Hospice Nurse

Job Summary

HOSPICE NURSE

Permanent Contract

Location:
Harrogate Based

Hours: 22.5‑30 hours per week (24 hour shift pattern)

£41,179.14 per annum FTE (45% of hours must be in unsocial hours)

Closing Date: 31/01/2026 (adverts may close early if sufficient suitable applications are received)

Interviews will take place in Harrogate.

An exciting opportunity for a registered adult’s nurse with a minimum of two years clinical experience to deliver excellent standards of palliative and end‑of‑life care in a hospice setting.

You will work on our specialist 10‑beded inpatient team at Saint Michaels Hospice alongside experienced multidisciplinary team (MDT) specialists and support high quality, patient‑centred care.

• Plan and deliver patient‑centred care, working closely with patients and their families.
• Act as shift coordinator, overseeing high‑quality nursing care and coordinating wider team care.
• Serve as the key worker for a designated caseload, leading nursing care within the MDT.
• Provide clinical expertise, advice, and support across service boundaries, referring to other professionals and agencies as necessary.
• Maintain accurate patient records and contribute to service development through innovation, audit, and research.
• Support leadership and people management by allocating work, participating in multi‑professional meetings, and mentoring new staff.
• Facilitate governance duties including audits, policy development, and safe operating procedures.
• Actively promote hospice values, collaborate with fundraising and marketing, and maintain confidentiality of staff, volunteer, and client records.

Saint Michaels Hospice is an independent charity powered by local communities. Our vision is a community where everyone gets the care they need, want, and deserve. We work across a range of roles including counsellor, nurse, receptionist, fundraiser, and many others.

Our values: put people at the heart, caring and compassionate, personal and supportive, engage positively, respond quickly, drive continuous improvement, fairness, professionalism, collaboration, accountability, and collaboration. Our behaviour framework explains how these values shape everyday work.

We warmly encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation, and from users of mental health services. We are committed to equality, diversity, and safeguarding.

All staff must support the philosophy and concept of hospice care and are expected to access and provide suitable support to deliver professional care.

• Registered Nurse with NMC
• Degree in Nursing (or suitable alternative)
• Prepared to work towards practice assessors qualification
• Current practical experience of Nursing in a clinical setting
• Ability to plan, deliver, and evaluate nursing care
• Ability to assess complex patient needs and appropriately raise concerns
• Strong understanding and interest in palliative and end‑of‑life care
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent record‑keeping skills and documentation
• IT literate with ability to use Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Understanding of infection control

• European Palliative Care Certificate or other postgraduate learning in palliative care
• Demonstrable experience leading care for end‑of‑life patients or symptom control
• Understanding of clinical audit

• Reports to:
  
  Senior Team Nurse or Nursing Manager
• Responsible for:
  No line manager responsibilities
• Location:
  
  North Yorkshire NHS Hospice Care sites
• NHS Equivalent:
  Band 5 (top)

Applicants will be required to have current UK professional registration, satisfactory identity checks, DBS clearance at an appropriate level, and verification of right to work in the UK. The cost of these checks will be covered by the organisation.

Applicants must also pass a Disclosure and Barring Service check, subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

We will provide suitable adjustments or support for applicants. Contact us via email at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

Saint Michaels Hospice

Crimple House, Hornbeam Park Avenue, Harrogate, HG2 8NA

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