Staff Nurse -Trent

Title: Staff Nurse

Job location: Dougie Mac, Adult Hospice - ST3 3NZ
, ST3 3NZ
, United Kingdom

Advertised salary: TBC

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Closing date: 27/09/2026

Are you a compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse with a passion for palliative care? Join Dougie Mac’s award-winning Inpatient Services team and make a difference where it matters most.

Our 28-bed Adult Inpatient Unit offers specialist palliative and end-of-life care to adults with life-limiting conditions across Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire. We provide both short-term symptom management and support in the final stages of life. You’ll be part of a dedicated multi-disciplinary team delivering high-quality, person-centred care that focuses on dignity, comfort, and compassion — every step of the way.

• Delivering outstanding physical, emotional, and spiritual care tailored to each patient
• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care as part of a multi-professional team
• Leading shifts and supervising healthcare staff in the absence of senior nurses
• Participating in quality improvement, audits and continuous development
• Maintaining professional, accurate documentation in line with NMC and hospice policy

• NMC registration (RGN)
• A passion for palliative or complex care (experience desirable but not essential)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work flexibly across days and nights as part of a supportive team
• A commitment to professional development and delivering high standards of care

At Dougie Mac, we care deeply about the people who make our work possible. Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a supportive, values-led organisation where everyone is encouraged to grow, contribute, and make a real difference.

As a Dougie Mac employee, you’ll benefit from:

• 35 days of annual leave, rising with length of service
• Options to buy and sell annual leave
• Hospice-paid Healthcare Cash Plan
• Competitive Pension Scheme
• DBS paid for by the hospice
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Free on-site parking

Join us and be part of a local charity that puts people at the heart of everything we do.

Salary: TBC

Hours: 37.5 hours a week

Applications close: Sunday 27th September 2026

Interviews: TBC

Join us in delivering world-class hospice care with warmth, dignity, and compassion. Your personal statement of suitability is where you can highlight and tell us why you will possess the qualities to be a Registered Nurse and to join the Dougie Mac Team!

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not provided.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy and interview early, in the event of a large number of applications.

Job Description & Person Specification below - Please note, our shortlisting process is based on these documents. In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CV’s alone will not be accepted. We are strongly committed to the Safeguarding of our adults and children.