Oncology Specialist Sister/ Charge Nurse
| Posting date: | 17 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2024 |
| Location: | North Shields, NE29 8NH |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6279217/319-6279217SC |
Summary
A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen forBand 6Oncology Day Unit Sisters (2.36wte) to develop, implement and provide an outreach service for patients who require systematic anti-cancer & cytotoxic treatments into the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.
We are after motivated and enthusiastic SACT trained nurses to take this development forward and provide quality care for patients on the emergency care hospital site. The post holders will have the opportunity to develop this service, working closely with other clinical teams and the Oncology Day Units.
The candidates will also join the out of hours emergency telephone helpline rota to manage the service during evenings, weekends and bank holidays - this will involve independent decision making to help manage acute care of patients who are unwell offering advice and guidance.
Job share will be considered.
To provide clinical expertise to the Team and develop SACT practice in the NSECH site. To work in close liaison with the Unit Managers, Lead Nurse, Practice Development Team and the MDT to provide the highest quality of care required to support each patient in their pathway and improve the patient experience.
To act as a clinical nurse leader, taking responsibility for the professional development of yourself and other HCP's. Candidates should be able to demonstrate their ability to work autonomously and have excellent communication skills.
Candidates should be working within the SACT service and have significant post registration experience including previous experience (Chemotherapy Enhancing Practice or equivalent) of giving SACT and managing toxicities.
Leadership experience, advanced knowledge , decision-making skills are essential and completion of, or a willingness to work towards the advanced clinical skills course or equivalent would be an advantage.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Develop and provide a flexible Out reach SACT/cytotoxic service into the NSECH site.
Support the Oncology Day Unit Managers as required when not supporting NSECH services in provide a high quality evidence based nurse led SACT service to patients and carer’s. This will include patients attending for day case chemotherapy and patients who may contact the service for acute oncology advice about their care. The post holders will be part of the existing oncology day unit teams.
Provide specialist education and training to other members of the clinical teams.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Jun 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen forBand 6Oncology Day Unit Sisters (2.36wte) to develop, implement and provide an outreach service for patients who require systematic anti-cancer & cytotoxic treatments into the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.
We are after motivated and enthusiastic SACT trained nurses to take this development forward and provide quality care for patients on the emergency care hospital site. The post holders will have the opportunity to develop this service, working closely with other clinical teams and the Oncology Day Units.
The candidates will also join the out of hours emergency telephone helpline rota to manage the service during evenings, weekends and bank holidays - this will involve independent decision making to help manage acute care of patients who are unwell offering advice and guidance.
Job share will be considered.
To provide clinical expertise to the Team and develop SACT practice in the NSECH site. To work in close liaison with the Unit Managers, Lead Nurse, Practice Development Team and the MDT to provide the highest quality of care required to support each patient in their pathway and improve the patient experience.
To act as a clinical nurse leader, taking responsibility for the professional development of yourself and other HCP's. Candidates should be able to demonstrate their ability to work autonomously and have excellent communication skills.
Candidates should be working within the SACT service and have significant post registration experience including previous experience (Chemotherapy Enhancing Practice or equivalent) of giving SACT and managing toxicities.
Leadership experience, advanced knowledge , decision-making skills are essential and completion of, or a willingness to work towards the advanced clinical skills course or equivalent would be an advantage.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Develop and provide a flexible Out reach SACT/cytotoxic service into the NSECH site.
Support the Oncology Day Unit Managers as required when not supporting NSECH services in provide a high quality evidence based nurse led SACT service to patients and carer’s. This will include patients attending for day case chemotherapy and patients who may contact the service for acute oncology advice about their care. The post holders will be part of the existing oncology day unit teams.
Provide specialist education and training to other members of the clinical teams.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Jun 2024
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