Marie Curie

Our patient care delivery
We work in partnership with other professionals involved in the care of our patients - such as GPs, district nurses, hospital consultants and clinical nurse specialists. Donations pay for 51% of our Hospice at Home services and 64% of what it costs to run our Hospices, with the rest coming from the NHS.

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.

Our vision
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:

1. Growing and transforming our direct care and support

2. Delivering more practical information and support

3. Leading in shaping the end-of-life experience

Marie Curie careers

As a Marie Curie Nurse or Healthcare Assistant, you could play an important role in helping people living with a terminal illness to be comfortable and to make the most of the time they have left.

You can make a truly meaningful difference to people's lives when they are at their most vulnerable.

It's a challenging but highly rewarding job. Many families say they can't thank our teams enough for the support they received as the person they cared for was dying.

What benefits would I get?
As a Marie Curie Nurse or Healthcare Assistant, you'll get:

● the time to provide individual and patient-centred care

● competitive pay and holiday entitlements

● excellent on-the-job training and support from experienced experts

● clinical supervision opportunities

● access to our bursary scheme

● enrolment on our occupational pension scheme (members of the NHS pension scheme can transfer this across, if eligible).

Find our full list of Marie Curie jobs here on Nurses.co.uk.

Marie Curie Registered Nurse jobs and pay

Pay rates quoted below are based on pay details in advertisements on Nurses.co.uk in August 2024. They are presented to give an illustration of Marie Curie’s pay and salaries.

Registered Nurse job pay guide
A Registered Nurse job in Bradford working for Marie Curie was advertised as paying £34,581 per year in August 2024. (This job was advertised to join the community arm of the Marie Curie REACT project based in Bradford to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital for patients with unmet palliative care needs presenting in the Emergency Department.)

A Registered Nurse job in Armagh working for Marie Curie was advertised as paying £28,407 - £34,581 per year in August 2024. (This job was advertised to deliver rapid and flexible out of hours nursing care and support for terminally ill patients and their carers for The Marie Curie Rapid Response Service.)

A Registered Nurse job in Liverpool working for Marie Curie was advertised as paying £28,407 - £34,581 per year in August 2024. (This job was advertised to be based at Liverpool Hospice, providing high quality nursing care.)

Can any nurse work for Marie Curie?

We welcome nurses from all service backgrounds and specialties and any health or social care setting. For our band 5 level registered nurse roles, you simply need to be a registered nurse with a valid NMC pin and a genuine commitment to adhering to the NMC Codes of Conduct and expanding your professional development.

We do expect you to have an up-to-date awareness of nursing care for patients with palliative care needs. Experience of working in the NHS or other relevant care setting in palliative care is desirable but shouldn’t prevent you expressing an interest where you meet the other criteria.

You’re passionate about caring for those with a palliative diagnosis and will have the drive to help people maintain their independence, choice and dignity.

In terms of soft skills, you’ll be a skilled and empathetic communicator who’s able to build strong and honest relationships with patients and the people they care about.

You know how important it is to be passionate about caring for patients at their end of life. It’s what drives you.

Marie Curie Healthcare Assistants jobs and pay

To give an indication of the job roles and pay for a Healthcare Assistant for Marie Curie we have referenced three examples of job advertisements posted in August in 2024.

Healthcare Assistant job, Belfast
£22,383 - £23,383 per year

Healthcare Assistant job, York
£22,383 per year

Healthcare Assistant, Dunfermline
£22,383 - £25,368 per year

Marie Curie healthcare assistants work as part of a multidisciplinary and multi-agency team providing holistic, person-centred, end of life care to patients and those important to them, undertaking a broad range of care activities as delegated by a registered nurse through a documented plan of care.

You’ll be assisting patients’ personal care needs such as washing, dressing and mobility and helping patients take their routine medicines.

Ours is a one-to-one approach to care, so you're sure to enjoy plenty of meaningful contact with patients and their loved ones. For community roles, where you are working within a patient’s home, you will be working without close supervision and you'll have the opportunity to use your own initiative in line with the patient's established care plan.

