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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse - Eden Day Unit

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Job summary

We are looking for dynamic, motivated team player who is looking to join our team as a Band 5 and develop into the Junior Sister role. If you are a band 5 qualified nurse , a nurse with experience of working in an acute trust or a nurse with existing chemotherapy / cancer experience looking for an opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge within cancer and chemotherapy services, then we would love to hear from you!

We provide high standards of care to patients receiving intensive chemotherapy treatments and this role is vital in achieving this. You will be responsible for co-ordinating the daily scheduled patient list and allocating the workload appropriately. You will actively be involved in delivering chemotherapy in a safe and efficient way, along triaging patients using the UKONS system.

Main duties of the job

On Eden Day Unit, we provide high standards of care for people receiving chemotherapy for different types of cancer in the day unit setting.

This post is offered as a band 5 to band 6 developmental opportunity with support and training. If you are an experienced Staff Nurse looking for new opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge, who is interested in pursuing your career in chemotherapy and haematology, we will support you to complete the accredited course in chemotherapy nursing practice. We are excited to be using an E-prescribing system and provide full training on this and you will also work closely with Eden Ward with rotational opportunities available for the right candidates. You will have 14 protected study days and have a dedicated practice development team to drive your professional development so wherever you are in your career journey we can help you grow!

We are incredibly fortunate in that the nursing team has been adopted by Macmillan Cancer Care, and therefore the post is branded as a Macmillan Professional enabling each member of staff to access an individual education grant of £1000 each per year.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our threecore values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

Details

Date posted

07 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,828 to £36,311 a year per annum Incl of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-SR084

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Slough

SL2 4HL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for main responsibilities of this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for main responsibilities of this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN Level 1
  • Current NMC Registration

Desirable

  • Trained in the administration of chemotherapy
  • Experienced in working in oncology

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Competent in basic life support and IV administration
  • Acute Medical Nursing Environment
  • Teaching and supervising of junior staff
  • Effective working with multi-disciplinary teams
  • Working with PAS system

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations
  • Able to prioritise workload (self and others) and meet deadlines
  • Time management and delegation skills
  • Able to train and supervise junior staff
  • Able to manage a team in the absence of the team leader
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN Level 1
  • Current NMC Registration

Desirable

  • Trained in the administration of chemotherapy
  • Experienced in working in oncology

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Competent in basic life support and IV administration
  • Acute Medical Nursing Environment
  • Teaching and supervising of junior staff
  • Effective working with multi-disciplinary teams
  • Working with PAS system

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations
  • Able to prioritise workload (self and others) and meet deadlines
  • Time management and delegation skills
  • Able to train and supervise junior staff
  • Able to manage a team in the absence of the team leader

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).

Additional information

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

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Slough

SL2 4HL


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Slough

SL2 4HL


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Chemotherapy nurse

Karolina Kliczbor

karolina.kliczbor1@nhs.net

07584330479

Details

Date posted

07 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,828 to £36,311 a year per annum Incl of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-SR084

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Slough

SL2 4HL


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