Job Overview
This role at Eden Day Unit - Wexham Park Hospital is ideal for a Band 5 nurse looking to advance into a Junior Sister position within cancer and chemotherapy services. The position is open to qualified nurses, including those with acute trust experience or existing chemotherapy/cancer expertise.
Key Responsibilities
1. Provide high standards of care for patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy.
2. Coordinate the daily patient list and allocate workloads.
3. Administer chemotherapy safely and efficiently.
4. Triage patients using the UKONS system.
Ideal Candidate
Dynamic and motivated team player.
Eager to develop skills in cancer and chemotherapy care.
Passionate about delivering safe, high-quality patient care. This is a great opportunity for career progression in a specialist oncology setting. If you're interested in growing your expertise, this role could be perfect for you!
Main Duties of the Job
* Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individual patient care with minimal supervision.
* Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that treatments are correctly carried out in accordance with given policy.
* Responsible for the assessment of complex care needs of chemotherapy patients and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care.
* Lead and monitor the performance and standards of care within the Nursing Team.
* Work collaboratively with the other members of cancer services team to facilitate the development of the service.
Working for Our Organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first-class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management, leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work-life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
* RGN Level 1
* Current NMC Registration
Desirable Criteria
* Trained in the administration of chemotherapy
Experience and Knowledge
Essential Criteria
* Competent in basic life support and IV administration
* Acute Medical Nursing Environment
* Teaching and supervising of junior staff
* Effective working with multi-disciplinary teams
* Working with EPR system
Desirable Criteria
* Experienced in working in oncology
* Has experience or training with administration of chemotherapy
Personal Attributes
Essential Criteria
* Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
* Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult/stressful situations
* Able to prioritise workload (self and others) and meet deadlines
* Time management and delegation skills
* Able to train and supervise junior staff
* Able to manage a team in the absence of the team leader
Desirable Criteria
* Has experience or competent in administration of chemotherapy and care for patients undergoing cancer treatments
Special Requirements
Essential Criteria
* To work in other areas of the department when required
* Able to work flexible shifts, weekends, and bank holidays as required
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well-performing, well-led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as a £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state-of-the-art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investments in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users, and each other: Committed to Excellence, Working Together, and Facing the Future.
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