Comet Chemotherapy Unit, located at Crawley Hospital, provides specialised and compassionate care for Haematology and Oncology outpatients. With a dedicated and highly skilled team, Comet offers an environment where every patient receives the highest standard of treatment and care. The unit is divided into two main sections: an outpatient clinic and a day unit. The day unit is equipped with 16 patient chairs and two private single-room units, ensuring both comfort and confidentiality. Here, patients receive a variety of treatments, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, chemo-supportive drugs, blood transfusions, venesections, and routine blood tests.
The outpatient clinic operates with a carefully coordinated schedule. Patients visit Monday through Wednesday to see Haematology consultants and the Haematology CNS for follow-ups, while the Chemotherapy Nurse-Led Clinic runs every Thursday and Friday in the day unit. The unit operates Monday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, excluding weekends and bank holidays. Additionally, the unit is equipped with a blood fridge to store essential blood products on-site.
The Comet Unit is a dynamic and fast-paced environment, offering a wide range of advanced treatments for Haematology and Oncology patients. The multidisciplinary team, which includes Haematology and Oncology consultants based at East Surrey Hospital, the CNS and highly skilled nursing staff, works in unison to provide exceptional care.
Main duties of the job
Working at Comet offers the exciting opportunity to be part of a vibrant and growing team, where staff can contribute to team development, clinical care coordination, and the delivery of high-quality patient services. Senior nurses play a key role in providing clinical supervision, fostering professional growth, and ensuring excellence in patient care. The collaborative, supportive atmosphere within the team makes Comet a truly inspiring place to work.
For further information, please refer to the attached JD and person specification for a list of duties and responsibilities.
About us
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill, a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England.
Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.
Person Specification
Criteria
Essential
* Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
* A complete and accurate application
* Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
* Evidence of essential experience for role
* Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
* Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
* Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
* Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the personal specification
Employer details
Employer name
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Comet Day Unit, Crawley Hospital
West Green Drive
Crawley
RH11 7DH
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