Clinical Lead
Job Description
Job summary
As Clinical Lead, you will play a vital role in helping Marie Curie deliver high-quality palliative and end-of-life care to people and their families across London and the Home Counties. This is an exciting opportunity to join a values-driven organisation, making a real difference to people at the most important time of their lives.
You will work as part of a dedicated team committed to providing compassionate, person-centred care and supporting Marie Curie's mission to ensure everyone has access to the care and support they need at the end of life.
Main duties of the job
- Provide visible and inspiring clinical leadership across community services.
- Oversee the management and delivery of clinical services within the region, ensuring care is responsive to local needs.
- Work closely with commissioners, regulators and internal teams to review service quality, activity and performance.
- Monitor key performance indicators, contractual requirements and budgets to support safe, effective and sustainable services.
- Support and develop the professional workforce, maintaining high standards of practice and continuous improvement.
About us
Marie Curie is the UKs 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, theyre 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.
Job responsibilities
What we are looking for:
- Registered Nurse, with experience working at a Band 7 level in a relevant specialty
- Operational management experience with experience of managing budgets, performance activity and KPIs against contractual requirements
- Broad and extensive experience of caring for patients and families with complex care needs
- Experience of caring for patients with advanced, progressive illness.
- Leadership experience in team and performance management
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Proven experience of change management, innovation and service development
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Able to contribute to Senior Management on-call rota
Whats in it for you:
- Annual leave allowance 25 days plus 8 public holidays (pro-rated)
- 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)
- Marie Curie Contributary Pension Scheme
- Continuous Professional development (Marie Curie supports and encourages personal and professional development)
- Industry leading training programmes
Job Status: Permanent; 35 hours per week
Working Hours: 9:00 am 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday
Salary: Marie Curie MCJES Grade F (aligned with AFC Band 8A), £56,000 - £62,000 per annum
Location: Hybrid Based at the Marie Curie Embassy Gardens Office, with on-site responsibilities across clinical locations in North Central London
Benefits you will love:
- Defined contribution schemes for Pension(the charity will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
- Access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility).
- Continuous professional development and industry-leading training.
- Season ticket loan, cycle-to-work scheme, and other employee benefits.
- Life assurance and access to Marie Curies Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme.
- Help with eyecare cost (T & Cs apply)
- Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
- Life assurance
Closing date for applications: 19-July-2026
Application Process
To apply, complete the online application and upload your latest CV, outlining your relevant experience, how you meet the person specification, and why you want to work for Marie Curie.
For further information or to arrange an informal chat please contact [email protected]
We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications
Additional Information
This role will be subject to receiving an enhanced DBS criminal record check.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
Agencies need not apply.
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 [email protected].
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in a nursing or health and social care qualification
- Registered nurse (1st level) or Qualified Allied Health Professional
- with significant experience at band 7 in a relevant speciality
- Evidence of post registration studies (including management or
- leadership training)
- Current Professional Regulation Registration
- Evidence of recent on-going professional development
Experience
Essential
- Broad and extensive experience of caring for patients and families with complex care needs
- Experience of caring for patients with advanced, progressive illness.
- Leadership experience in team and performance management
- Financial management
- Interpretation of quality management information
- Proven experience of change management, innovation and service
- development
- Strategic awareness of the changes in health care
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
Desirable
- Experience of working with palliative care patients and families
- who are undergoing change and loss
- Experience of working in an Inpatient Unit
- Business Planning
- Working with volunteers
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Marie Curie
Address
Hybrid
Embassy Gardens office base with on-site responsibilities across North Central London
London
England
SW11 7BW
United Kingdom
