Staff Nurse (Band 5) Bud Flanagan West

TN United Kingdom; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cancer center in Sutton is seeking a Staff Nurse (Band 5) to join their outpatient department. The role involves providing high-quality care, coordinating shifts, and participating in clinical trials. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and experience in oncology nursing. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dedicated team in a state-of-the-art facility focused on patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Experience in intravenous drug administration.
• Sufficient post registration nursing experience in oncology.
• Experience in chemotherapy administration.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise a shift, ensuring high quality care.
• Participate in clinical trials and patient education.
• Manage various clinics and assess patients pre and post operatively.

Skills

Communication

Team Leadership

Venepuncture

Cannulation

Computer Literacy

Education

NMC Registration

RMH Certificate in Intravenous Drug Administration

Qualification in oncology

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Staff Nurse (Band 5) Bud Flanagan West, Sutton

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Client:

The Royal Marsden

Location:

Sutton, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

17.05.2025

Expiry Date:

01.07.2025

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Job overview

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.

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.

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• 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.

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.