Sister/ Charge 7A Chemotherapy Day Unit

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in London is seeking experienced Band 6 Nurses who are chemotherapy competent. The role involves providing high-standard patient care, mentoring staff, and participating in treatment coordination. Candidates must be registrants with NMC and have completed a SACT course. This position offers excellent training and development opportunities, with the chance for career progression in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Excellent training and development

Opportunity for career progression

Support for research projects

Qualifications

• Completed a SACT course.
• Experience mentoring student nurses.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-standard patient care with the inter-professional team.
• Act as a clinical teacher and mentor.
• Coordinate prescriptions and treatment schedules in the Day Care Unit.

Skills

Proficient clinical skills in SACT care

Proficient in communication

Critical thinking and problem-solving

Effective team work skills

Basic computer skills

Education

Registrant with NMC

Chemotherapy certified

Degree or working towards first degree

Job description

We have vacancies for Band 6 Nurses who are already experienced and Chemotherapy competent. We are a nurse led service, providing chemotherapy, supportive therapies and apheresis to patients with Haemato-Oncology and Solid Cancer.

On our spacious Cancer Treatment Unit you will be able to rotate between the chemotherapy delivery area and supportive area.

You will receive excellent training and development, and the opportunity to progress within your profession. We actively encourage our nurses and allied health professionals to take part in research projects and to work towards Masters and PhDs, providing dedicated support.

Our nurses work a variety of day shifts and, the unit is primarily open Monday -Friday with smaller numbers of patients treated at the weekends. We are able to offer posts to both full time and part time staff.

In order to be shortisted you must have completed a SACT course

*Please note this advert may close early upon receiving a high volume of applications.

Main duties of the job

To provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualized, holistic patient care in conjunction with the inter-professional team.

As a proficient practitioner in SACT care, the post holder acts as a professional role model and clinical teacher. He / she will also provide effective mentorship and supervision, participating in the education and training of nursing and non-nursing staff.

He/she also takes charge of the Day Care Unit as required, liaising closely with the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse with continuing responsibility. The post holder will be asked to perform the Clinic Nurse Role at times - coordinating all the prescriptions, blood tests and confirmations in advance, so that treatment production /dispensary occurs in a timely manner.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registrant with NMC
• chemotherapy certified
• Specialist relevant clinical course
• Leadership programme or equivalent
• Degree or working towards first degree
• Chemotherapy course

Experience

• chemothearpy certification
• mentor to student nurses/ preceptor to newly qualified nurses

Skills

• Evidence of proficient clinical skills in SACT care
• Proficient in communication
• Understanding of reflective practice and how it can be used
• Evidence of critical thinking and initiative to solve problems and manage workload
• Able to work in a changing environment and to actively support / promote planned change
• Demonstrates effective team work skills
• Basic computer skills

Knowledge

• Evidence of continuing professional developmentUp to date knowledge of clinical speciality and evidence based practice
• Knowledge of current NHS, professional and educational issues
• Understanding of current educational practices relating to training

Other

• Caring manner towards both patients, visitors and colleagues
• Able to form good inter-personal relationships with all members of the inter-professional team
• Approachable and enthusiastic
• Professionally assertive
• Competent teacher of critical care skills and practices
• Evidence of continued personal learning

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.