Nurse Team Leader - Chemotherapy Suite

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is recruiting a Nurse Team Leader for the Chemotherapy Suite at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. The role leads a dynamic day unit delivering chemotherapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapies to adults, with supervision of staff and unit operations.

The post holder will coordinate the unit, support staff development and deputise for the Unit Sister, ensuring delivery of high-quality care in a 20-chair unit operating 08:00–20:00, Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in clinical nursing is required.
• Ability to coordinate the unit and deputise for the Unit Sister.
• Commitment to education and development of nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-standard specialist nursing care to patients in the chemotherapy suite.
• Coordinate overall management of the unit and operate 08:00–20:00, Monday to Friday.
• Support service improvements and contribute to nursing practice development.

Job description

We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader - Chemotherapy Suite who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven individual to lead our team within the dynamic SACT day unit at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. If you enjoy a challenge and are ready to take on a leadership role, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. Our day unit, equipped with 20 treatment chairs, operates from 08:00 to 20:00, Monday to Friday, providing chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapies to adult patients. 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 Nurse Team Leader will be responsible for delivering a high standard of specialist nursing care to all patients within MVCC. Able to coordinate the overall management of the Unit. The post holder will facilitate the education and support of qualified and unqualified staff and participating in the development of nursing practice in the clinical area. You will be working independently/autonomously without direct supervision, accountable for own professional actions. The successful candidate will also take an active role in deputising and supporting the Unit Sister.

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.