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Job overview

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is an Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) and the largest trust in the country. Our mission is to provide world class healthcare for our patients, through excellence in research, education and training. While the haematology directorate also operates as a  national tertiary centre treating patients with a wide-range of malignant and non-malignant haematology conditions that includes operating a large JACIE accredited blood and marrow transplant (BMT) programme (allogeneic, autologous and Car-T/cellular therapies). The haematology service operates with a total of 58 inpatient beds split across three haematology wards, two of which have dedicated transplant beds. There is also haematology out-patient and day care facilities that incorporates an ambulatory treatment pathway for low-risk transplants, apheresis team that supports stem cell collections and on-site cellular therapy laboratory facilities.  

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the Matron and Lead Nurse for Clinical Haematology, the post holder will be a key member of the senior nursing team and extended multi-professional team across the wider department. In addition, the Senior Charge Nurse will play an important  role in helping to develop and plan future services as the haematology department continues to evolve and expand, driving service improvement. You will need to be a highly motivated, dynamic and resilient individual who is able to deal with and respond to complex situations in a busy and demanding clinical service.

The Clinical Haematology service at Hammersmith Hospital offers all nurses a unique perspective and exciting breadth of experience in this specialty. We embrace a collaborative patient focused approach to care and take pride in promoting a strong team ethos and skilled nursing workforce. So if you feel you have the right credentials to make a valuable contribution to the team as an experienced haemato-oncology nursing lead and have  demonstrable clinical expertise within this specialist field of nursing, including being chemotherapy certified, then we may have an exciting Senior Charge Nurse job opportunity for you.   

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.  We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community.  Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection  prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

 As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.