Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist - React

Job Description

We are recruiting for an Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our award winning REACT Service based in Bradford.

Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale, aligned with AFC Band 7 £ 49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - Weekdays and 1 weekend per month (8 am - 8.30 pm)

Based: Bradford Hospice

Closing Date: 2nd August 2026

As an Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will join the community arm of the Marie Curie REACT Team based in Bradford. This service aims to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital for patients with unmet palliative care needs presenting in the Emergency Department who are identified and assessed as having care needs that can be met at home with additional support.

This is a truly career enhancing opportunity to both improve the patient and family experience, alongside reducing inequalities in access to specialist palliative care across Bradford.

As a member of the place-based senior team you will facilitate a sensitive, person centred and compassionate environment for patients, those important to them, staff and volunteers leading by example and professionalism. Alongside cultivating a person-centred environment, you will also be responsible for demonstrating advanced clinical knowledge of the principles and practice of palliative care, providing specialist education which is evidence based to patients, those important to them and staff and undertaking quality improvement initiatives.

You will be accountable for providing specialist palliative care nursing services to people living with a terminal illness, those important to them and health professionals. This will be demonstrated through working as an autonomous expert practitioner in palliative care, practising as a Non-Medical Prescriber, managing a caseload of patients with complex needs and providing advice, expertise and support as part of the multidisciplinary team.

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Relevant Nursing Degree
• Experience in NHS or other relevant care setting, ideally in palliative care
• Evidence of fostering a supportive and engaging culture
• Experience in leading a team of nurses/healthcare professionals
• Non-Medical prescribing
• A full driving license with access to a vehicle insured for business use and a willingness to travel

• 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
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit Hub Discount Scheme
• Life assurance for all employees

This role will be subject to receiving an enhanced DBS criminal record check.