Senior Nurse- Woodlands Hospice

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 29 July 2026

We are excited to invite applications for a Senior Nurse with a background in palliative care to join our dedicated and compassionate team at The Woodlands Inpatient Unit. The ideal candidate will bring both enthusiasm and a strong commitment to delivering high‑quality nursing care to patients and their families.

In this role, you will work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, ensuring exceptional care and a supportive environment for patients in their final stages of life. We seek a dynamic individual who is passionate about improving patient experiences, demonstrating excellent communication skills, and actively contributing to the development of colleagues.

Key Requirements:

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• Minimum 2 years experience working as a Band 5 Registered Nurse or a Band 6 registered nurse both with palliative experience.
• A dedication to ongoing professional development and improving team collaboration

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work in a supportive environment, fostering professional growth and working closely with a multidisciplinary team to provide compassionate care.

Candidate must have a current NMC pin registration.

Candidate must have experience in an acute NHS or palliative care setting.

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Senior Nurse to join our team. As a senior nurse, you will be expected to demonstrate your clinical skills and knowledge at the highest standard, supporting the delivery of exceptional patient care. This role requires leadership potential, effective communication skills, and a proactive, collaborative, and innovative approach to the clinical environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and support to the nursing team, promoting high standards of patient care.
• Demonstrate a proactive, collaborative, and innovative approach in all aspects of the clinical environment.
• Effectively communicate with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure excellent care delivery.
• Demonstrate passion for delivering exceptional patient care, ensuring patient safety and well‑being at all times.
• Take responsibility for holding the IMPaCT out‑of‑hours phone during weekdays and weekends, ensuring continuity of care and support during non‑core hours.
• Assist in the development and implementation of best practices and clinical guidelines.

Please arrange an informal visit prior to interview.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of the NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

You will support the ward manager to lead, provide and supervise a very high standard of compassionate care to our patients. You will be supporting the safety and quality agenda of patient care and staff management, ensuring that the values and objectives of the Trust are met, whilst improving patient outcomes.

You will support the journey of the patient from admission to discharge, identify risk and formulate actions to reduce this risk and ensure patient throughput is effective.

You will display excellent leadership and effective communication skills and be able to demonstrate a proactive, collaborative and innovative approach to the clinical environment and be passionate about excellence in patient care.

• Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
• Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent

• Evidence of management experience
• Evidence of change management
• Application of evidence based practice
• Evidence of developing high standards of patient care
• Lead role in education of staff and patients

• Application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance

• Ability to work in changing environments
• Basic IT skills, including e‑mail and word processing

• Supportive of colleagues
• High level of personal and professional credibility
• Well motivated

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.

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