Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 426-057-24MG-A
- Employer
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- King's Lynn
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Macmillan
Band 5
Job overview
A rare opportunity has arisen in our Macmillan Unit as a band 5 staff nurse.
The Macmillan Unit is a specialist unit that provides care on the same day for a variety of patients who deals with life limiting illness, cancer, either diagnostic stage through investigations or in a treatment stage through medications which include chemotherapy.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work alongside the existing members of the Macmillan team to provide a high standard of care to patients who require treatments which includes chemotherapy, procedures of investigations to either control or diagnose the disease.
Working for our organisation
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is West Norfolk has a superb unspoilt coastline with pretty villages, all with their own individual charm. The medieval port of King's Lynn has some very interesting architecture.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist and general acute services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers and approximately 500 beds on a single site. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech. We work in partnership with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services.
In February 2022 the QEH the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The staff in the Macmillan Unit are looking for someone who is compassionate about patient care and who is dedicated to providing a high standard of care.
The team have built a good rapport with many of their patients due to the nature of Macmillan they are able to see some of their patients on a regular basis due to the ongoing treatment programmes of the patients they care for.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with the NMC
- Degree/Diploma in Nursing or equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development including completion of the Anglia Cancer Network Chemotherapy Package or willing to work towards this
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and Assessing qualification
- Recognised Oncology Qualification or Chemotherapy qualification or working towards
- Advanced Chemotherapy Course
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to plan and prioritise care for patients
- Confident and calm attitude with an ability to work under pressure
- Ability to provide holistic nursing care
- Accurate documentation with attention to detail
- Teaching, assessment and supervision of others
- Knowledge of professional issues in nursing incorporating NMC and IPAC
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Governance experience
- Risk Management experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience of looking after patients in a healthcare environment
- Able to demonstrate utilisation of research based evidence and recent use of audit
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Post-Registration clinical experience
- Previous experience in cancer care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Aiswarya George
- Job title
- Manager- Macmillan, DTU& Cancer Wellbeing Centre
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01553 613613
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