Clinical Nurse Manager - North West

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams, District Nursing colleagues, the Marie Curie Coordination Centre, and our wider nursing and healthcare assistant workforce to deliver a proactive, joined up approach to patient care. As a confident and credible leader, you will act as the clinical voice for Marie Curie across local NHS palliative and end of life care networks, helping to shape services, influence strategy and identify future development opportunities.

Alongside this, you will take responsibility for clinical governance, incident management and quality improvement, contributing as a senior leader within the North West Place Based Leadership Team and participating in the managerial on call rota.

If you are passionate about leading people, developing services and making a real difference to patients and families at the end of life, this role offers the chance to have a meaningful impact at both a regional and strategic level.

What we are looking for:

• A registered nurse and compassionate clinical leader with strong end of life care expertise
• Recent experience in palliative care and ideally proven experience of managing a clinical team
• Understanding of the specific needs of patients in the end-of-life phase, together with a firm understanding of community working
• Leadership and Management experience and quality and governance incident and complaint management
• Service Development and Audit
• Experience delivering and improving community based health services
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills with partners and stakeholders
• A values led leader who puts people at the heart of everything they do

Whats in it for you

• Annual leave allowance 27 days 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)
• Marie Curie Contributary Pension Scheme (you will be able to carry over your NHS Pension)
• Continuous Professional development
• Industry leading training programmes
• Life Assurance
• Generous enhancements

Marie Curie Benefits Package

• Defined contribution scheme for pensions, with charity matching up to 7.5%, or NHS equivalent.
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Help with eyecare cost (T &Cs apply)
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit Hub Discount Scheme

Advert Closes:30-April-2026

Application Process

To apply, please complete an online application, enclosing your CV and highlighting your relevant experience and 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 Adam Collings, Talent Acquisition Advisor at 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.

At Marie Curie, our values are central to everything we do. They guide how we care for people, how we work together, and how we make decisions every day. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe for everyone staff and volunteers alike supportive, inclusive and rewarding. We take stringent steps to ensure that anyone who joins our organisation are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. We actively consider our impact on the planet, embedding sustainability into everyday decisions to create a lasting, positive difference for the individuals we care for and the world we share.

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to thrive and fulfil their potential. Marie Curie is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, recognising both the social justice imperative and the strength a diverse workforce brings. We actively encourage applications from people of all cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you require any support, please contact us at recruitment@mariecurie.org.uk.

Every application we receive is personally reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team, and in return, we ask that your application authentically reflects you your experience, perspective and voice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse or other relevant clinical qualification
• Evidence of post registration study
• Education and training qualification or willing to undertake

Desirable

• Completed Resilience Based Supervisor course
• Leadership training

Experience

Essential

• Relevant post-registration experience, including significant/recent palliative care/end-of-life care experience
• Teaching and learning experience in healthcare
• Leadership experience
• Change management experience
• Experience of quality improvement methodologies including clinical audit, participating in audit and service evaluation

Desirable

• Project echo facilitator
• Coaching

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

Marie Curie Hospice

Liverpool

England

L25 8QA

Employer's website

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