Job summary
Senior Chemotherapy Staff Nurse, The CANtreat Unit, Halton Hospital
Full Time, Permanent Post
Working Pattern: 4 Days a week, hours, Monday - Friday.
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment, caring for a population of million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.
Our flagship specialist cancer hospital in Liverpool opened in June 2020, supported by our hospital on the Clatterbridge Health Park in Wirral providing outpatient cancer treatment and supportive care, and our radiotherapy treatment centre on the Aintree Hospital site.Together, working across three sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside's district hospitals, we are able to deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies. We also deliver a pioneering Treatment at Home and Work service; are the only facility in the UK providing low-energy proton beam therapy to treat rare eye cancers and host the region's Teenage and Young Adult Unit.
Working with leading experts from The University of Liverpool and the Cancer Research UK Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit we strive to stay at the forefront of novel treatments and techniques to deliver more effective and personalised treatments than ever before.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 SACT trained nurse to work at our CCC - Halton site in the CANtreat Unit. They must be highly motivated and willing to lead and support a team. They need to be experienced in administering chemotherapy and within the oncology field.
As we deliver treatments in sector hubs and clinicsacross the Wirral and Liverpool, there will an element of cross cover required during training and once training has been completed. This will include travelling to all of our peripheral sites:
1. CCC Liverpool
2. CCC Aintree
3. CCC Southport
4. CCC Wirral
5. CCC Chester
6. CCC Halton
7. CCC Private Unit Wirral
8. CCC Private Unit Liverpool
9. Clatterbridge in the Community
We're here to deliver the best cancer care to the people we serve and we're looking for applications from those who share that commitment and our values: Putting people first; Achieving excellence; Passionate about what we do; Always improving our care; and Looking to the future.
If you are interested in joining our Team and support the Trust with our vision to provide the best cancer care, please apply online.
The successful applicant will support the team in a leadership role. They are required to be fully SACT trained with relevant SACT experience. They will support and educate junior staff and participate with educating and assessing.
About us
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
KindEmpoweredResponsibleInclusive
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
10. 1st level registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
11. Degree in healthcare related subject. UKONS SACT Passport or NM6 995 Chemotherapy Administrations and Care
12. Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care ILS
13. Recognised teaching qualification
14. Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
15. MSc Clinical Examination
16. MSc Clinical Diagnostics
17. NM6 999 Foundations in Cancer Care
18. NM6 998 Cancer Treatments and Care.
19. NM6 996 Chemotherapy Principles and Care.
20. Advanced Communications skills training
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
21. Previous cancer nursing experience.
22. Knowledge of various drugs and their interactions and side effects
23. Knowledge of NMC code of conduct.
Experience
Essential
24. Competent in the delivery of all SACT.
25. Competent in Cannulation/Phlebotomy/CVAD
26. Previous experience in Solid Tumour and or Haemato-oncology
Desirable
27. Leadership and management experience
28. Experience of audit and research