Senior Nurse - North West London

NHS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK healthcare organization is seeking a Senior Nurse to lead a team and provide high-quality palliative care. This full-time role involves managing clinical services and ensuring compliance with standards. The ideal candidate will have experience in palliative care and strong leadership skills. The position offers a competitive annual salary of £38,682 - £46,580 plus benefits, including a generous annual leave allowance and ongoing professional development.

Benefits

Annual leave - 27 days plus 8 public holidays

Continuous professional development training

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for patients with palliative care needs.
• Experience in observation and assessment of clinical practice.
• Understanding of needs of patients approaching end of life.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of nurses and healthcare assistants.
• Promote a positive working environment.
• Oversee caseload management and service delivery planning.

Skills

Time management

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse on NMC Register

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering exceptionalcare and ready to take the next step in your nursing career? Join Marie Curieas a Senior Nurse and make a real difference to patients and families at one oflifes most important moments. This role combines clinical expertise withleadership responsibilities, offering a chance to make a real difference in thelives of patients and their loved ones.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Nurse, you will manage a team ofRegistered Nurses, Nurse Associates, and Healthcare Assistants, ensuring thedelivery of high-quality palliative care services. You will support theClinical Nurse Manager in promoting a positive working environment and overseethe provision, supervision, coordination, and quality review of clinicalservices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support a team of nurses and healthcareassistants, fostering a positive and collaborative culture.
• Ensure compliance with Marie Curie policies,procedures, and clinical standards.
• Oversee caseload management and contribute toservice delivery planning.
• Support investigations into incidents andcomplaints, ensuring lessons learned are implemented.
• Drive quality improvement initiatives andparticipate in audits and research.
• Deputise for the Clinical Nurse Manager whenrequired.
• Promote patient-centred care and advocate forindividuals and families.
• Ensure effective communication with patients,families, and the wider community.
• Participatein clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement activities

About us

MarieCurie is the UKs leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHSprovider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations,delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, whileproviding information and support on all aspects of dying, death, andbereavement.Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we knowabout good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone getsto have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they arelikely to die from.

Thecare and support we provide is highly valued by the people we care for andtheir loved ones, but at present we are only reaching around 10% of dyingpeople at the end of life.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

Job Structure : Permanent; Full Time 37.5 Hours/Week

Shifts : 9:00am 5:00pm Monday to Friday and occasional night shifts.

Salary : Marie Curie Pay Scale Band 6 (aligned with AFC) £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, Plus High-Cost Area Supplement

Based : Hybrid Primarily home based. There will be occasional requirements to work night shifts at Clayponds Hospital, as necessary and mutually agreed upon.

What we are looking for:

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register with a relevant qualification and experience.
• Experience in caring for patients with palliative care needs.
• Strong time management skills and committed to providing high-quality care.
• Experience in observation and assessment of clinical practice, to determine standards of care
• An understanding of specific needs of patients approaching end of life and in the terminal phase.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to travel as required
• Excellent communication and team-working skills.
• Defined contribution schemes for Pension(the charity will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
• Access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility).
• Continuous professional development and industry-leading training.
• Season ticket loan, cycle-to-work scheme, and other employee benefits.
• Life assurance and access to Marie Curies Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme.
• Help with eyecare cost (T &Cs apply)
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Life assurance

Whats in it for you:

• Annual leave allowance - 27days plus 8 public holidays (pro-rated)
• Annual leave aligned to NHS (subject to eligibility, which must be most recent continuous service immediately prior to joining MC with no breaks of service)
• Continuous Professional development (Marie Curie supports and encourages personal and professional development)
• Industry leading training programmes
• Life Assurance

Advert Closes: 7-December-2025

Application Process

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

For more information or an informal chat please contact [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]

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 with a relevant qualification and experience.

Experience

• Experience in caring for patients with palliative care needs.
• Experience in observation and assessment of clinical practice, to determine standards of care.

Additional criteria

• Strong time management skills and committed to providing high-quality care.
• Excellent communication and team-working skills.

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPlus High Cost Area Supplement