Job summary
Oncology Team Lead | Spire Dunedin Hospital, Reading | Full Time 37.5 hours per week | Permanent
Spire Dunedin Hospital is looking for an experienced and motivated Oncology Team Lead to join our specialist cancer services team on a permanent basis. This is a key leadership role, responsible for delivering outstanding care to patients undergoing cancer treatment while leading the Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) service. You will provide expert clinical guidance, drive education and development, and ensure the highest standards of safe, effective care across the oncology pathway. In addition. As Team Lead, you will also deputise for the Cancer Services Lead and oversee the direct line management and supervision of the chemotherapy team.
Main duties of the job
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provide strong clinical leadership
- Develop practice in the assessment of health and wellbeing needs within SACT/cancer services within Spire Healthcare
- Deliver SACT and non SACT treatment to cancer patients
- Lead on education and development with SACT
- Lead on ongoing training and monitoring of UKONS 24 hour triage for the hospital
- Ensure compliance in the cancer services with Spire Healthcare cancer standards and gap analysis
- Act as a leader in quality improvement offering advice and support to others within cancer services
- Act as Health and safety lead for the department supporting the department risk register and departmental top risk management
- Drive quality improvement initiatives across cancer services.
- Ensure the effective day to day management of the department, maintaining high standards of care
- Contribute to clinical governance, quality and improvements
- Ensure compliance with infection control, health and safety ad CQC requirements
- Ensure the unit is safely staffed on a daily basis
- Management of direct patient care and to be responsible for a clinical caseload and safely administer SACT
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding in the administration of chemotherapy and associated toxicities, including intravenous access, management of central venous access, venepuncture and management of extravasation
About us
At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development. We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.
Details
Date posted
19 August 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
24208
Job locations
16, Bath Road
Reading
RG1 6NS
Employer details
Employer name
Spire Healthcare Ltd
Address
16, Bath Road
Reading
RG1 6NS
Employer's website
https://www.spirehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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