Registered Nurse - Newcastle Hospice

Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale, aligned with AFC Band 5 £14.53 - £17.69 per hour + enhancements
Contract Type: As and When
Based: Newcastle Hospice In-patient unit
Closing date: 30th September 2024
Interview date: TBC
Being a Nurse at Marie Curie is incredibly rewarding on so many levels. For starters, we offer you high staffing ratios, which means less time on paperwork and more time with patients. As a Marie Curie Nurse, you will provide high quality nursing care and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care needs for the patient group in a palliative care setting helping people to live their final days with dignity.
Marie Curie Benefits Package
- Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work.
- Defined contribution schemes for Pension (the charity will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
- Introduce a friend scheme.
- Help with childcare cost (T & C's apply)
- Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
- Entitled to Benefit Hub Discount Scheme
- Life assurance - for all employees
What's in it for you:
- Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Working
- Annual Leave aligned to NHS (subject to eligibility, which must be most recent continuous service immediately prior to joining MC with no breaks of service)
- Generous enhancements - 30% x your basic salary per hour paid for Saturdays and weekday night duty.
- 60% x your basic salary per hour paid for Sundays and Bank Holidays
What we are looking for:
- RGN level 1 registration
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of palliative care and the needs of patients with complex symptoms as well as at end of life.
- Forward thinking with excellent communication skills
You'll be part of a supportive team that truly cares about you and your development. Using a patient-centred approach and evidenced based practice, assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care and co-ordinate care from admission to discharge. You will be expected to administer medication and treatment as prescribed in accordance with the NMC's and the Charity's policies and guidelines. You will also provide emotional, psychological and spiritual support for patients and carers.
To apply, please send us your most recent CV and a cover letter detailing your experience, how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie
Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work.  We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one. 
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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.