Senior Staff Nurse - Paediatric Haematology Day Unit

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse for its Paediatric Haematology Day Unit at St Mary's Hospital in London. This role involves overseeing patient care for various conditions, providing leadership in nursing, and ensuring compliance with clinical standards. The successful candidate will collaborate with a skilled team to enhance service delivery and patient outcomes, while benefiting from a supportive working environment with career development opportunities.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Membership options for onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months experience at Band 5 in relevant specialty.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience as a positive change agent.

Responsibilities

• Ensure appropriate referral and discussion for optimal patient care.
• Act as a clinical expert and provide professional leadership.
• Champion quality improvement and a culture of learning.

Skills

Specialist knowledge of patient group

Safe delivery of Chemotherapy

Research and audit knowledge

Leadership

Delegation and supervision

Education

RSCN/RN (child)

APLS

Job description

Senior Staff Nurse - Paediatric Haematology Day Unit

We are looking for a Band 6 Paediatric Nurse who has the expertise, experience and passion to develop the service in conjunction with world renowned clinicians and senior nursing team.

Our paediatric haematology day unit at St Mary's Hospital specialises in the care of children with Haemaglobinopathies, Oncological conditions, red cell disorders and bone marrow failure syndromes. Children who have undergone bone marrow transplant and gene therapy also regularly attend the unit for follow up and ongoing care.

We provide a comprehensive service for the management of children with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia, including a dedicated teenage and young adult transition service. We are the specialist Haemoglobinopathy centre in the Paediatric Imperial Red Cell Network, providing tertiary services to local patients and outreach services to Haemoglobinopathy patients at hospitals across North West London.

Main duties of the job

• As a key member of a multi professional team, ensure appropriate referral and discussion with other members of the team to optimise patient care.
• Ensure patients are assessed, have care plans that are implemented and evaluated in accordance with Trust's evidence based procedural documents.
• To have local open and transparent communication channels that support the ward team to do the right thing for people we care for, to be bold when they have good ideas and to speak up when things go wrong.
• Act as a clinical expert within sphere of work.
• Have continuous responsibility for the ward area, providing visible professional leadership and line management for a team of nursing and support staff.
• Ensure staffing is in line with Trust policy.
• Be responsible for the safety and cleanliness of the clinical environment.
• Champion a culture of learning and quality improvement in the clinical area.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education

• RSCN/RN (child)
• Experience of supervision of junior staff, Mentorship in practice or equivalent
• Excellent level of English language demonstrated through effective written and verbal communication skills
• APLS

Experience

• Minimum of 12 months experience at band 5 within the relevant speciality
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of change management - positive change agent

Skills

• For specialist areas able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of patient group
• To be trained in the safe delivery of Chemotherapy
• Knowledge of research and audit
• Ability to take charge of a ward or part of a ward, delegate and supervise junior staff

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.