage: £0.45 per mile

Defined contribution schemes for Pension

Help with eyecare costs

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse (degree level qualification desirable but not essential based on experience).
• Recent/current experience in Specialist Palliative Care and/or Caseload Management.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on care and act as a professional role model.
• Develop and implement best practice initiatives.
• Coordinate patient activity and ensure high standards of care.

Skills

Palliative Care Experience

Community/Primary Care Experience

Strong Communication Skills

Confidence in Clinical Assessments

Education

Registered Nurse on NMC Register

Postgraduate Diploma in Cancer/Palliative Care or relevant subject

Job description

Areyou an experienced palliative care nurse with a passion for innovation andimprovement? Marie Curie is looking for someone highly driven and enthusiasticabout Palliative care improvement, to join our NEW Primary Care Network (PCN)project.

Main duties of the job

This project is a new and exciting opportunity to help reform and influence Derbyshires end of life care, with a strong focus on the link between identification, deprivation and admission.

Our PCN Project is taking a data driven approach and focuses on four identified PCNs with low identification and high deprivation at end of life.

An exciting aspect of this project is that, with a strong focus on admission avoidance and early identification, we will be embedding Marie Curie nurses into the above GP practices networks, empowering those nurses with taking a why not home? approach and striving to ensure preferred place of death is an upheld choice.

About us

Weare the UKs leading, largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care, the onlyprovider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice careacross the country, while providing information and support on all aspects ofdying, death, and bereavement.Ourleading 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 bestpossible quality of life while living with an illness, theyre likely to diefrom.

Rightnow, one in four people in the UK with a terminal illness, do not get the careor support they deserve at the end of their lives.

We want a different societythan the one we live in now. Our mission for the next five years is to closethe gap in the number of people missing out on what they need at theend-of-life.

Job responsibilities

Weare looking for an experienced Palliative care nurse to join this team, you'llbe instrumental in developing and shaping this service. The key aim will be toimprove identification of patients with palliative and end of life care needsthrough advanced clinical assessment and multidisciplinary working.

We arelooking for an individual with a confident and competent clinical andperson-centred approach who can utilise their skills and experience to have animpact on increasing access to palliative/end of life care and support forthose in the most deprived areas, enhancing the health and well-being ofindividuals and their carers. We seek a dedicated individual to join us inmaking a positive impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide hands-on care and act as a professionalrole model.
• Develop and implement best practice initiatives.
• Coordinate patient activity and ensure highstandards of care.
• Manage staffing levels, budgets, and resources.
• Lead and support the team, including recruitment,training, and performance management.
• Ensure effective communication with patients,families, and the wider community.
• Participate in clinical governance, audit, andquality improvement activities.

Job Structure :Permanent; Full Time 37.5Hours/Week

Shifts : Day Shifts 9:00am5:00pm Monday to Friday

Salary :Marie Curie Pay Scale Band 6 (alignedwith AFC) £38,682- £46,580 Per Annum

Based :TBC but within the below listedPCNs

North Hardwick Bolsover PCN

South Hardwick PCN

Whatwere looking for:

• NMC Registered Nurse (degree levelqualification desirable but not essential based on experience)
• Palliative Care experience
• Community/Primary care experience desirable.
• Good knowledge of professional accountabilityand responsibility and the limitations of the role.
• Recent/current experience in SpecialistPalliative Care and/or Caseload Management.
• Ability to work collaboratively withmultidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication and training skills
• Commitment to continuous improvement andsharing best practices

What'sin it for you:

• Industryleading training programmes
• TravelAllowance - Paid Mileage: £0.45 per mile
• Definedcontribution schemes for Pension
• Loanschemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Helpwith eyecare costs (T & Cs apply)
• Entitledto Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme
• Lifeassurance for all employees

AdvertCloses:14-August-2025

Application Process

Toapply, please complete an online application, enclosing your CV that explains how you meet the person specification and why you wouldlike to work for Marie Curie.

Interviewdates:

Weekcommencing 11 August. Please note that the interview will consist ofcompetency-based questions and a short presentation you will be contacted ifshortlisted with further details.

Forfurther information regarding the role, please contact Ebony Fry ClinicalLead for Midlands Community Service at [e-mail]

Marie Curieis committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringentsteps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment orvolunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguardingall our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those whouse or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating notjust a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We arecommitted to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. Weare devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits offull diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewallchampion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates ofdiverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We're happyto accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please email anyrequests to [e-mail]

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

We reservethe right to close this vacancy early.

Agencies need not apply.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience caring for patients with palliative care needs within a
• hospice/hospital/community settings
• 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 multi-disciplinary 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

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Postgraduate Diploma in Cancer/Palliative Care or relevant subject

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.