Main area Haematology/Oncology
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (11.5hr shifts)
Job ref: 177-EMER-7083497
Employer: James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: James Paget University Hospital NHS FT
Town: Great Yarmouth
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/04/2025 23:59
Staff Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service.
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
* Putting patients first
* Aiming to get it right
* Recognising that everybody counts
* Doing everything openly and honestly
‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
Job overview
Ward 17 - Registered Nurse Band 5
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the small dynamic team of Ward 17. This is a fantastic opportunity for a registered nurse or newly qualified nurse to develop their skill base and work within a supportive team to learn the speciality cohort of Oncology and Haematology potentially leading to training in chemotherapy administration.
Ward 17 is an 18-bedded Haematology Ward with an element of General Medicine as part of the Medical Division within the James Paget Hospital, caring for patients with malignant and non-malignant blood disorders, cancers and general medicine.
The successful candidate will be a caring, compassionate, dedicated Registered Nurse with an NMC registration, who can work well within a team whilst also able to show individual initiative, clinical competency and strive to provide excellent progressive nursing care.
Main duties of the job
To assess basic and specialist care needs of patients and implement without direct supervision. The nurse should at all times act in such a manner as to justify public trust and confidence to safeguard the interest of individual patients.
Candidates would benefit from having experience in Haematology, Oncology or Acute Medicine, however, this is not essential as training and professional development is provided.
* Acute NHS experience.
* Administration of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (chemotherapy)
* Intravenous Medications, blood and blood products.
* Out of Hours Emergency Triage Telephone
Working for our organisation
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full and comprehensive overview for this position.
Person specification
Skills and Knowledge
* Ability to work well as part of a team
* Registered Nurse
* Acute NHS experience
* 1 year post Registration experience
* Intravenous Drug Administration
* Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (chemotherapy) administration
Desirable
* Broad clinical knowledge base
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Tier 2 Sponsorship: We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.
Visa and Immigration
If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website here.
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Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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