Chemotherapy Registered Nurse

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; Sur place; GBP 30 000 - 38 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is recruiting for a Chemotherapy Registered Nurse at the Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre. The role focuses on safe delivery of systemic anti-cancer therapies and patient support within Oncology-Haematology, in line with our core values.

The successful candidate will have some oncology experience; full training will be provided to the right person, and a commitment to compassionate, high-quality care will be expected.

Qualifications

• Nursing qualification and registration.
• Some oncology experience preferred; full training provided.
• Commitment to high-quality patient care.

Responsabilités

• Assist in the safe administration of cytotoxic chemotherapy and monoclonal antibodies within the Oncology-Haematology group.
• Provide ongoing support to patients and their carers.
• Ensure high standards of nursing care in the chemotherapy unit in line with hospital policies.
• Support the Senior Nurse for Chemotherapy Services in all aspects of the role.

Description du poste

We are recruiting for a Chemotherapy Registered Nurse - Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We specialise in the administration of systemic anti-cancer therapies such as cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted therapies and immunotherapy agents. We also administer supportive treatments. We treat patients with a variety of cancer types in both the curative and palliative setting. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. The Chemotherapy Registered Nurse will undertake and assist in the safe administration of cytotoxic chemotherapy, monoclonal anti-bodies within the Oncology-Haematology client group, whilst also providing on-going support to patients and their carers. You will ensure that nursing care within the chemotherapy unit is a high standard and in accordance with hospital polices, procedures and standards and adheres to the Units philosophy. The post holder will provide a high quality service of care to patients and significant others and to promote a good learning environment. To support the Senior Nurse for Chemotherapy Services in all aspects of that role, as well as the other members of the team.

The successful candidate would ideally have some experience of working within oncology and delivery of systemic anti cancer treatment, however full training will be provided to the right person.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.