Job summary
Employer heading
Staff Nurse (Chemotherapy Outpatient Service)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
Band 5 Staff Nurse (Chemotherapy Outpatient Service)
**Weekdays only** (no weekends, nights or bank holidays)
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our chemotherapy outpatient service.
We have three units: King Edward ward at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Chemotherapy 1 at the Bracknell Healthspace and the Rosemary Centre, West Berkshire Community Hospital.
We are a small team of nurses providing Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies (SACT) and supportive therapies for patients at all stages of their cancer journey in a day unit setting.
Career progression and further education is highly encouraged and many of our nurses have gone onto become Clinical Nurse Specialists, Research Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Ward Sisters.
The units are open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Staff Nurse with an interest in Oncology to join our compassionate and highly knowledgeable team. Although previous experience is desired, it is not essential.
You will be qualified for a minimum of one year and ideally competent in cannulation and IV therapy, however, training would be provided.
Experience administering chemotherapy is an advantage but full training (including an accredited university module) will be given.
We would be more than happy for you to come and meet the team or spend some time shadowing us to get more of an idea of what we do.
Informal enquiries and visits are strongly encouraged - please contact Ward Sisters Katie Brown and Abby Freeman on 0118 322 7892 or [email protected] / [email protected].
Working for our organisation
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder is responsible for undertaking and recording comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced-based nursing care to a diverse group of patients.
Deliver care without direct supervision and be accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.
Teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non-registered nursing workforce.
Be accountable for care or any omissions of care that you delegate to others.
Act as role model, delivering care with empathy and compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse – part 1
- Evidence of recent continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Working towards masters
- SACT administration qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an acute clinical environment
Desirable criteria
- N59/Care of the patient receiving chemotherapy module
- Competent in venepuncture, cannulation and the use of CVAD's
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
- Katie Brown
- Job title
- Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01183227466
- Additional information
Sister Katie Brown / Sister Abby Freeman on 0118 322 7892 or [email protected] / [email protected]
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