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 

Registered Nurses – Join Our Team at Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh 

We are currently recruiting several Registered Nurses to join our team at Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh, with exciting fixed-term opportunities until August 2027. 

If you’re a compassionate Registered Nurse who has been considering a move into palliative and end-of-life care, we’d love to hear from you. 

Marie Curie provides specialist palliative and end-of-life care in Edinburgh, supporting people and their families when they need us most. 

As part of Edinburgh’s wider strategy to support more people with a palliative diagnosis, outside of an acute hospital setting, our existing inpatient service includes intermediate palliative care beds. These beds provide 24/7 care for people at the end of their life.  

These intermediate care beds support people admitted from hospital and home, where their palliative care needs require the additional support and expertise that a hospice environment can provide. 

We’re looking for compassionate, adaptable and dedicated Registered Nurses to join us and help deliver high-quality, holistic and person-centred care. 
 
Why Join This Project? 

• Be a Pioneer: Play a critical role in a new model of care — Intermediate Palliative Care Beds — designed to provide generalised palliative support with the aim to ease hospital pressures and bring care closer to home.   

• Make a Lasting Impact: Your work will directly influence future palliative care and help support over 300 patients and families in just one year.   

• Career-Enhancing Experience: Work in a unit within a multidisciplinary team, providing holistic support and care, with advanced clinical governance, and high professional visibility — ideal for those looking to build leadership or palliative skills.   

• Strong Partnership Working: Collaborate closely with NHS Lothian, Edinburgh HSCP, and other care providers in a dynamic, integrated care system.   

• Opportunities Beyond the Contract: While these are fixed-term roles, they are part of a high-profile test of change backed by significant investment and national interest. Success here opens the door to future commissioning and potential for permanent roles within palliative care. 

What we’re looking for:   

• Demonstrated understanding and experience in palliative and end of life care. 

• A Registered Nurse with current NMC registration 

• A holistic and person-centred approach to nursing practice 

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage sensitively and effectively with patients, families, and colleagues 

• A genuine passion for delivering high-quality care to those at the end of life 

Please see the full job description click here 

What is in it for me?  

Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale Band 5 (aligned with AFC) £34,544 to £43,039 pro rata per annum + enhancements 

Contract:  Fixed Term Contracts up until August 2027 hours available up to 37.5 per week including night and day shifts

Based: Marie Curie Hospice, 45 Frogston Road West, EH10 7DR 

Benefits You’ll Love 

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 10 public holidays (pro rata)  

• 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 

Application Process 

• Close date for applications:  Wednesday 30th September 2026   

• Interview/Registered Nurses Recruitment Day: Monday 5th October 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 

We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. 

Reasonable adjustments to our standard process can be accommodated. Should you require any reasonable adjustments please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing [email protected] 

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.