Clinical Nurse Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

We have a full-time vacancy for a Clinical Nurse Manager to join our team in Devon. This is a homeworking role with expectations to travel across the region as required, including visits to services and local offices. You'll need to have provisions in place to work effectively from home while remaining flexible to meet service needs.

As a Clinical Nurse Manager, you will provide strategic and clinical leadership to a locally defined team within the Marie Curie Nursing Service. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring high-quality palliative care is delivered in the community, supporting patients to remain in their place of choice. You will oversee service development, workforce planning, and quality assurance, while also managing safeguarding investigations and clinical incidents.

This is a senior managerial position with significant scope for professional development. You'll collaborate with commissioners, GPs, hospices, and other stakeholders to shape services and identify growth opportunities. Were looking for someone who is passionate about innovative approaches to end-of-life care and eager to contribute to continuous improvement within a forward-thinking charity.

In this role, you'll be part of a supportive and values-driven team that truly cares about your development. For that reason, were seeking someone who is committed to their own career progression and excited to lead with compassion and purpose.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Between the hours of 08:00-18:00)

Contract: Full-time Permanent

Location: Home working with some office requirement

Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 per annum (pro rata), in line with NHS Agenda for Change (AFC). Plus, full range of Marie Curie benefits, including enhancements for out of hours working.

What were looking for:

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Relevant Nursing Degree
• Recent experience in health setting and management of nursing/ clinical teams
• Experience caring for patients with palliative care needs (hospice/hospital/community)
• Up to date knowledge of current palliative care issues
• Able to plan, delegate, schedule and prioritise own workload and that of others, within a changing environment
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills, e.g. negotiating, persuasion and coaching
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Willingness to travel & occasionally make overnight stays

What's in it for you:

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata)
• Hybrid working
• 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
• 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.

For more information or an informal chat please contact Ben Gadd on Ben.Gadd1@mariecurie.org.uk

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Relevant Nursing Degree

Experience

Essential

• Recent experience in health setting and management of nursing/clinical teams
• Experience caring for patients with palliative care needs (hospice/hospital/community)

Desirable

• Experience in planning, delegating, scheduling and prioritising workload within a changing environment

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Marie Curie

Address

Devon

Devon

United Kingdom

EX16 6SH

Employer's website

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)