Oncology Team Lead

NHS; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading private healthcare provider in Reading is seeking an experienced Oncology Team Lead to provide clinical and managerial leadership in cancer services. This part-time, permanent role involves delivering high-quality care and overseeing the chemotherapy team. The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse with strong SACT qualifications and extensive experience in cancer care, committed to improving patient outcomes. Competitive salary and benefits included.

Benefits

35 days annual leave

Employer pension contributions

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge in SACT administration.
• Experience working at a senior level in cancer care.
• Ability to manage competing demands on time.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong clinical leadership.
• Deliver SACT and non-SACT treatment.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare standards.

Skills

Registered Nurse

SACT qualification

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Education

Accredited chemotherapy and counselling course

Post registration course in cancer care

Job description

Oncology Team Lead | Spire Dunedin Hospital, Reading | Part -Time 30 hours per week | Permanent

Spire Dunedin Hospital is seeking a dedicated and experienced Oncology Team Lead to join our dynamic cancer services team on a part -time, permanent basis. This is a pivotal role providing exemplary care to patients undergoing cancer treatment, with a focus on leading the Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) service. You will offer specialist education and support, ensure the delivery of high-quality, safe care across the oncology pathway, and provide strong clinical and managerial leadership. As Team Lead, you will also deputise for the Cancer Services Lead and oversee the direct line management and supervision of the chemotherapy team.

Main duties of the job

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide strong clinical leadership
• Develop practice in the assessment of health and wellbeing needs within SACT/cancer services within Spire Healthcare
• Deliver SACT and non SACT treatment to cancer patients
• Lead on education and development with SACT
• Lead on ongoing training and monitoring of UKONS 24 hour triage for the hospital
• Ensure compliance in the cancer services with Spire Healthcare cancer standards and gap analysis
• Act as a leader in quality improvement offering advice and support to others within cancer services
• Act as Health and safety lead for the department supporting the department risk register and departmental top risk management
• Drive quality improvement initiatives across cancer services.
• Ensure the effective day to day management of the department, maintaining high standards of care
• Contribute to clinical governance, quality and improvements
• Ensure compliance with infection control, health and safety ad CQC requirements
• Ensure the unit is safely staffed on a daily basis
• Management of direct patient care and to be responsible for a clinical caseload and safely administer SACT
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding in the administration of chemotherapy and associated toxicities, including intravenous access, management of central venous access, venepuncture and management of extravasation

About us

At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.

Job responsibilities

Who we're looking for:

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registrationwith no restrictions or conditions
• Hold an accredited SACT qualification and competency in the delivery of SACT
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience of working at a senior level within SACT administration and cancer care
• Awareness and experience in cancer care
• Hold an accredited teaching and assessing qualification
• Previous management experience and leading successful teams
• Hold an accredited chemotherapy and counselling course certificate
• Competency in the UKONS 24 Hour triage Tool
• Post registration course within cancer care
• Excellent communication, organisational & IT skills, with the ability to organise work around competing demands on time

Working Hours:Part Time 30 hours per week, 08:30 -16:30

Contract Type:Permanent

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• Spire for you reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Private medical insurance
• Life insurance

Our Values:

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Alison Roberts [e-mail]

Closing Date: If we have received sufficient applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy without further notice, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please see above

Experience

• Please see above

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.