Job summary
Employer heading
Cancer and Transplant Specialist Lead
Band 7
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
Are you an Adult Registered Nurse who is looking for flexible working arrangements with a supportive, understanding employer? Come join our outstanding nursing team working in Oxford Critical Care.
Job overview
The award-winning Churchill Hospital provides Oxfordshire's main Cancer, Haematology and Transplant Centres.
We have opportunities for a Band 7 nurse to join #OneTeamOneOUH. If you are an ICU nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to join a leading teaching hospital, we offer you the opportunity to become part of a team that offers the very best in critical care nursing and invaluable training to advance your career.
We are proud of our national and international reputation for the excellence of our services and our leading role in teaching and research. The core values that are important to us are: Learning, Respect, Delivery, Excellence, Compassion, and Improvement – these underpin everything we do.
The team in CICU are committed to growing nursing leadership because we know that great leadership changes lives.
This is an exciting opportunity to become a Band 7 on the Churchill Intensive Care Unit (CICU). This band 7 position will have a strong focus on Cancer and Transplant pathways and also as a Team lead within critical Care.
Main duties of the job
If you have a Critical Care background with a post registration qualification in Adult Intensive Care Nursing and would like to develop your career in critical care, then read on.
In CICU we can offer you:
An exceptional opportunity to work in a nationally renowned centre for specialties such as Cancer & Haematology; Maxillofacial surgery and one of the largest transplant centres in Europe.
A critical care building featuring 8 beds providing a patient-centred holistic model of care and a truly outstanding environment to work in. The clinical areas are bright, airy, and modern, providing our amazing team with the space and facilities needed to look after their health and wellbeing.
A fully supported and protected induction period, tailored to your needs, giving you a great opportunity to find your feet in the team.
A tailored development package designed to uniquely suit your specific learning needs. This includes study days and clinical support from our dynamic education team and incorporates an extensive orientation package and fully supported supernumerary period (as required) during which you work with a mentor.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This position is based at the Churchill Hospital based in Headington, Oxford. It is roughly three miles from the city centre, with exceptional public transport to and from the hospital as well as onsite parking. If you already live locally the hospital is easily commutable from towns such as Bicester, Didcot, Abingdon and Wantage If you live further afield and you are considering relocating for this position, the recruitment team will be happy to assist you with help and advice on relocating. In addition, we actively welcome applications from Nurses who are overseas. Oxford is well known for its university but aside from being drenched in academic history, its city centre has recently undergone redevelopment including a new shopping centre and a selection of new bars and restaurant. It can confidently claim to have something for everyone!
See Main Job Description and Role Addendum attached.
Position is based on the Churchill Intensive Care Unit.
Person specification
Offline Shortlist
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse (part 1, 8, 12 or 15 of register depending on area of practice)
- Educated to Masters level, or willing to undertake.
- Postgraduate Certificate in Intensive Care practice, ENB 100 Course or Diploma in Critical Care Nursing or other relevant critical care qualification.
- Evidence to support a programme of personal professional development.
- Completion of a leadership and management development programme/CC3N STEP 4 competencies.
- Hold a mentorship qualification/evidence of advanced mentorship skills.
- Evidence of ICU operational management/Bed management.
- Decision making skills/problem solving skills.
- Initiating and maintaining effective interpersonal and professional relationships.
- Maintaining an excellent standard of patient care.
- Effectively managing a team.
- Advance critical care clinical practice.
- Team leadership skills, adopting a flexible leadership style depending on the situation.
- Organisational & management skills.
- Teaching skills.
- Ability to facilitate professional growth in nursing colleagues.
- Ability to undertake and facilitate change management/project work.
- Evidence of involvement with Audit work, quality assurance and governance processes..
- Evidence of leadership qualities.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ambassador for the Unit.
- Budgeting awareness and insights into Clinical Governance and Risk Management.
- Commitment to professional responsibilities.
- Commitment to developing evidence-based practice.
Desirable criteria
- Advanced Life Support.
- Advanced patient assessment skills
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alexia Douglass
- Job title
- Deputy Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 220541
- Additional information
Glory Arcenal - Unit Manager - 01865 235088
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