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Macmillan Haematology CNS | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW10 9NH |
| Company: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6412453/289-EI-1577-A |
Summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen within Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at our Chelsea site.
For our Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist we are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic registered nurse, with at least 3 years relevant experience to join the Haematology Cancer Nursing team to cover a period of Maternity leave for a period of 12 months.
A secondment or fixed term contract will be considered.
The clinical nurse specialist functions within a field of practice that focuses on the needs of the patient and encompasses interaction with others in delivering nursing, health and social care.
The CNS promotes excellence in nursing practice through the integration of expert clinical practice, education, consultancy, acting as a resource and commitment to nursing research.
This role give the applicant the opportunity to work in a Level II clinical haematology service providing complex chemotherapy (excluding haematopoeitic stem cell transplant) to a diverse population in West London. This role will work alongside the current Haematology/HIV CNS but will encompass HIV negative cancer patients only (although the opportunity for cross cover is subject to discussion). The dedicated team of consultants manage a complex group of patients with disease including myeloma, acute leukaemia, lymphoma and MDS. High dose salvage chemotherapy and BITE immunotherapy is administered at this site in a dedicated haemato-oncology facility. Ideally the applicant will have completed some haemato-oncology training and have expertise in the area of clinical haematology
Working for our organisation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly 1 million people.
Chelsea and Westminster is the leading provider of HIV-related cancer care in Europe with a long history of working with the LGBTQ+ community. It treats a broad range of cancers and has links to other oncology centres across the Royal Marsden Partners Network and beyond. 56 Dean Street has for many years specialised in sexual health for the transgender population and their TransPlus service became the first integrated gender, sexual health and HIV service commissioned by NHS England in 2023.
We’re one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff says they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an
‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description has a full list of the main responsibilities for the role are available in the main text of the documents attached to the advert
This advert closes on Thursday 4 Jul 2024