Staff Nurse - Haematology and Oncology Day Unit

The Methodist Church in Britain; Lancashire; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 36 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a fixed-term Staff Nurse for the Haematology and Oncology day unit. You will work on intensive chemotherapy, blood product support, neutropenic sepsis recognition and holistic patient management.

The post requires substantial post-registration haematology and oncology experience and clinical teaching, with a commitment to service quality improvement and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Substantial post-registration haematology and oncology experience is essential.
• Clinical teaching experience.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development (CPD).
• Experience of regularly managing a clinical area and clinical team.

Responsabilités

• Manage patients holistically within the cancer department.
• Recognise and treat neutropenic sepsis.
• Administer medicines, including chemotherapy.
• Provide blood products support and treatment.
• Manage central line care.
• Care for patients following transplant.
• Triaging and supporting patients with symptoms.
• Identify quality improvements for service development.
• Help develop and improve the Haematology and Oncology service.
• Maintain proactive engagement with own training and development.

Connaissances

Prioritisation & time management

Team leadership

Assertiveness & decision making

Communication & influencing

Delegation & change management

Lateral thinking & problem solving

Formation

Diploma

Description du poste

A fixed-term Staff Nurse post on the Haematology and Oncology day unit at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist unit treating patients with cancer and haematological malignancies. The work centres on intensive chemotherapy, blood product support, and recognising and treating neutropenic sepsis, alongside holistic patient management and symptom triage. The unit runs at a fast pace and also covers care after transplant and central line management, with a focus on service quality improvement. Substantial post-registration haematology and oncology experience and clinical teaching are essential.

What the job involves

• Managing patients holistically within the cancer department
• Recognising and treating neutropenic sepsis
• Administering medicines, including chemotherapy
• Providing blood products support and treatment
• Managing central line care
• Managing patients following transplant
• Triaging and supporting patients with symptoms
• Identifying quality improvements
• Helping to develop and improve the Haematology and Oncology service
• Taking a proactive approach to own training and development

Qualifications

• Diploma

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as a Registered Nurse (first level)

Experience

• Substantial post-registration experience in haematology and oncology
• Teaching within a clinical area
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Experience of regularly managing a clinical area and clinical team

Skills & knowledge

• Setting priorities and managing time well
• Team player with team leadership qualities
• Assertiveness and decision making
• Communicating at all levels and influencing
• Delegation and managing change
• Lateral thinking and problem solving

Other

• Ability to communicate effectively in English
• Venepuncture and cannulation
• Central line access and blood products administration training
• Good IT skills

Nice to have

• Degree, or working towards one
• Cytotoxic drugs administration course
• Experience of clinical audit