An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Registered Nurse to join the team on the Woolverstone Macmillan Centre. This is a great opportunity to join a fantastic nurse led outpatient haemato-oncology service. This post is to cover maternity leave and is fixed term / secondment until 6th October 2025.

You will be an enthusiastic, innovative Registered Nurse to work in the busy, fast pace environment of a Chemotherapy Day Unit / Outreach clinics. You will be an experienced Oncology & Haematology Nurse and will have completed the UKONS Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) Competency passport. You will be supported in completing the Guy's Cancer Academy Systemic Anti-cancer Therapy (SACT) Online course if you have not already completed this.

This post will be worked within our unit working hours of Monday - Friday 08.00 - 18.00.

If you think you have the passion to ensure the continued development of the cancer services the trust provides we want to hear from you.

Further details or informal visits please contact Pauline McKeown 07544 376929/Diane Young 07395 852731

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only

Main duties of the job

You will support the ward sisters in leading and developing the nursing team in this department. You will provide inspirational leadership to the department, be positively welcoming, effective and act as a credible role model. You will have well-developed communication, change management and organisational skills, with a positive attitude and share in our vision and commitment to continuously develop and improve. You should be caring, compassionate, forward thinking, well organized and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and change.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience within Oncology / Haematology including the delivery of chemotherapy.
• Experience at Band 5 level including the mentorship of students.

Desirable

• Experience of working within an autonomous role.

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registration
• ENB 998 (or equivalent)

Desirable

• Attended LEO course
• Relevant post registration course (or working towards).

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

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