Job summary
The role will provide leadership to our SACT CNS and AOS team. Working collaboratively with members of the SACT steering group and wider team the Lead SACT Nurse will ensure high quality, safe and effective SACT nursing services and SACT delivery at SFT.You will work work clinically providing nurse led SACT services including pre assessments and pre treatment assessments.
The role will be split working 1 day clinically in Nurse led SACT clinics and 3 days leading the SACT and AOS service.
Main duties of the job
The Lead SACT Nurse will work in collaboration with professionals to give appropriate specialist advice, support and education in relation to all aspects of SACT and the Acute Oncology Service and its related issues. This is to ensure patients and their families receive sound clinical research based care and have timely access to the SACT services and emergency treatment.
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Job description
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and personal specification which I recommend you read and use to inform your application.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse Teaching and assessing qualification
- Nursing Degree
- Masters degree level in health related subject or evidence of equivalent experience
- Post Registration qualification in Oncology/Haematology nursing
- Evidence of clinical leadership and management
- History taking and physical examination qualification
- Non -Medical Prescribing Qualification
- SACT qualification
Desirable
- oAdvanced communication skills training
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a senior SACT nurse with the ability to demonstrate utilisation and facilitation of evidence based practice
- Managing SACT nurses within an Acute Trust
- Working with staff from different professional disciplines
- Demonstrate ability to evaluate service
- Demonstrate service development and improvement
- Working with staff across different healthcare sectors, primary care, educational and voluntary sector
- Experience of user involvement and evaluating quality services
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance
- Ability to prioritise own work and that of a team
- Knowledge of Safeguarding
- Experience of mentoring and teaching
- Managing outpatient SACT clinics
- Safe Prescribing of SACT and supportive medications in the day unit and clinic setting
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of collaborative working and service development.
- Experience of change management and project development
- Experience giving presentations, writing reports
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of professional requirements and issues
- An in-depth knowledge of cancer services, cancer treatments and the consequences of cancer on patients and their carers
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to analyse data and provide written reports
- IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
- Able to manage work autonomously
- Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care
- Able to perform advanced clinical skills
Desirable
- Research skills and experience
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse Teaching and assessing qualification
- Nursing Degree
- Masters degree level in health related subject or evidence of equivalent experience
- Post Registration qualification in Oncology/Haematology nursing
- Evidence of clinical leadership and management
- History taking and physical examination qualification
- Non -Medical Prescribing Qualification
- SACT qualification
Desirable
- oAdvanced communication skills training
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a senior SACT nurse with the ability to demonstrate utilisation and facilitation of evidence based practice
- Managing SACT nurses within an Acute Trust
- Working with staff from different professional disciplines
- Demonstrate ability to evaluate service
- Demonstrate service development and improvement
- Working with staff across different healthcare sectors, primary care, educational and voluntary sector
- Experience of user involvement and evaluating quality services
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance
- Ability to prioritise own work and that of a team
- Knowledge of Safeguarding
- Experience of mentoring and teaching
- Managing outpatient SACT clinics
- Safe Prescribing of SACT and supportive medications in the day unit and clinic setting
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of collaborative working and service development.
- Experience of change management and project development
- Experience giving presentations, writing reports
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of professional requirements and issues
- An in-depth knowledge of cancer services, cancer treatments and the consequences of cancer on patients and their carers
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to analyse data and provide written reports
- IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
- Able to manage work autonomously
- Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care
- Able to perform advanced clinical skills
Desirable
- Research skills and experience
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.
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.
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).
