Staff Nurse - Medical Haematology

Job summary

MHDU is the Medical Haematology day unit of the Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and cares for all Haematology and Medical patients who require treatment that can be performed as a day case.

About our services:

The unit provides nursing care for patients with a wide range of haematological and medical conditions, both malignant and non-malignant.

These include Leukaemia's, Lymphomas, Multiple Myeloma, immune deficiencies, rheumatology renal, neurological, gastroenterology and non-malignant blood conditions.

The unit operates from Monday - Friday between 08.30hrs - 17.00 hrs.

WE CAN OFFER YOU:

There are great opportunities for nurses of all grades to develop and extend their scope of professional practice. Comprehensive training is given on the unit for all aspects in cannulation, phlebotomy, and chemotherapy administration. Career development is facilitated by offering permanent staff post registration courses at The Royal Marsden.

Main duties of the job

The unit offers a great learning environment with lots of challenges for nurses to develop practitioner and specialist roles.

We also offer internal rotation through the Haematology service enabling the post holder to gain experience within Anti-coagulation and Blood transfusion.

The post holder will be expected to work in the Anti-coagulation clinic 1 day a week as part of the post and provide cover if needed.

We are looking for enthusiastic nurses to join our team. The post holders will be expected to ensure safe and effective plans of care are delivered to all patients to a high standard and to be involved in the organising of care to patients on clinical trials with the trial co-ordinator.

Ideally you will have at least 12 months post registration experience.

Cannulation and phlebotomy skills would be desirable.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services, including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics, and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit, and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals, and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe, and compassionate care, while we drive forward with the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.