Staff Nurse

Royal Marsden; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cancer center in the UK seeks a committed nurse to enhance patient treatment experiences. The role involves leadership, coordination of care, and participation in clinical trials. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and a passion for oncology nursing.

Benefits

Flexible working requests

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experienced nurse with excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development in oncology.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise a shift, ensuring high-quality patient care.
• Participate in clinical trials and manage patient education on treatments.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Compassion

Organizational Skills

Education

NMC Registration

RMH Certificate in Intravenous Drug Administration

Qualification in oncology or speciality Diploma or Degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

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The Royal Marsden is one of the leading cancer centres in the world and has an international reputation for the care and treatment it provides. This position is based at The Royal Marsden in Sutton, initially working across both the Rapid Diagnostic and Assessment Centre (RDAC) and Outpatients.

Our new state-of-the-art Cancer centre opened in Sutton in July 2023. The post holder will work in the outpatient department in the new cancer centre.

Are you a nurse looking to develop your leadership skills? Are you keen to dramatically enhance patients’ treatment experience? We are seeking a committed nurse to join our team in providing leadership and expertise to a team of nurses.

The nature of cancer care is changing, and this is an exciting opportunity to be a part of our ever-expanding ambulatory care focus. We see patients at all stages of their illness and treatment. We are looking for nurses with the compassion and vision to thrive within the many challenges and rewards of this environment. You will need to be adaptable, organised, skilled and enjoy playing a role in teaching, appraising and supporting staff.

The successful candidate will be an experienced nurse with excellent communication and team leadership skills, with the vision and passion to optimise nursing care across the patients’ cancer journey.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Sister Georgina Asare Ofosu ext. 1223, Deputy Matron ext 5752, or Matron Laura Asika ext 1461.

Main duties of the job

• To coordinate and supervise a shift, communicating effectively with members of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality, evidence-led care to patients.
• To exercise clinical judgment and decision making about patient needs in terms of long term goals or plans.
• To participate fully in the day to day organization and running of clinical trials including the recruitment, education and monitoring of patients entering a clinical trial and liaison as required with trial sponsors.
• To assume personal accountability for nursing care delivered to a patient in accordance with the NMC code of conduct. There is an expectation for post holders:
• To promote a safe clinical environment for all patients, visitors and staff
• To participate in Trust initiatives around infection control and care quality indicators
• To assist with any local or trust initiatives to ensure the continuous improvement of the quality of services and safeguarding of high standards of care
• To be aware of all hospital policies and procedures and collaborate with other health care professionals to ensure that these are observed
• To help foster a supportive working environment and maintain staff morale

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification

• To complete the first level assessment of patients with cancer and their families to gain an understanding of their physiological, psycho-social, spiritual and cultural needs and to develop a positive, realistic and supportive attitude to ensure that these needs are met. This will include:
• Counterchecking patients’ vital signs, blood results, patient body surface area, chemotherapy prescription and consent before administration of treatment.
• Educating patients on their treatment such as indications and side effects.
• Ensuring necessary medication and follow up appointments are obtained.
• To plan, document, deliver and evaluate care plans from admission through to discharge / transfer discussing this with the patient, their family and multi-disciplinary teams and to alert the Sister/Charge Nurse of any changes. To set goals for each of the identified nursing issues and encourage / teach other nursing staff to do the same. To help the patient achieve set goals through care planning.
• As a specialist cancer nurse, to assess the educational and informational needs of the patient and family. This includes producing and using appropriate materials to ensure optimum understanding of nursing care and the likely outcome.
• To provide skilled care and expertise in venepuncture and/or cannulation. To assess patients for a suitable central venous access device. To provide education to patients on the care and management of central venous access devices and to adopt a problem solving approach to managing complications with all vascular access devices.

  The post holder will spend time co-ordinating Outpatients whilst developing the knowledge and skills of all our nursing team and be able to triage acutely unwell patients within the SEPSIS framework.

  You will manage a variety of clinics, as well as phlebotomy, CVADS managing PICC’s and PORT’s, Nurse-led injection clinics, Nurse-led wound dressings, and assessing patients pre and post operatively and much more.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• NMC Registration
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• RMH Certificate in Intravenous Drug Administration or to be obtained within three months of appointment
• Qualification in oncology or speciality Diploma or Degree level study (or equivalent) Recognised teaching qualification

Experience

• Experience in intravenous drug administration
• Sufficient post registration nursing experience in oncology or speciality to be confident and competent in using the required skills to do the job
• Experience in chemotherapy administration
• Experience in Clinical Management
• Evidence of relevant teaching experience
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical trials management

Skills Abilities/knowledge

• Experience in oncology or area of specialty
• Venepuncture and/or cannulation skills
• Computer Literacy (e.g. use of Microsoft Word and Outlook)

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.