Senior Nurse (Hospice / Palliative Care) in Harrogate

Senior Nurse Hospice and Palliative Care

Contract: Permanent

Location: Harrogate Based

Hours: 30-37.5 hours per week (includes nights and weekends)

Salary: £45,969.69 per annum FTE (45% of hours need to be in unsocial hours)

Closing Date: Friday 13th February 2026 (the advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications)

Are you an experienced registered nurse looking for an opportunity to use your clinical expertise and leadership skills to make a real difference? Would you like to join an organisation where compassionate care, professional development and strong teamwork go hand in hand?

We’re looking for a Senior Nurse to play an essential role in delivering outstanding end-of-life care while supporting and developing our incredible team at Saint Michaels Hospice in Harrogate.

Main duties of the job:

• Deliver expert palliative and end-of-life care with empathy and professionalism.
• Take clinical leadership on shift, supporting and guiding the wider nursing and care team.
• Act as a mentor and role model, promoting continuous learning and a positive team culture.
• Play an active role in service improvement, clinical audits, and governance.

This Senior Nurse role is based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and is commutable from areas including Ripon, Leeds and York.

About us:

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 are responsive.
• We are fair.
• We are professional.
• We work collaboratively.
• We are accountable.

We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation and from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our communities.

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.

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.

Job responsibilities:

• To provide on shift leadership and management of our Hospice Nurses and Health Care Assistants to deliver patient-centred care and support.
• To be part of the inpatient services management team to deliver service improvements to clinical services.
• To support others and to be able to independently plan and deliver patient-centred care, working closely with patients and their families.
• Act as the shift coordinator, and teach others to do so, overseeing high-quality team nursing care and coordinating wider team care that puts patients at the heart of what we do.
• To act as the key worker for a designated caseload, showing nursing leadership by providing care as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Person Specification:

• Registered Nurse with NMC.
• Nursing Degree or suitable alternative.
• Have or be prepared to work towards practice assessors qualification.
• Current practical experience of Nursing in a clinical setting.
• Ability to plan, deliver, and evaluate nursing care.
• Ability to assess complex patient needs and escalate appropriately if required.
• A good level of understanding and interest in Palliative Care and End of Life Care.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent record keeping skills and documentation.
• IT literate with the ability to use Microsoft and Outlook as a minimum.
• Understanding of Infection Control.
• European Palliative Care Certificate or specific palliative care post graduate learning.
• Demonstrable experience of leading the care for patients at end of life or requiring symptom control.
• Understanding of Clinical Audit.

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.