The post holder will lead the team of registered nurses, nursing associates, health care support workers and student nurses in delivering safe effective care to patients within the Cancer Assessment unit (CAU) in collaboration with the medical and wider MDT teams, ensuring a high-quality service to patients. The post holder will have overall responsibility for the Chemotherapy Hotline service ensuring it is adequately resourced, and audit of the service provided

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead the teams on the Cancer Assessment Unit (CAU) and Chemotherapy Hotline Service, always acting as a role model ensuring safe and effective care is provided to all. The post holder will actively participate in meeting patient needs within the service to agreed standards and participate in audit activities / data collection to ensuring key national and local targets / Key performance indicators are met. The post holder will take on additional responsibilities as and when requested in collaboration with matron and senior nurse with responsibility for the service. The post holder will ensure the smooth running of both services

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse, Degree qualification in Nursing or cancer related subject.
• Practice Assessor / supervisor qualification / teaching qualification
• IV therapy competency
• SACT qualification
• UKON's triage trained
• REACT / SIREN or equivalent

Desirable

• Working towards master's Qualification
• Advanced communication
• Leadership Course
• ILS Trained
• Tracheostomy competency

Experience

Essential

• Experience at band 6 or presently working at band 7
• Experience of working in an acute environment, acute wards, A& E type setting with highly developed assessment skills
• Experience in chemotherapy hotline triage and ability to give effective information and guidance.

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake training relevant to the role
• Patient Assessment module

Knowledge

Essential

• In depth knowledge and understanding of cancer patient clinical issues and common oncology emergencies and their management
• Broad understanding of how an assessment unit works and how a chemotherapy hotline service should function
• Knowledge of audit and data collection

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake any further training and development relative to the role

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

St. Bartholomew's Hospital

London

EC1A 7BE

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259-6777428SBH