Chemotherapy Nurse - Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6176180/361-CAN-6176180 |
Summary
We are recruiting for a Chemotherapy Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre is an 18-bed outpatient facility where we specialise in the safe and compassionate administration of chemotherapy, biological therapies, immunotherapies and other anti-cancer treatments. We see a broad group of patients undergoing both curative and palliative treatments for a range of different cancer types
The successful applicant will need to be a registered nurse with an interest in oncology and the administration of systemic anti-cancer therapies to work in our friendly cancer day unit.
Although this is a band 6 post, applicants who do not possess an accredited chemotherapy course may be interviewed and offered a band 5 position. This post may be offered as a development opportunity at band 5 until the competencies for the role are fully met.
Our Values areInclude,Respect andImprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
You would be joining an experienced and supportive team and have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of professionals including chemotherapy nurses, advanced nurse practitioners and medical oncology consultants.
Experience of chemotherapy administration, venepuncture and cannulation would desirable, but full training would be given.
Demonstrable chemotherapy experience essential for Band 6 positions.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see attached document for detailed job description and person specification, to guide you in your application.
This advert closes on Friday 19 Apr 2024