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Senior Hospice Nurse, Harrogate, £46,458.52

Employment Type

Permanent, Full & Part Time

Application Start Date

09-10-2025

Application End Date

03-11-2025

Location

Harrogate

Work Style

On-site

Category

Healthcare

Position

Nursing

Description

Senior Hospice Nurse

Permanent Contracts

Location: Saint Michaels Hospice, Crimple House, Harrogate

Hours: Part-time and full-time hours available, up to 37.5 hours per week (24 hours shift pattern, 5 over 7 including nights and weekends)

Salary: £46,458.52 per annum FTE (45% of hours need to be in unsocial hours)

Brand: Saint Michaels Hospice

Closing date: Monday 3^rd November 2025 (the advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications)

Do you want to be part of an organisation that makes a real difference to our local communities? Our family of services including Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s Hospice provide vital support to people when they need it most. Our vision is of a community where everyone gets the care they need, want and deserve, you can help make that a reality.

We are an independent charity powered by local communities. Every day, we help to improve quality of life for people living with terminal illness, bereavement and mental health concerns, because our belief is that no one should suffer. Our incredible teams work together to make this happen.

About the role

Are you a skilled and caring nurse ready to take the next step in your career? If you're already leading a team and are passionate about specialising in palliative care, we’d love to hear from you.

We're looking for a Senior Team Nurse to join our Hospice Inpatient Unit at Thirsk. A peaceful and supportive environment dedicated to delivering personalised end-of-life care. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in shaping the first specialist palliative care unit in Hambleton and Richmondshire, helping us support more people at the end of life.

Your Role as a Senior Hospice Nurse

As a Senior Team Nurse, you’ll lead by example, providing clinical leadership, coordinating shifts, and supporting the day-to-day running of the ward. You’ll manage and mentor nursing and care staff, uphold high standards of care, and work collaboratively with patients, families, and the wider hospice team to deliver truly holistic support.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and coordinate safe, effective nursing care on the inpatient unit.
• Line manage and mentor nurses and HCAs, supporting a culture of learning and development.
• Support and deliver staff training and competency programmes.
• Champion best practice in complex and specialist palliative care.
• Work with patients and families to develop individualised care plans.
• Provide expert symptom management and sensitive end-of-life care.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Be a role model for compassionate, person-centred care.

What We’re Looking For:

• Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration.
• Minimum 5 years’ post-registration experience, ideally in palliative, oncology, or acute care.
• Experience managing teams and coordinating care in a ward or complex community setting.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• A calm, confident approach to emotionally sensitive situations.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and reflective practice.

How we look after you

• We put people first in all that we do, which includes our own team
• Wellbeing and resilience support with a dedicated team by your side
• Flexible and hybrid working for many roles
• A supportive and caring environment
• Opportunities to grow, develop and progress, with culture of lifelong learning

How to apply:

Please click Apply and you will be forwarded to the vacancy page on our website. Click on the role and this will open the application form.

Download and read through job description (via the ‘Downloads’ section at the top of the advert) as you will need to tell us how you meet the essential requirements of the role.

Make sure you answer all supplementary questions as part of your application otherwise your application will be automatically rejected.

We recommend reading the application pack “Joining Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s” and browsing the “Join our team” pages of our website, which will provide lots of useful information about what it’s like working for us and how the recruitment process works.

Did you hear about this role from a current employee as part of our recommend a friend scheme? Don’t forget to let us know after clicking apply.

Our values                         

• We put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do
• We are caring and compassionate
• We are personal and supportive in our approach
• We engage positively
• We are responsive
• We are driven to do better
• We are fair
• We are professional
• We work collaboratively
• We are accountable

Living out our values

      Our behaviour framework puts our values in the context of our everyday work. See what this includes at        saintmichaelshospice.org/behaviour-framework

We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we collect and monitor EDI data of applicants to help us ensure that our policies and procedures are effective in promoting equality. The information you provide in the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion section of the application form will have no bearing on your application, it is only used for diversity monitoring and is not visible to hiring managers.

We believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind.  Our safer recruitment and safeguarding processes help protect those accessing our services. Please see our safeguarding statement on our website: saintmichaelshospice.org/safeguarding-statement

If you require any support or adjustments to be able to apply for this role, please let us know by emailing people@saintmichaelshospice.org

We will need to complete satisfactory pre-employment checks before appointing you. These include but are not limited to identity checks, DBS clearance at an appropriate level for the role, verification of right to work in the UK, employment references and employment history. We will cover the cost of these.

Don’t quite meet the requirements for this role? We’d still love to hear from you, please get in touch via people@saintmichaelshospice.org to discuss other opportunities across our family of services.

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, we are not currently able to consider applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

North Yorkshire Hospice Care has a duty to protect those who receive our support. Roles within our organisation are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants aged 16 or over who are offered employment will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before the appointment is confirmed. This will include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings, and convictions. Applicants will not be discriminated against due to convictions and cautions, but will be considered on their merit. Should a successful candidate have any convictions or cautions, the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of the offences will determine if it is possible to proceed with the appointment.

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice, and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179).

What we offer you:

• Competitive salary
• Generous 35 days of annual leave (pro rata)
• 8% employer pension contribution
• Wide range of discounts on high street brands and local shops
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recommend a friend bonus