Bank Oncology Nurse
| Posting date: | 03 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2025 |
| Location: | Trustwide, NE27 0QJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9319-25-0573 |
Summary
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care in partnership with the patient and the multidisciplinary team e.g. SACT. To promote health with all patients and carers. To deliver governance standards in line with the Essence of Care Standards and the Trusts Governance framework. To respond to enquiries from relatives and carers, deal with concerns and actively problem solve to improve the patients experience. In the absence of senior staff to take charge of the unit managing skill mix, rotas, workload and case mix to the dependencies within the unit environment. Ensuring appropriate use of physical+ budgetary resources. Act as named nurse / team leader managing patient care from admission to discharge. Actively instigating discharge involves liaising with MDTs and outside agencies where required. Administering medications, blood products, fluids, cannulation and venepuncture. Undertake the safe administration of SACT via a variety of routes. Care of Vascular access devices. Manipulation of fine tools / materials where accuracy is important e.g. calculation, reconstitution of drugs, venepuncture and cannulation and delivery of SACT. Assess patients condition e.g. Holistic symptom assessment and use of Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events. Through education/training acquire the ability to interpret the necessary blood results prior to the administration of SACT and manage toxicities with support. Judgements on problems requiring investigation, analysis, e.g. blood results and assessment of patient /toxicity/adverse effects from treatment. To maintain ones own high professional standards and discuss opportunities to develop clinical practice with the line manager. Alert the line manager or on call management team of any untoward situation. To take charge of the management of a group of patients on a regular basis, acting as named nurse / primary nurse. Clearly defined occupational policies, work is managed, rather than supervised.