Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Collingwood Centre

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Haemato-oncology Nurse to join a nurse-led outpatient service. The role involves leadership, communication, and clinical expertise in a supportive environment. The position is fixed-term and offers professional development.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in haematology/oncology.
• Evidence of managing and improving patient experience.
• Previous experience at Band 6.

Responsibilities

• Support the ward sisters in leading and developing the nursing team.
• Provide inspirational leadership and act as a credible role model.
• Ensure the continued development of cancer services.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Change Management

Organizational Skills

Compassion

Education

Registered Nurse First Level

Post registration qualification relevant to area

ILS certificate

Job description

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Collingwood Centre

The closing date is 22 May 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Haemato-oncology Nurse to take their next step in their career. This is a great opportunity to join a fantastic nurse led outpatient haemato-oncology service. This post is fixed term to cover a secondment until 31st March 2026.

The Collingwood centre is a day unit at Colchester Hospital which offers malignant and non-malignant treatments to Haemato-oncology patients. The unit is nurse led and relies on the nursing expertise to assess and administer treatments to patients in a safe and efficient manner.

You need to competent in the administration of Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatments (SACT). In this role you will expand your SACT knowledge, leadership, communication skills and develop professionally in a very busy but supportive learning environment and gain valuable experience.

This post will be worked within our unit working hours of Monday - Friday 08.00 - 18.00.

If you think you have the passion to ensure the continued development of the cancer services the trust provides we want to hear from you.

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

Main duties of the job

You will support the ward sisters in leading and developing the nursing team in this department. You will provide inspirational leadership to the department, be positively welcoming, effective and act as a credible role model. You will have well-developed communication, change management and organisational skills, with a positive attitude and share in our vision and commitment to continuously develop and improve. You should be caring, compassionate, forward thinking, well organized and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and change.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience leading teams
• Clinical expertise within haematology/oncology area
• Coaching/Mentoring
• Managing change
• Evidence of managing and improving the patient experience
• Previous experience at Band 6
• Evidence of involvement in research and audit
• Evidence of teaching/assessing

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse First Level
• Post registration qualification relevant to area up to post graduate diploma level - Guy's Cancer Academy Systemic Anti-cancer Therapy (SACT) Online course
• ILS certificate as relevant to the area
• Student assessor
• Willingness to undertake further academic stud

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum pro rata