Ward Manager - Oncology Day Treatment Unit

Oxford University Hospitals; Oxford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and compassionate Band Oncology Day Treatment Unit Manager to lead the Churchill Hospital’s DTU. You will oversee an outpatient service delivering systemic anti-cancer therapies six days a week, including Saturdays, ensuring safe, timely and high-quality care.

The role focuses on clinical and operational leadership, staff development, pathway development and contribution to cancer services strategy within a large,

Qualifications

• You will lead the DTU nursing team with visible professional and operational leadership.
• You will ensure six-day-a-week service delivery with a focus on safe SACT.
• You will drive continuous quality improvement using feedback and audits.
• You will work with the multidisciplinary team to shape service development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the safe, effective and timely delivery of SACT.
• Maintain appropriate staffing levels, skill mix, rotas and standards of clinical practice.
• Manage DTU resources and budgets to support an efficient, patient-centred service.
• Recruit, develop, support and retain a skilled and engaged nursing team.
• Use patient feedback, incidents, complaints, audit and research to drive quality improvement.
• Develop outpatient SACT pathways, protocols and evidence-based practice.
• Represent the unit at directorate and corporate meetings and contribute to the wider cancer services strategy.

Job description

Job overview

Band Oncology Day Treatment Unit Manager

Cancer and Haematology Day Treatment Unit | Oncology and Haematology Directorate

The Day Treatment Unit (DTU) at the Churchill Hospital cares for patients with cancer who require a wide range of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies (SACT) including cytotoxic chemotherapy and newer agents such as immunotherapies and gene therapy.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and compassionate nurse manager to help lead our Oncology DTU. This is an exciting opportunity for an established nurse leader to manage a busy outpatient service, shape future development and ensure that every patient receives safe, timely and high-quality care.

Main duties of the job

As DTU Manager, you will provide visible professional, clinical and operational leadership for the unit and its nursing team. You will oversee the day-to-day delivery of the service across six days a week, including Saturdays, and work closely with the Lead SACT Nurse, Deputy Lead SACT Nurse and wider multidisciplinary team.

• Lead the safe, effective and timely delivery of SACT.
• Maintain appropriate staffing levels, skill mix, rotas and standards of clinical practice.
• Manage DTU resources and budgets to support an efficient, patient-centred service.
• Recruit, develop, support and retain a skilled and engaged nursing team.
• Use patient feedback, incidents, complaints, audit and research to drive quality improvement.
• Develop outpatient SACT pathways, protocols and evidence-based practice.
• Represent the unit at directorate and corporate meetings and contribute to the wider cancer services strategy.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .

In NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.