Job vacancy: Senior Staff Nurse (BAND 6) - Wiltshaw Ward, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Chelsea

Job summary

Main area: Inpatients
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 282-P1121815-A

Employer: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea
Town: Chelsea
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 Per Annum Inc HCAS Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/12/2024 11:00

Senior Staff Nurse (BAND 6) - Wiltshaw Ward

NHS AfC: Band 6

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

To complete the first level assessment of patients with cancer and their families to gain an understanding of their physiological, psycho-social, spiritual and cultural needs and to develop a positive, realistic and supportive attitude to ensure that these needs are met. This will include:
Counterchecking patients’ vital signs, blood results, patient body surface area, chemotherapy prescription and consent before administration of treatment.
Educating patients on their treatment such as indications and side effects.
Ensuring necessary medication and follow up appointments are obtained.
To plan, document, deliver and evaluate care plans from admission through to discharge / transfer discussing this with the patient, their family and multi-disciplinary teams and to alert the Sister/Charge Nurse of any changes. To set goals for each of the identified nursing issues and encourage / teach other nursing staff to do the same. To help the patient achieve set goals through care planning.
As a specialist cancer nurse, to assess the educational and informational needs of the patient and family. This includes producing and using appropriate materials to ensure optimum understanding of nursing care and the likely outcome.
To provide skilled care and expertise in venepuncture and/or cannulation. To assess patients for a suitable central venous access device. To provide education to patients on the care and management of central venous access devices and to adopt a problem solving approach to managing complications with all vascular access devices.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

NMC Registration
Evidence of ongoing professional development
RMH Certificate in Intravenous Drug Administration or to be obtained within three months of appointment

Desirable criteria

Qualification in oncology or speciality
Diploma or Degree level study (or equivalent)
Recognised teaching qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience in intravenous drug administration
Sufficient post registration nursing experience in oncology or speciality to be confident and competent in using the required skills to do the job

Desirable criteria

Experience in chemotherapy administration
Experience in Clinical Management
Evidence of relevant teaching experience
Knowledge and understanding of clinical trials management

Skills

Desirable criteria

Experience in oncology or area of specialty
Venepuncture and/or cannulation skills
Computer Literacy (e.g. use of Microsoft Word and Outlook)

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

London Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage Foundation

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Kieron French
Job title: Ward Manager
Email address: [email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: Recruitment Support Team
Telephone: 01629 690825

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Senior Staff Nurse (BAND 6) - Wiltshaw Ward

NHS AfC: Band 6

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