Staff Nurse - Eden Day Unit

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Slough seeks a part-time Staff Nurse for the Eden Day Unit, focusing on chemotherapy and cancer care. This role offers opportunity for professional development in a dynamic, supportive environment. Candidates should have RGN Level 1 and be current with NMC registration. Compassionate patient care and teamwork are essential for this position.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Competent in basic life support and IV administration.
• Experience in acute medical nursing environment.
• Familiar with EPR system.

Responsibilities

• Administer chemotherapy safely and effectively.
• Coordinate daily patient list and staff allocation.
• Provide compassionate, patient-focused care.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Time management

Supervising junior staff

Interpersonal skills

Education

RGN Level 1

Current NMC Registration

Job description

Job Overview

Staff Nurse – Eden Day Unit (Part-Time, 25.5 Hours, Permanent)

Wexham Park Hospital

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join the Eden Day Unit at Wexham Park Hospital. This role is ideal for nurses with acute care or oncology experience—or those keen to develop in chemotherapy services—with a clear path toward a Junior Sister role.

You will support the delivery of high-quality care to patients undergoing chemotherapy and cancer treatments in a busy, dynamic unit. The post offers valuable training and development in a specialist oncology environment.

Key Responsibilities Include

Administering chemotherapy safely and effectively

Coordinating the daily patient list and staff allocation

Using the UKONS triage system to assess patient needs

Providing compassionate, patient-focused care

We are looking for a motivated, team-oriented nurse who is passionate about cancer care and eager to grow professionally. You’ll join a supportive team committed to clinical excellence and continuous learning.

If you’re ready for the next step in your nursing career and want to make a real difference in cancer services, apply now.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual patient care with minimal supervision.
• To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that treatments are correctly carried out in accordance with given policy.
• Responsible for the assessment of complex care needs of chemotherapy patients and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
• Lead and monitor the performance and standards of care within the Nursing Team.
• Work collaboratively with the other members of cancer services team to facilitate the development of the service
  
  

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RGN Level 1
• Current NMC Registration
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Trained in the administration of chemotherapy
  
  

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Competent in basic life support and IV administration
• Acute Medical Nursing Environment
• Teaching and supervising of junior staff
• Effective working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Working with EPR system
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experienced in working in oncology
• Has experience or training with administration of chemotherapy
  
  

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

• Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations
• Able to prioritise workload (self and others) and meet deadlines
• Time management and delegation skills
• Able to train and supervise junior staff
• Able to manage a team in the absence of the team leader
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Has experience or competent in administration of chemotherapy and care for patients undergoing cancer treatments
  
  

Special Requirements

Essential criteria

• To work in other areas of the department when required
• Able to work flexible shifts, weekends and bank holidays as required
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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