Staff Nurse - Haematology Day Unit | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

st georges nhs trust; Tooting; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in southwest London is looking for an enthusiastic Band 5 Staff Nurse for their Haematology Day Unit. The role involves delivering high standards of care through administering SACT and blood products to patients with haematological conditions. Candidates should have venepuncture, cannulation skills, and a keen interest in haematology, with 12 months of post-registration experience. Chemotherapy experience is a plus, but training will be provided.

Qualifications

• 12 months post registration experience required.
• Chemotherapy experience desirable but training provided.

Responsibilities

• Administer SACT and supportive treatments.
• Plan, develop, and evaluate patient care.
• Recognise when further assessment is needed.

Skills

Venepuncture

Cannulation

IV competence

Blood product competence

Interest in haematology

Teamwork

Education

Band 5 Staff Nurse qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our Haematology Day Unit team. The day unit treats patients with malignant and non malignant haematology conditions. Treatments include Systemic Anti Cancer Treatments, Blood products, Venesections and IV supportive care.

You should have 12 months post registration experience, venepuncture and cannulation skills, be IV and blood product competent and have a keen interest in haematology and working with the wider multidisciplinary team. Chemotherapy experience is desirable but full training can be provided for this.

Responsibilities

You will be expected to provide and maintain high standards of care to our patients, be able to work autonomously as well as part of a cohesive team and have excellent communication skills.

• Administering SACT and supportive treatments to patients haematological malignancies.
• Administering blood products to patients with malignant and non malignant conditions.
• Have an awareness and understanding of the needs of patients and the different treatments administered within the day unit.
• Able to plan, develop and evaluate care given to patients within the day unit.
• Ability to work well in a team environment on a busy day unit as well as manage and prioritise a case load of patients autonomously.
• Have an awareness of patients' responses to treatment and ability to recognise when further assessment, intervention or escalation may be required.

Qualifications

Band 5 Staff Nurse, post registration, 12 months of experience, venepuncture, cannulation skills, IV competence, blood product competence, interest in haematology, multidisciplinary teamwork. Chemotherapy experience desirable.

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Please see the attached job description and person specification which contains more information about this opportunity.

This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Nov 2025