Sister/Charge Nurse - Collingwood Centre

Job summary

Join us in delivering outstanding care for Oncology & Haematology patients.

We are looking for a dynamic, compassionate, and clinically excellent Sister/Charge Nurse to provide leadership to our busy Chemotherapy Day Unit which offers malignant and non-malignant treatments to Haemato-oncology patients. The unit is nurse led and relies on the nursing expertise to assess and administer treatments to patients in a safe and efficient manner.

As our Band 7 Sister/Charge Nurse, you will be SACT competent and dedicated to delivering the highest standards of care to ensure the safe, effective, and compassionate delivery of care for patients receiving treatment. You will provide visible clinical leadership, support the team professionally and operationally, and drive forward service development.

There will be the expectation of cross site working and collaboration with the Chemotherapy Woolverstone Day Unit, at Ipswich Hospital, details can be discussed at interview. This post will be worked Monday - Friday.

You'll be part of an engaged, supportive team who are committed to excellence in cancer care. We encourage new ideas, support innovation, and value strong leadership that helps our unit grow and thrive.

Main duties of the job

• Provide expert clinical oversight to ensure safe SACT administration
• Administration of SACT
• Responsible for the day to day running of the department in close liaison with the Matron.
• Responsibility for the operational management of clinical service delivery at unit level including outreach clinics, ensuring that patients and their carers receive a high standard of expert evidence based nursing care.
• Lead, support, and inspire a dedicated multidisciplinary team
• Drive improvements in service delivery, quality, and efficiency
• Role model compassionate leadership and professional behaviours
• Support education, development, and competency training of staff

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

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

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