Head of Nursing & Quality - Yorkshire

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Company Description

Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they're likely to die from.

The care and support we provide is highly valued by the people we care for and their loved ones, but at present we are only reaching around 10% of dying people at the end of life. Right now, one in four people in the UK with a terminal illness, do not get the care or support they deserve at the end of their lives.

We want a different society than the one we live in now. Our mission for the next five years is to close the gap in the number of people missing out on what they need at the end-of-life, through 3 ways:

• Growing and transforming our direct care and support
• Delivering more practical information and support
• Leading in shaping the end-of-life experience

We are now seeking an experienced Head of Nursing & Quality to provide senior clinical leadership for Marie Curie Bradford Hospice, ensuring outstanding standards of care, strong clinical governance and a culture of continuous quality improvement.

This is a high impact leadership role, offering a hybrid working arrangement with a regular presence at our Bradford Hospice and close collaboration with regional and national clinical leaders.

Job Description

As Head of Nursing & Quality, you will hold professional accountability for nursing practice, patient safety, clinical governance and quality improvement across the hospice. You will play a critical role in driving excellence, supporting teams through change, and ensuring services are safe, caring, effective, responsive and well led.

You will:

• Provide visible, compassionate and credible senior nursing leadership
• Lead and assure clinical governance, quality, risk and safeguarding
• Drive service improvement and learning using data, audit and feedback
• Ensure compliance with CQC, NMC and internal Marie Curie standards
• Support, develop and inspire senior nurses and multidisciplinary teams
• Contribute to strategic planning and regional clinical leadership forums

Salary: £64,500 - £72,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent, Full Time - 35 hours per week

Based: Hybrid - Home & Marie Curie Bradford Hospice

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Qualifications

You will be a Registered Nurse (NMC) with substantial senior leadership experience within complex healthcare environments, ideally including hospice, palliative care, community or acute settings.

We're looking for someone who brings:

• Current level 1 NMC registration (essential)
• Significant experience in clinical leadership at senior level
• Strong expertise in clinical governance, quality and patient safety
• A track record of service improvement and change leadership
• Confidence working with regulators (e.g. CQC) and managing inspections
• Excellent communication and engagement skills
• A values led approach aligned with compassionate, person-centered care

Experience in end of life or hospice care is desirable, but not essential for the right candidate

Additional Information

Benefits You'll Love

• Annual leave allowance 25 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata)

• Hybrid working

• 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

• Help with eyecare cost

• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card

• Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme

• Life assurance - for all employees

We will honor any length of service with the NHS in relation to salary and annual leave entitlement!

Application Process

• Close date for applications: 17th May 2026
• Interview Dates:
  • 1st stage - 28th May 2026
  • 2nd stage - 4th June 2026
• As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.

At Marie Curie, our values are central to everything we do. They guide how we care for people, how we work together, and how we make decisions every day. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe for everyone - staff and volunteers alike - supportive, inclusive and rewarding. We take stringent steps to ensure that anyone who joins our organisation are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. We actively consider our impact on the planet, embedding sustainability into everyday decisions to create a lasting, positive difference for the individuals we care for and the world we share.

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to thrive and fulfil their potential. Marie Curie is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, recognising both the social justice imperative and the strength a diverse workforce brings. We actively encourage applications from people of all cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you require any support, please contact us at recruitment@mariecurie.org.uk.

Every application we receive is personally reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team, and in return, we ask that your application authentically reflects you - your experience, perspective and voice.