Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse (Chemotherapy)

Due to staff development within our team, we have an exciting opening for a band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to join our highly skilled and knowledgeable chemotherapy outpatients team.

The service covers units at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Bracknell Healthspace and West Berkshire Community Hospital, Thatcham. We are open Monday-Friday 08:30-17:30.

Full-time and part-time opportunities can be negotiated, so please feel free to discuss with us further.

Informal visits/chats are highly encouraged for further information please contact Ward Sisters Taylor Carlisle (taylor.carlisle@royalberkshire.nhs.uk) or Kirti Pun (kirti.pun@royalberkshire.nhs.uk)

Additionally, if you are looking to start a career in oncology and wish to discuss band 5 opportunities, please get in contact.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced nurse who has been administering SACT for at least 12 months. You will be skilled in venepuncture and cannulation and be proficient in using CVAD's. In addition, you will have completed an accredited SACT course.

We encourage and support ongoing relevant professional development and many of our band 6 nurses go on to study for their masters in Advanced Clinical Practice in order to be able to provide a high level of clinical expertise to our patients.

The successful applicant will be able to lead services with a caring, patient-centered approach to the treatment they deliver, be able to work independently and as part of a small team.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1/ To provide an integrated clinical leadership to a small team of nurses within the Service Team in order to care for patients with cancer to the highest possible standard and develop practice with the support of the ward manager.

2/ The post-holder works as a skilled practitioner and is responsible for the delivery of patient-focused programmes of care, which address the complex and changing health and well-being needs of the client group in his/her clinical area.

3/ When working at Bracknell Clinic or West Berkshire Community Hospital, the post-holder manages the chemotherapy service on a day-to-day basis reporting to Ward manager at RBH.

4/ To assume responsibility for the operational management of staff and resources in order to provide a safe environment in the absence of the ward sister, taking a lead in a specific aspect of ward management.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse (Pt 1/2)
• Completion of UKONS SACT passport or equivalent
• Evidence of leadership/management

Desirable

• Advanced Communications Course
• Post-graduate cancer qualification
• ILS

Experience

Essential

• Experience of SACT administration
• Experience of Leadership/Management and Specialty Development

Desirable

• Experience of involvement in successful Change Management

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading/Bracknell/Thatcham

RG1 5AN

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