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Senior Staff Nurse - Photopheresis | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 p.a inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 October 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 9RT |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6609474/196-NM12070 |
Summary
Senior Staff Nurse Photopheresis and Skin Cancer Out Patients Department.
Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust delivers high quality cancer care and works as part of the King's Health Partners Cancer Centre and London Cancer Alliance to continually develop cancer services in South London.
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated experienced nurse with excellent communication and leadership skills to join the St John’s Institute of Dermatology Team.
Our Dermatology skin cancer unit comprises of the Photopheresis, skin cancer screening clinic. melanoma, lymphoma and general clinics and you will be expected to rotate between these units.Ability to perform venepuncture and cannulation and assess wounds is essential.
Our Extracorporeal Photopheresis ( ECP) department is a nurse led service. Photopheresis or ECP (Extracorporeal Photopheresis) is a form of apheresis and photodynamic therapy in which blood is treated with a photosensitizing agent treated with uvadex solution, exposed to ultraviolet light (UVA), and returned to the patient. All the necessary training will be provided. The role also consists of working with the outreach ECP Clinical nurse specialist team rotating to the Royal Marsden and Kings Hospital.
Closing date: 29th September 2024
proposed Interview date: 9th October 2024
The successful applicant must demonstrate commitment, excellent leadership, organisational and interpersonal skills and be suited to the dynamic pace of this very busy service. It is essential to have a genuine interest and advanced knowledge of health promotion, early detection of disease and follow up process of pre and post diagnosis .
The successful applicants will be expected to deliver a high quality nursing service, providing specialist care and management to patients and their families throughout their diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer. The ability to manage, lead, plan, organize and prioritise your work and be flexible in your approach is essential to this role.
It is essential to have a genuine interest in dermatology and skin cancer treatments and have post-grad experience. You will be expected to deliver a high quality nursing service, providing specialist care and management to patients and their families throughout their diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer. The ability to prioritize your work and be flexible in your approach is essential to this role.
You should be a Registered Nurse with 3 years post registration experience of ward experience in an acute setting , have cannulation skills and experience of being a band 6 . You must be able to take part in structured teaching for patients, colleagues and students.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
You will have excellent communication, leadership, organizational and inter-personal skills and be able to work well within the multi-disciplinary team. ECP is a nurse led unit therefore you will be expected to work independently with a caseload of patients.
You should be a Registered Nurse with post registration experience in Dermatology and Photopheresis experience is desirable . You must be able to take part in structured teaching for patients, colleagues and students.
Please see attached Job description for full details.
This advert closes on Sunday 29 Sep 2024