Job Overview Exciting Opportunity for a Specialist Nurse in Oncology/Haematology The Chemotherapy Day Unit is seeking a dedicated and motivated specialist nurse to join our dynamic team. We are looking for a compassionate and skilled professional with excellent communication and interpersonal abilities. In this role, you will provide high-quality care to chemotherapy patients in a busy, nurse-led day unit. While you will work independently, you will also play a key role within our supportive team. This position offers the opportunity to further your professional development, with additional study available within six months of appointment and the chance to be adopted by Macmillan. If you are passionate about delivering exceptional oncology care, we would love to hear from you Main duties of the job To work as a member of the nursing team led by senior nurses to provide high quality nursing care to patients within the Haematology Day Unit. To plan, implement, deliver, and evaluate nursing care within the day unit To be responsible for high standards of nursing care To assist in the auditing of patient care and service delivery To maintain good nursing documentation in accordance with trust policy To ensure safe and appropriate discharge from the Day Unit following consultation/treatment To manage and advise patients and other members of staff on peripheral and central lines To be able to interpret blood results and act accordingly To acquire, use, develop and teach additional skills e.g. venesection, cannulation and venepuncture Leadership To plan, organise and deploy staff according to competencies and workload. To take an active part in appraisal and the setting and achieving of personal objectives. Attend departmental and Trust meetings as appropriate. To demonstrate an awareness of budgetary issue 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 and 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. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo 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 Registered General Nurse with current NMC Registration Evidence of further professional study Desirable criteria ENB998 or Mentor Prep Qualification Trained in the Administration of Chemotherapy Skills & Knowledge Essential criteria Venepuncture and cannulation skills Computer literate Assertive and good decision-making skills Good communication and listening skills Innovative approach to work Desirable criteria Motivated to obtain further management skills Motivated to obtain further management skills Knowledge of current issues within the NHS Experience Essential criteria Some post registration experience Experienced in I/V drug administration Desirable criteria Experienced in Oncology 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 £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 investment 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. Apply online now