Band 5 Nurse - Sunflower - Fixed Term
The closing date is 05 February 2026
Job summary
The haeamatology and oncology outpatient department at Queen's hospital BHRUT requires an enthusiastic, highly motivated staff nurse to join the team. This is a Part Time (22.5 hours per week) Fixed Term contract to cover maternity leave. The department is situated within the Queen's site, it is open Monday-Friday 08.30-18.00, treating a variety of malignant and non-malignant haeamatology and oncology patients in the outpatient setting. Patients attend clinical reviews with their clinician or specialist nurse/AHP. Outpatient treatments are facilitated by the nursing team. You will be involved in administering treatments to support patient's cancer diagnosis, to include management of CVADs and help facilitate the running of the Outpatient department. You will be expected to work the hours of opening in line with service needs. You require an NMC registration and proven post registration encompassing ward/acute nursing experience. We expect you to demonstrate the Trust PRIDE values and assist in achieving the Trusts objectives.
Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.
Main duties of the job
o To deliver a high standard of care to Haematology and Oncology patients who attend the Outpatient clinic.o To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for patients undergoing Radiotherapy and Systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT) who attend the outpatient department.o To administer supportive care and medication within scope of competence including sub-cut SACTo To provide central line care.o To act as a resource and liaison for patients who receive SACT pre-treatment counselling and administration in the outpatient setting.o To carry out other duties and training as deemed necessary by the wider multidisciplinary teams in discussion with the post holder to ensure adequate provision of service.o Demonstrate pride in their work and enthusiasm for quality of care.o To manage the day to day running of the shift by allocating staff and facilitating breaks in the absence of Junior Sister or Senior Sister.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record(we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated goodby the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen'sand get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hubin Ilford; an Ageing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospitaland at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wageemployer.
Some of the positive changes we've made are captured in this film.
Details
Date posted
27 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£21,457 to £26,079 a year per annum inclusive
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
162-7574-CCS
Job locations
Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer details
Employer name
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer's website
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