Job responsibilities
We are recruiting for a Senior Nurse to join our newly formed Early Identification Service based in Bradford.
Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale, aligned with AFC 6 - £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata per annum
Hours/Contract: Full Time and Part Time hours available
Contract Type: 2 years fixed term
Based: Bradford
Closing date: 3rd September 2025
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to join the Marie Curie team in Bradford in our Early Identification service. By sharing your nursing and palliative care expertise, you will have the chance to significantly influence and shape patient care in Bradford.
This service will be based in Primary Care within partnered GP surgeries in Bradford, where you will use the NHS early tool to search for patients who are not yet identified as having palliative care but are likely to be in the last year of life. You will be the initial contact with patients, offering support and the opportunity to complete advance care planning, and signposting to other services. You will visit patients in their own homes and refer them to either hospice, voluntary or community services.
In this key role, you will work autonomously and manage your own caseload. Your responsibilities will also include training and development, investigating incidents, working closely with hospice and community services to offer onwards referrals and support for patients and their families and supporting the Healthcare Assistant for this service.
As a confident communicator and calm decision-maker, you will need experience and knowledge in palliative care and community services, along with well-developed advanced communication, assessment, and planning skills. The ability to prioritise your work while managing a variety of changing demands is essential. This role is based in primary care with regular travel to visit patients in the community.
Therefore, the ability to drive and access a vehicle insured for business use is essential.
What were looking for:
- Registered Nurse on NMC Register
- Experience in Mentorship/Teaching qualification
- Advanced communication skills and ability to have sensitive and difficult conversations with patients
- Strong time management skills and the ability to proactively plan and schedule your own workload, to meet patient care requirements.
- Core hours will be 8.30 am - 4.30pm however there will also be a need for Flexible working around the needs of the patients (Out of hours appointments).
- Integration with Yorkshire place based teams.
- An understanding of specific needs of patients approaching end of life and in the terminal phase.
- Driving license and access to your own vehicle and a willingness to travel within the region
- Cultural competence
What's in it for you:
- Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 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
- 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 upload your most recent CV demonstrating, how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie.
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.
