Oncology Sister

Oncology Sister

Guilford Hospital Nursing Permanent Full Time

Up to 51000 per annum depending on skills and experience

37.5 hours per week

As the UKs largest Healthcare Charity were offering you the chance to help shape the highest standards in patient care. Here youll have the time you need to role model good practice and develop your colleagues. Well value your excellent communication skills and is nursing as it should be.

We are looking for an experienced Oncology Sister/ Charge Nurse who has a SACT Passport and a University accredited SACT course. If youre currently a Senior Staff Nurse in Oncology and looking to develop your leadership skills and progress your career this role offers an excellent development pathway.

About the Oak Suite

The Oak Suite is a friendly and supportive daycase chemotherapy unit delivering highquality care through a combination of clinical excellence and a holistic patientfocused approach. We provide SACT chemotherapy and supportive treatments for patients with a range of oncology conditions. With 19 chemotherapy chairs our unit offers a dynamic and collaborative environment making this an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated team and further develop your specialist expertise in cancer care.

The role

As an Oncology Sister / Charge Nurse within our Chemotherapy Unit you will be an experienced NMCregistered nurse with strong leadership skills and postregistration experience caring for cancer patients undergoing Systemic AntiCancer Therapy (SACT).

You will work closely with our Oncology Team Oncologists Oncology Pharmacists and Complimentary Therapists ensuring seamless safe and effective care.

In this role you will:

• Be responsible for ensuring the provision of exemplary care for patients undergoing cancer treatment working closely with the Lead Cancer Nurse to educate and support both patients and staff.

• Supervise mentor and teach staff within the clinical area supporting the hospital management team by providing strong clinical leadership.

• Have experience in the administration of SACT supported by a recognised universityaccredited qualification.

• Bring experience across Cancer/Oncology Nursing demonstrating a clear understanding of cancer its treatments and the impact on patients and their families.

• Be an effective communicator with patients colleagues and key stakeholders.

• Possess comprehensive clinical expertise and uptodate knowledge of current professional practice and cancer policy requirements.

• Actively contribute to improving the quality of information provided to patients and carers ensuring it is accessible informative and supported by mechanisms for gathering and responding to feedback.

• Maintain awareness of current professional and clinical practice developments ensuring national policy and best practice are reflected in daytoday care.

• Initiate plan lead and facilitate audit and clinical effectiveness projects/programmes that provide clinical assurance and support service development aligned with research and best practice.

• Hold a chemotherapy qualification (essential) with a cancerspecific qualification desirable.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work feeling healthy happy and valued. Thats why weve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here you can choose from a range of fitness lifestyle health and fitness wellbeing rewards such as free gym membership health assessments retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health we take care of whats important to you.

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital provides high-quality healthcare working with leading Consultants to offer a range of services and treatments for preventing diagnosing and treating a wide array of medical conditions and offer a wide range of complex surgery and services. We are proud to have received a good rating from the health care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our facilities include 49 en-suite patient bedrooms 4 operating theatres acute dependency and oncology units. Weve been awarded the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark for cancer care and our Endoscopy service has achieved JAG accreditation. Our site is shared with an NHS Trust hospital giving us access to their facilities. The working atmosphere is highly professional and stimulating yet friendly and collaborative like that of a large family unit.

The hospital is easily accessible from the A3 or M25 and we are located about 1.5 miles from Guildford town centre.

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