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Chemotherapy Staff Nurse-Oncology

Job details
Posting date: 23 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £28,407 - £34,581 Per annum, Pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 23 May 2024
Location: Wigan, WN1 2NN
Company: Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6209890/302-24-6209890SS

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Summary

A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


The Oncology unit at the Cancer care Centre are looking for a forward thinking and enthusiastic nurse to join our friendly team in helping us to drive forward the chemotherapy service at the Cancer Care Centre.

The successful candidate will join an established team who are working hard to develop the services we offer to our patients in the Wigan borough.

The unit supports our patients with a number of chemotherapy regimens and supportive treatments, if you are interested in joining the team and have the skills that we are looking for then please apply.

The post is for 30.00 hours per week based at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary and is a permanent post.

All candidates will be required to show evidence of their original certificates to the interview panel.

The role will require you to work across all areas in the Trust which includes those that are designated as positive, asymptomatic and negative COVID wards.







To provide a high quality service to those patients who attend the Cancer Care Suite for Chemotherapy and other supportive treatments (including complementary therapies).





Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.



WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.



On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
• Provide a supportive role within the Chemotherapy unit for nursing, medical and clerical staff
• To give a clear and accurate update at change of duties and ensure accurate documentation of nursing interventions
• Support and assist in the induction/training of junior staff/health care assistant’s acting as mentor to designated staff
• Assist in the general housekeeping duties of the unit
• Correct care and custody of controlled drugs and aid the safe storage of medicines and the return of any unused chemotherapy to pharmacy
• Assist medical staff with procedures as necessary
• Maintains accurate records in keeping with the data protection act


This advert closes on Friday 3 May 2024

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