Staff Nurse (BAND 6) - Centre for Urgent Care & Royal Marsden Hotline

THE ROYAL MARSDEN; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cancer care centre in Greater London is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced staff nurse for the Centre for Urgent Care. The role requires excellent clinical decision-making and diagnostic skills, with responsibilities including coordinating shifts and providing high-quality nursing care. Candidates will need a nursing degree and should be skilled in managing patients with acute symptoms. Opportunities for flexible working are available.

Benefits

Wide range of staff benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Clear career pathways

Qualifications

• Experience in providing advanced nursing care to patients.
• Skills in managing patient care in acute settings.
• Knowledge of infection control and care quality indicators.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise shifts for high quality patient care.
• Manage nursing care according to NMC code of conduct.
• Provide education on central venous access devices.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Diagnostic skills

Communication skills

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced staff nurse for the Centre for Urgent Care (CUC) and Royal Marsden Hotline (RM Hotline) based at the Chelsea site. We are looking for an outstanding individual to join a team of highly experienced nurses who provide excellent nursing care and strive to make a difference. CUC is open Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 20:30 and provides advanced nursing care to patients of the Royal Marsden Hospital who present with acute symptoms related to their disease or treatment. It supports patients on an ambulatory care pathway and provides care for elective patients booked for day-case procedures. The RM Hotline is a 24/7 telephone service which provides patients of the Royal Marsden Hospital with a single point of access for support when they become unwell because of their disease or treatment. This role involves working across both CUC and RM Hotline and requires excellent clinical decision-making and diagnostic skills to appropriately manage patients both in person and via telephone consultations. Please contact Kimberly Fricker on 02073528171 extension 4637 if you would like further information about the post or to arrange an informal visit.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise a shift, communicating effectively with members of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality, evidence-led care to patients.
• Exercise clinical judgment and decision making about patient needs in terms of long-term goals or plans.
• Participate fully in the day-to-day organization and running of clinical trials, including recruitment, education and monitoring of patients entering a clinical trial and liaison with trial sponsors as required.
• 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.
• Participate in Trust initiatives around infection control and care quality indicators.
• Assist with local or Trust initiatives to ensure continuous improvement of service quality and safeguarding of high standards of care.
• Be aware of all hospital policies and procedures and collaborate with other healthcare professionals to ensure that these are observed.
• Help foster a supportive working environment and maintain staff morale; provide skilled care and expertise in venepuncture and/or cannulation; assess patients for a suitable central venous access device.
• Provide education to patients on the care and management of central venous access devices and adopt a problem-solving approach to managing complications with vascular access devices.
• Be knowledgeable of treatments in progress in the relevant specialty, and adopt a problem-solving approach to symptom management and minimizing adverse reactions. Once suitably trained and depending on the clinical area, administer/check cytotoxic drugs, intravenous antibiotics, novel therapies, trial drugs and supportive therapies, including all necessary blood products.
• Look after all patients in protective and contact isolation as necessary with strict infection control measures, while educating and giving psychosocial support to patients, their families and more junior staff.

Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the employer’s website.

About The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

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 is 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 specialties, and we welcome flexible working requests from the 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 ongoing achievements.