Registered Nurse

At the Marie Curie Hospice, Liverpool, we’re proud to introduce our new Ambulatory Paracentesis Service - a same‑day outpatient pathway providing safe, efficient fluid drainage for people living with malignant ascites. Designed to relieve symptoms such as discomfort, breathlessness and reduced mobility, the service offers compassionate, specialist support that helps patients stay well and avoid unnecessary hospital admission.

This service forms a key part of our wider Outpatients and Ambulatory Care offering, where patients can access consultant‑led clinics, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Day Therapy, Counselling, Complementary Therapies, Social Work and Pastoral Care - ensuring everyone receives fully holistic, personalised care.

Role: Band 5 Registered Nurse (RN)

Hours: To be agreed (between hours of Monday – Friday 08:00-18:00)

Contract: Part-time Permanent

Salary: £31,049 - £37.796 per annum (pro rata, plus salary enhancements, as well as a full range of employee benefits.

Location: Liverpool Hospice

Our skilled clinical team delivers each stage of the pathway with care - from pre‑procedure assessments to aseptic drain insertion, ongoing monitoring and supportive discharge planning. As a Registered Nurse, you’ll play a key part in delivering high‑quality clinical care throughout the patient’s stay.

As a Band 5 Registered Nurse (RN) in the Ambulatory Paracentesis Service, you will contribute to delivering safe, compassionate, patient‑centred care for individuals attending for drainage procedures. You’ll work closely with the Band 6 lead and wider MDT to ensure smooth patient flow and excellent clinical standards.

Key Duties

• Undertake pre‑procedure assessments, safety checks and patient preparation.
• Support or carry out aseptic drain management and continuous monitoring throughout the procedure.
• Administer IV therapies such as albumin in line with clinical need and competency.
• Provide timely assessments of comfort, pain and fluid balance, escalating concerns appropriately.
• Participate in coordinated discharge planning, ensuring safe transitions home.
• Work collaboratively with AHPs, medical teams and wellbeing services to deliver holistic care.
• You will be cross trained as there will be an expectation to cover the Wellbeing Day Service, as needed.

What we're looking for:

• Registered Nurse on the NMC register
• Recent experience of working in a healthcare environment and providing care for people at the end of their lives
• Knowledge of day case services (desirable)
• Understand key concepts of palliative care and the holistic (physical, psychological, social, spiritual) needs of the person, and those important to them
• Ability to demonstrate continued professional development
• Use different reflective tools to identify learning and development needs.
• Be person centred and compassionate when caring for the person and those important to them
• The ability to develop, implement, and evaluate a care management plan that meets the complex needs of the person, and those important to them
• An understanding of professional, legal and ethical approaches to upholding a person’s rights and safety-codes of practice, capacity, consent, ethical principles.
• Flexible approach for working patterns

What's in it for you:

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata)
• Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
• Industry leading training programmes
• Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work
• Defined contribution schemes for Pension
• 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:
17th March 2026

For more information or an informal chat please contact Hiring Manager
-Emma Shaw on