Registered Nurse - Beacon Ward

Job summary

The Beacon Centre Chemotherapy Day Unit at Musgrove Park Hospital is a dynamic, forward thinking and progressive nurse led unit

Continued expansion of the unit provides rapid and professional progression opportunities for staff to develop further and enhance their skills.

We have a fantastic opportunity for Registered Nurses with a can-do attitude to join our team, we are a positive unit who strive to create a calm environment for our patients during a difficult time in their lives.

Ideally, you will bring with you experience of working in a fast-paced environment and have the confidence to deal with challenging and sometimes emotional situations.

We are an inclusive department which will provide you with the necessary training and development to enhance your skills to deliver optimum patient centred care, along with developing you as an individual to succeed well in all aspects of your role.

This post has the potential for career progression to Band 6 following a years development programme and the opportunity to become a link nurse for specific cancer sites and attend study to learn more.

If you have the drive and ambition to improve care for patients with cancer, we would welcome you to join our team.

Main duties of the job

Your main role will encompass the delivery of Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment and Supportive Therapies to patients with cancer on a daily basis, using the systems in place for a multi-disciplinary approach to deliver patient centred care.

Experienced Band 5 post-holders will also :

Providing effective clinical and managerial leadership of the department, in the absence of the senior members of the team, which empowers staff to deliver patient- centred, evidence based nursing care

Acting as a link nurse for nutrition, diabetes or control of infection by attending meetings held by the appropriate specialist nurse and bringing back and communicating to staff through the regular monthly unit meetings any changes in practice

Provide counselling and support to patients and carers in coping with their illness and treatment on a daily basis.

Take decisions with regard to the clinical intervention required, based on the analysis and interpretation of complex clinical facts (such as blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, and temperature and fluid balance) on a daily basis and in crisis situations.

Act as the patients advocate by, for example, negotiating with the medical team regarding discontinuation of treatment within their knowledge and scope of practice, providing clinical specialty advice to other clinical areas as required and under guidance.

About us

Would you like to work in one of the most desirable places within the UK?

As part of the benefits of working in Somerset you can soak up all that the idyllic countryside has to offer with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You get to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!

If you answered 'YES' then we would love to hear from you!