About this role
Job summary
Join the Welcome Treatment Centre team as a Chemotherapy Nurse Specialist at King's Mill Hospital!
Are you a dedicated and compassionate nurse seeking a rewarding opportunity in haematology, gastroenterology, rheumatology and Cancer care?
As a Specialist Nurse, you will play a crucial role in supporting our specialist nursing team in planning, implementing, and administering expert nursing care for patients. Your responsibilities will include providing specialised care, treatments and support to both patients and their carers across various specialties within the Trust.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
Collaborate with the MDT for multiple specialities , including Consultants and CNS teams. Ensure the continuity of an integrated, seamless, and holistic approach to oncology care for service users. Actively contribute to the development and enhancement of patient care standards.
Apply now to join our team!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Contractual Requirements Essential
Continued Professional Development Regular Attendance Ability to work flexibly within working hours of ward/department Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Well developed communication skills and time management Effective organisational abilities SACT Passport completed First level degree, or equivalent knowledge, in related subject Significant relevant post registration experience in specialist area Evidence of teaching experience, either formally or in informal settings
Qualifications Essential
First Level Registered Nurse Chemotherapy administration (Min 6 months) Blood transfusion administration
Desirable
Teaching qualification
Further Training Essential
Willingness to undertake further training as required by the speciality
Desirable
Supporting students
Experience Essential
Understanding and knowledge of specialist area Cannulation and venepuncture Post registration experience in a clinical setting Experience as shift co-ordinator
Desirable
Experience of working within surgical and medical day case, preferably with knowledge of haematology/oncology IT skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)