Trust Lead SACT Nurse & Matron for Oncology Outpatients

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work

Car lease schemes

Season ticket loan

Onsite leisure membership

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust invites applications for a Trust Lead SACT Nurse and Matron for Oncology Outpatients. This permanent Band 8a post is 37.5 hours per week and Macmillan-badged, with access to education funding and development opportunities.

You will provide visible clinical and professional leadership across cancer services, influence local and Trust-wide initiatives, and support teaching, mentoring and research to improve patient care and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Senior nursing leadership experience in oncology or outpatient settings.
• NHS Band 8a level experience or equivalent leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and managerial leadership to the nursing and multi-professional team across cancer services.
• Lead the strategy for teaching and assessing for sign off in the administration of anti-cancer treatments across Trust.
• Foster a culture of incident reporting and reflection, equal opportunity and mutual respect between the professions.
• Support nursing research and audit and disseminate findings locally and Trust-wide.

Job description

Are you an experienced cancer nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference and shape the future of cancer care? We are delighted to offer an opportunity to join our Senior Clinical Leadership Team as Trust Lead Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) Nurse and Matron for Oncology Outpatients. This is a permanent Band 8a position, offering 37.5 hours per week, and is a Macmillan-badged post with access to valuable support and educational funding to support your continued professional development.

This is an exciting opportunity for an inspirational and forward-thinking clinical leader to provide visible, proactive and effective professional leadership, championing the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care. You will play a key role in ensuring that patients remain at the heart of everything we do, driving improvements in the patient experience and promoting the highest standards of clinical practice. Working closely with the Lead Nurse, Directorate Management Team, cancer wards and units, and Cancer Networks, you will lead and influence local and Trust-wide initiatives, providing strategic nursing leadership for Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) across the Trust. This is an excellent opportunity to shape services, empower teams, influence strategic developments and make a lasting difference to the experience and outcomes of people affected by cancer.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.

• career development
• flexible working and wellbeing
• staff recognition scheme
• Cycle to Work
• car lease schemes
• season ticket loan
• membership options for onsite leisure facilities

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.

• Post holder provides clinical and managerial leadership to the nursing and multi professional team across cancer services. This role includes acting as a clinical leader and an expert practitioner; liaising, guiding and advising the multidisciplinary team and external agencies in the provision of outstanding patient care.
• The post holder will be responsible for supporting the development of training resources, the mentoring and supporting of junior staff across cancer services, this includes leading the strategy for teaching and assessing for sign off in the administration of anti-cancer treatments across Trust.
• To foster a culture of incident reporting and responding to incidents, reflection, equal opportunity, openness, mutual respect between the professions and professional development within the unit.
• Participate in and support the development of nursing research and audit where appropriate both locally and Trust wide. Ensure that findings are disseminated and recommendations implemented and monitored.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vicky Kidner Job title: Macmillan Lead Nurse for Oncology Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07353104663