Hospice teams
Our hospice teams provide relief to symptoms, control pain, fulfil care plans, administer medication, support loved ones and families, advise on practical issues.

In our hospices the nurse is the first point of contact for loved ones and family members.

In addition to nursing and medical care, you will offer social, practical, emotional and spiritual support to patients and their families.

Why nurses and HCAs choose a career with Marie Curie

As a Marie Curie nurse or healthcare assistant, you'll play an important role in helping people living with a terminal illness to be comfortable and to make the most of the time they have left.

"I love my job and love helping people and supporting their families" - Annie Wade, healthcare assistant

You’ll be given the time to provide individual and patient-centred care. You will make a truly meaningful difference to people's lives when they are at their most vulnerable.

“She gave us all comfort and enabled us to laugh… and we all felt safe. I will never forget her as long as I live” - Fiona, whose mum Catherine was cared for by a Marie Curie nurse

Providing palliative care for Marie Curie as a nurse or healthcare assistant is a challenging but highly rewarding job. Many families say they can't thank our teams enough for the support they received as the person they cared for was dying.

"I'm a people person and the feeling of completeness I get when I help someone at home is simply amazing” - Alma Ainslie-Davies, Healthcare Assistant

Good staffing ratios, autonomy at work and continuous care
Being a registered nurse at Marie Curie is incredibly rewarding on so many levels. For starters, in roles within our hospices, we offer you high staffing ratios, which allow you to spend more time hands-on, not handing over.

A Marie Curie registered nurse job in the community gives you the ability to be an autonomous practitioner in a patient’s own home environment, allowing you precious time to care for your patients and their loved ones.

You’ll have the time, tools and teams to provide dedicated, expert nursing care. You’ll be responsible for using evidence-based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care, working alongside a team of healthcare assistants to ensure appropriate clinical care is delivered. You’ll have the autonomy to drive quality care and innovate our approach and services where the opportunity arises.

Our ‘Rapid Response’ and ‘Reactive Registered Nurse’ roles use your skills and expertise in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions to allow the patient to be cared for in their own home.

We are passionate about continuous improvement and are looking for nurses who share this passion to work with us to ensure the people we serve, and our staff, are treated with respect and as individuals.

Highly trusted, you’ll have the time to form real connections with our patients, giving them the kindness, support, compassion and care they deserve.

Develop your learning with a career at Marie Curie
As well as our fantastic benefits (see below), you will also get to partner with and learn from colleagues who are dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences in palliative care.

Marie Curie is at the forefront of innovations in palliative care, and you will have the opportunity to thrive in a career in this area, working with supportive and enthusiastic teams and colleagues with a shared passion.

Marie Curie offers benefits you’ll LOVE

Marie Curie offers a meaningful career that enables you to make a difference in people’s lives when they need and appreciate it the most.

Here are just some of the practical and emotional benefits you’ll enjoy if you pursue a career with Marie Curie:

Marie Curie pay and pension

● Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale - we are aligned with NHS Agenda for Change (view the NHS Pay Scale here)

● generous enhancements in line with relevant AFC Banding

● enrolment on our occupational pension scheme (members of the NHS pension scheme can transfer this across, if eligible)

● loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems

Training

● comprehensive induction

● training around the symptoms you’ll be expected to treat

● continuous development and access to industry leading training

● Marie Curie operates a bursary scheme supporting nurses to access academic qualifications. Nurses can apply twice a year for funding to support between 50% - 100% of external qualification costs (such as Post Grad Diplomas, BSCs, PhDs etc

● a comprehensive leadership & management prospectus including the Nightingale Challenge - our annual programme designed to provide Nurses, Social Workers and Allied Health Professionals with access to leadership and development training

● access to library facilities - journals, articles to support your professional development

● access to apply for research grants to support innovation and service development

● study leave

Support and wellbeing

We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and patients we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – providing better end of life care for all.

● Employee Assistance Programme to support your individual wellbeing

● Annual Leave Entitlement will take into account previous years of service under Agenda for Change terms and conditions.

● access to flexible working opportunities including full and part-time options

● resilience based supervision