Senior Chemotherapy Staff Nurse

Integrated Care System; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cancer care provider in Liverpool is seeking a Senior Chemotherapy Staff Nurse to join their Chemotherapy Treatment Unit. The role involves dual training in Oncology and Haematology, supporting and educating junior staff, and delivering high-quality cancer treatments. The ideal candidate is fully SACT trained with relevant experience and strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Fully SACT trained with relevant SACT experience.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Competent in the delivery of all SACT.

Responsibilities

• Support and educate junior staff.
• Participate with educating and assessing.
• Deliver chemotherapy treatments across multiple sites.

Skills

SACT trained nursing

Knowledge of drug interactions

Leadership skills

Education

Degree in healthcare related subject

1st level registration with NMC

Recognised teaching qualification

Job description

Senior Chemotherapy Staff Nurse, Chemotherapy Treatment Unit, CCC-L

Working Pattern: 4 Days a week, 37.5 hours, Monday - Saturday

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment, caring for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.

Our flagship specialist cancer hospital in Liverpool opened in June 2020, supported by our hospital on the Clatterbridge Health Park in Wirral providing outpatient cancer treatment and supportive care, and our radiotherapy treatment centre on the Aintree Hospital site.Together, working across three sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside's district hospitals, we are able to deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies. We also deliver a pioneering Treatment at Home and Work service; are the only facility in the UK providing low-energy proton beam therapy to treat rare eye cancers and host the region's Teenage and Young Adult Unit.

Working with leading experts from The University of Liverpool and the Cancer Research UK Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit we strive to stay at the forefront of novel treatments and techniques to deliver more effective and personalised treatments than ever before.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for enthusiastic Band 6 SACT trained nurses to work at our CCC - Liverpool site in the Chemotherapy Treatment Unit. You will embark on a programme of dual training for both Oncology and Haematology systemic anticancer treatments. You must be highly motivated and willing to undergo training in the Haematology and chemotherapy fields.

As we deliver treatments in sector hubs and clinicsacross the Wirral and Liverpool, there will an element of cross cover required during training and once training has been completed. This will include travelling to all of our peripheral sites:

• CCC Liverpool
• CCC Aintree
• CCC Southport
• CCC Wirral
• CCC Chester
• CCC Halton
• CCC Private Unit Wirral
• CCC Private Unit Liverpool
• Clatterbridge in the Community

We're here to deliver the best cancer care to the people we serve and we're looking for applications from those who share that commitment and our values: Putting people first; Achieving excellence; Passionate about what we do; Always improving our care; and Looking to the future.

If you are interested in joining our Team and support the Trust with our vision to provide the best cancer care, please apply online.

The successful applicant will support the team in a leadership role. You are required to be fully SACT trained with relevant SACT experience. You will support and educate junior staff and participate with educating and assessing.

About us

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st level registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Degree in healthcare related subject
• UKONS SACT Passport or NM6 995
• Chemotherapy Administrations and Care
• Recognised teaching qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development
• MSc Clinical Examination
• MSc Clinical Diagnostics
• NM6 999 Foundations in Cancer Care
• NM6 998 Cancer Treatments and Care
• NM6 996 Chemotherapy Principles and Care
• Advanced Communications skills training

Knowledge

• Knowledge of various drugs and their interactions and side effects
• Knowledge of NMC code of conduct

Experience

• Competent in the delivery of all SACT
• Previous experience in Solid Tumour and or Haemato-oncology
• Leadership and management experience
• Experience of audit and research

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.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool