Junior Sister/ Charge Nurse

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is looking for experienced Band 6 Nurses, proficient in chemotherapy and SACT. You will join a nurse-led service, providing individualized and holistic patient care in an exciting environment. Nurses will receive excellent training and are encouraged to pursue further qualifications. The role involves flexibility in working hours, and both full-time and part-time positions are available. This is an opportunity to contribute to a high-quality healthcare setting.

Benefits

Excellent training and development opportunities

Support for further education

Qualifications

• Completed a SACT course is mandatory.
• Experience in chemotherapy and mentorship is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized patient care in collaboration with the healthcare team.
• Act as a professional role model and clinical teacher.
• Coordinate prescriptions and blood tests for timely treatment.

Skills

Chemotherapy competence

SACT course completion

Mentorship

Holistic patient care

Effective communication

Job description

Job Opportunity

We have vacancies for Band 6 Nurses who are already experienced and Chemotherapy competent. We are a nurse led service, providing chemotherapy, supportive therapies and apheresis to patients with Haemato‑Oncology and Solid Cancer.

On our spacious Cancer Treatment Unit you will be able to rotate between the chemotherapy delivery area and supportive area.

You will receive excellent training and development, and the opportunity to progress within your profession. We actively encourage our nurses and allied health professionals to take part in research projects and to work towards Masters and PhDs, providing dedicated support.

Our nurses work a variety of day shifts and the unit is primarily open Monday – Friday with smaller numbers of patients treated at the weekends. We are able to offer posts to both full time and part time staff.

Qualifications

In order to be shortisted you must have completed a SACT course.

• Please note this advert may close early upon receiving a high volume of applications.

Responsibilities

To provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualized, holistic patient care in conjunction with the inter‑professional team.

As a proficient practitioner in SACT care, the post holder acts as a professional role model and clinical teacher. He / she will also provide effective mentorship and supervision, participating in the education and training of nursing and non‑nursing staff.

He/she also takes charge of the Day Care Unit as required, liaising closely with the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse with continuing responsibility. The post holder will be asked to perform the Clinic Nurse Role at times – coordinating all the prescriptions, blood tests and confirmations in advance, so that treatment production /dispensary occurs in a timely manner.

About Us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Hopkins
Job title: Matron
Email address: [e-mail]