Job summary
Band 5 Chemotherapy Nurse - hrs, permanent. Monday-Friday working - 4 days
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust provides highly-specialist cancer care for a population of million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.
In June 2020, we opened Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool, our spectacular new cancer hospital in the heart of Liverpool's Knowledge Quarter, providing state-of-the-art facilities as part of a £162m investment. Alongside our flagship hospital in Liverpool, we also have two other main cancer centres:
1. Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral, providing outpatient cancer treatment and supportive care on the Clatterbridge Health Campus in Bebington, Wirral
2. Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Aintree, our radiotherapy treatment centre on the Aintree University Hospital site
Together, working across three sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside's district hospitals, we 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.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 5 nurse to work at our CCC - Wirral site in the Delamere Day Case Unit.
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:
3. CCC Liverpool
4. CCC Aintree
5. CCC Ormskirk
6. CCC Wirral
7. CCC Chester
8. CCC Halton
9. CCC Private Unit Wirral
10. CCC Private Unit Liverpool
11. 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 you are interested in joining our Team and support the Trust with our vision to provide the best cancer care, please apply online.
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 -
Kind Empowered Responsible Inclusiv e
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
Knowledge & Expertise
Essential
12. Previous nursing experience
13. Knowledge of various drugs and their interactions and side effects.
14. Knowledge of NMC code of conduct
Desirable
15. UKONS SACT Passport. NM6 995
16. Chemotherapy Administration and Care. NM6 999 Foundations in Cancer Care
17. NM6 998 Cancer Treatments and Care
18. NM6 996 Chemotherapy Principles and Care
Qualifications
Essential
19. 1st level registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
20. Evidence of continued professional development
21. In date PIN number with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Desirable
22. Degree or working towards
Experience
Essential
23. Previous nursing experience of a hospital setting
24. Previous nursing experience within a medical setting
25. Previous nursing experience of a hospital setting
Desirable
26. Previous Oncology/Haemato-oncology experience
27. Cannulation/Phlebotomy.