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Chemotherapy/SACT Nurse

Employer
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Location
Stoke on Trent
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum
Closing date
7 Jun 2023

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Profession
Nurse
Grade
Band 5
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Do you want to be that Nurse who is remembered for the grace, care and compassion to get their patients through one of the most difficult times in their lives?

The University Hospital of North Midlands Trust has a purpose built and dedicated Cancer Centre at our Royal Stoke site and an Outpatient Chemotherapy Treatment Unit at our County site. All inpatient and majority of outpatient oncology and haematology services are delivered from the purpose-built, Cancer Centre which opened in July 2009. The specialist Cancer Centre has an Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU) where all oncology and haematology emergencies are admitted directly and dealt with by an in-house dedicated medical and nursing team.

Main duties of the job

We provide cancer care to a local population of 70,000. We have the facilities to diagnose and treat all types of cancers. At UHNM, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

We are committed to entering our patients into Clinical Trials and have our own research team on site.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us.We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours.We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working.You can select your preferences upon application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse on the professional register
  • Recognised qualification in teaching and assessing, or evidence of delivering teaching.


Desirable

  • Evidence of recent on-going professional development


Knowledge

Essential

  • Good communication skills.
  • Venepuncture and cannulation skills
  • Medicines management
  • Has experience as a registered nurse in an Acute hospital setting.
  • Is able to recount / discuss the requirements for high standard of care.
  • Ability to use a computer


Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke/ County

Newcastle Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

205-5201760-A

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