Job Description
We are recruiting for a Senior Nurse to join our STARS service in Liverpool.
Hours: 08:00am-18:00pm (M-S, can be done over 4-days)
Contract: Permanent Full-Time
Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata) and a whole range of Marie Curie employee benefits.
Location: Liverpool Hospice
The Senior Nurse in the STARS service plays a vital role in delivering expert palliative and end-of-life care to patients in their own homes across Liverpool. This Band 6 position combines clinical leadership with a strong focus on education and quality improvement, ensuring compassionate, patient-centred care at all times.
Key highlights:
* Lead on formal and informal teaching, supporting the development of nurses, healthcare assistants, and volunteers.
* Act as a role model for best practice in palliative care, promoting reflective learning and clinical supervision.
* Coordinate care delivery and maintain effective communication across the multidisciplinary team.
* Support quality improvement initiatives, audits, and learning from incidents and feedback.
* Maintain flexibility to meet service needs, including occasional out-of-hours work.
This role is ideal for a Registered Nurse with strong teaching experience, leadership capability, and a passion for delivering high-quality care in a community setting.
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse on NMC Register
* Relevant Nursing Degree
* Mentorship / Teaching qualification
* Experience caring for patients with palliative care needs (hospice/hospital/community)
* Understanding of steps involved in audit and research
* Experience of formal and informal teaching
* Understands benefits of working with a patient-centred philosophy of multidisciplinary team working.
* Computer literate
Additional Information
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
* 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
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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.
Advert closes: 28th January 2026
For more information or an informal chat please contact Rebecca Ruddock on Rebecca.Ruddock1@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