Sister/Charge Nurse | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY3 8NR |
| Company: | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6129807/382-TER24-24 |
Summary
Are you a Cancer care nurse with a good understanding of haematology? Do you want to be part of a service transformation and looking for a new challenge?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic nurse to join our Haematology Ambulatory Unit as a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse. This job will also involve some working within our inpatient ward.
We are an expanding service dedicated to developing a strong nursing team, in an exciting specialised area. Our team is enthusiastic, innovative, well-motivated and dedicated to high standards of care. The team provides patient centred, holistic care to patients . The procedures undertaken includes stem cell return, blood transfusions and various systemic anti-cancer treatments . The service is always evolving, forthcoming developments include our new Rosemere House for Ambulatory patients.
We are looking for an experienced nurse with a passion to provide excellent care for our haematology patients and the vision to develop and enhance the service.
Key Tasks
• To participate and lead in audits and projects within the unit to monitor protocols and staff education.
• To monitor and risk assess the task load and patient care.
• To build good communication links with the staff in department and outwith.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• You will be assessing complex health and well-being needs of the patients during their visits to the unit.
• You will need to be able to make decisions autonomously when running the unit.
• You will be responsible for delivering any chemotherapy the patient is due within the setting and also commencing their ambulatory chemotherapy pumps for them to take home with them.
• You will be responsible for patient education surrounding care of the CADD device to ensure patients are confident in terms of basic troubleshooting whilst at home.
• To offer advice over telephone consults with patients should they require any assistance whilst at home and direct them to suitable point of contact if required.
• Following templates, you will plan the patients visits and highlight any problems to the medical team.
• You will be responsible for checking patients blood results and assessing whether they need blood products during their visit.
• To attend the NHS BT Blood Authorisation course to facilitate prescribing blood products on the unit.
• To communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to plan and facilitate care plans based on individual patient needs.
• To utilise haematology knowledge to develop the service provision to benefit patients.
• You will be required to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients and relatives.
• You will be required to complete Holistic needs assessments at regular intervals.
• You will be responsible for developing and sustaining your own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness for your CPD.
• Be accountable for and ensure own competence in practice.
• Identify potential risks for staff, patients and visitors and adhere to relevant incident reporting procedures.
• Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of nursing practice standards, guidelines, protocols, policies and care pathways.
• Deliver care based on current evidence, best practice and validated research whilst adhering to local policies and procedures.
• Work with Practice Development Nurse to review nursing practice, implementing appropriate changes following audits completed within the unit.
• Ensure a welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the patient and their family and visitors.
• Participate in audit processes for monitoring and reviewing nursing quality.
• Manage allocated resources effectively and efficiently.
• Supervise and support team members whilst prioritising workload safely.
• Highlighting any concerns regarding patient suitability to the patients CNS and consultant.
• You will need to assist in managing stock- utilising space and rotating stock to ensure minimal wastage.
This advert closes on Friday 26 Apr 2024
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