Registered Nurse - Collingwood Centre

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for Registered Nurses to join a nurse-led outpatient haemato-oncology service at the Collingwood Centre, Colchester Hospital. Full and part-time hours available. Training provided, with opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Must have recent post registration experience.
• Willingness to undertake further education.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality, evidence based, safe care to patients.
• Complete the accredited Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy course.
• Access patients pre SACT and ensure safety for treatment.

Skills

Evidence based practice

Clinical governance principles

Willingness to learn

Education

Registered Nurse Level 1 or 2

Coaching Qualification

Evidence of continuing professional development

Job description

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Registered Nurse - Collingwood Centre

The closing date is 27 May 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Registered Nurses to join the team on the Collingwood Centre at Colchester Hospital. Full and Part time hours available. This is a great opportunity to join a fantastic nurse led outpatient haemato-oncology service.

You will be an enthusiastic, innovative Registered Nurse where you will work in the busy, fast paced environment of a Chemotherapy Day Unit / Outreach clinics. You are required to have recent post registration experience and evidence of relevant post-registration study.

Experience in Oncology & Haematology is not required for this post but you must have a willingness to learn & develop new skills. Training will be provided in-house. There will also be the opportunity to complete the Guy's Cancer Academy Systemic Anti-cancer Therapy (SACT) Online course.

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.

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

Main duties of the job

• To deliver high quality, evidence based, safe, cost effective care to all patients and families.
• To complete a recognised accredited Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy course ( SACT)
• To complete the UKINS Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy passport.
• To access patients pre SACT-carrying out a full toxicity screen and ensure the patients are safe to proceed with treatment.
• To work across the clinical areas to develop and enhance clinical skills and practice, including part of a rotation to the Mobile Cancer Unit

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

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Level 1 or 2
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Coaching Qualification
• Willingness to undertake further education

Experience

• Worked within the healthcare setting
• Experience in acute setting
• Participation in research/audit

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of evidence based practice
• Understanding and ability to apply clinical governance principles to practice.
• Knowledge of developments in oncology speciality and current issues driving nursing in general.
• Nursing Care of Acutely unwell patients

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

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearper annum pro rata