Assessment Sister/Charge Nurse

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an assessment sister/charge nurse to work in the Weston Park Cancer Centre assessment service, including telephone triage and admitting patients to Weston Park.

You will provide day-to-day support to the telephone triage nurses, manage complex calls, undertake clinical assessments, order investigations and initiate treatments in collaboration with the senior clinicians and multi-professional team, and provide night-site

Qualifications

• Undertake clinical assessments for cancer patients attending Weston Park Cancer Centre as non-elective admissions.
• Order and carry out investigations and initiate treatments within defined competence and protocols in collaboration with senior clinicians.
• Provide site management, leadership and clinical support to the nursing team at Weston Park at night.

Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical assessments for cancer patients attending Weston Park Cancer Centre as non-elective admissions.
• Order and carry out investigations and initiate treatments within defined competence and protocols in collaboration with senior clinicians.
• Provide site management, leadership and clinical support to the nursing team at Weston Park at night.

Job description

An exciting employment opportunity has arisen as part of a strategic transformation in cancer services.

The assessment sister/charge nurse will work in the Weston Park Cancer Centre assessment service, including telephone triage and advice and directly admit patients to Weston Park.

They will provide support to the phone triage nurses on a day to day basis and manage complex calls.

There are 3 posts on this vacancy.

The assessment sister/charge nurse will undertake clinical assessments for cancer patients who attend Weston Park as non-elective admissions, order and carry out investigations and initiate treatments within defined competence and protocols in collaboration with the senior clinicians and multi-professional team.

They will provide site management, leadership and clinical support to the nursing team within Weston Park at night in conjunction with the hospital at night team and duty matron.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Katie Le-Baigue Job title: Senior Sister Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0114 2265333

Emma Colville

Inpatient Matron

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