Senior Staff Nurse - Ruth Myles Ward inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 12 JUN 2024

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.
Job summary

  • To support and deputise the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse toensure the provision of excellent nursing care within the bone marrow transplant /CAR -T Cell therapy and the effective management of staff and other resources.
  • To carry out the day-to-day management and coordination of the unit. To ensure that there are education and training opportunities for all staff, including pre and post-registration students.
Main duties of the job

Do you have experience in caring for patients with Haematology conditions and a chemotherapy qualification?
  • Would you like to begin to develop your managerial skills? If so, our Senior Staff Nurse post is for you.
  • Ruth Myles Ward is a 13 bedded BMT/CAR-T cell therapy ward caring for patients with malignant and non-malignant diseases.
  • The post holder will deliver all aspect of clinical care for patients undergoing allogeneic and autologous stem cell transplant and cellular therapy including CAR -T cell therapy.
  • As part of a wider specialist service including a Haematology day unit, Apheresis unit , multiple haematology specialties, malignant and non-malignant haematology and psychological support services you will have a chance to enhance your nursing portfolio.
We offer
  • An environment that will enable you to develop and broaden your nursing portfolio including caring for patients with a variety of haematology and oncology conditions.
  • Support in your career development and training.
  • Opportunities to develop your leadership, management and clinical. skills through our leadership development programme and clinical modules.
  • Opportunities to grow your teaching and mentoring skills with our students, newly qualified nurses and HCA's - supported by our team of practice educators.
We offer outstanding career progression opportunities - from Ward Manager, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Practice educator and Nurse practitioner roles. Where do you see yourself?

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role and responsibilities

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role and responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered nurse
  • Chemotherapy qualification
  • Mentorship course
Skills

Essential

  • Cannulation and venepuncture
  • Management of central venous access devices
  • Evidence of leadership roles and skills
  • Ability to prioritise own workload and that of other staff
  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills
Desirable

  • Attended a clinical leadership programme
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of two years post registration experience, of which at least 1 year should be within the speciality
  • Awareness of audits
Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered nurse
  • Chemotherapy qualification
  • Mentorship course
Skills

Essential

  • Cannulation and venepuncture
  • Management of central venous access devices
  • Evidence of leadership roles and skills
  • Ability to prioritise own workload and that of other staff
  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills
Desirable

  • Attended a clinical leadership programme
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of two years post registration experience, of which at least 1 year should be within the speciality
  • Awareness of audits
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT

Employer's website
Job summary

  • To support and deputise the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse toensure the provision of excellent nursing care within the bone marrow transplant /CAR -T Cell therapy and the effective management of staff and other resources.
  • To carry out the day-to-day management and coordination of the unit. To ensure that there are education and training opportunities for all staff, including pre and post-registration students.
Main duties of the job

Do you have experience in caring for patients with Haematology conditions and a chemotherapy qualification?
  • Would you like to begin to develop your managerial skills? If so, our Senior Staff Nurse post is for you.
  • Ruth Myles Ward is a 13 bedded BMT/CAR-T cell therapy ward caring for patients with malignant and non-malignant diseases.
  • The post holder will deliver all aspect of clinical care for patients undergoing allogeneic and autologous stem cell transplant and cellular therapy including CAR -T cell therapy.
  • As part of a wider specialist service including a Haematology day unit, Apheresis unit , multiple haematology specialties, malignant and non-malignant haematology and psychological support services you will have a chance to enhance your nursing portfolio.
We offer
  • An environment that will enable you to develop and broaden your nursing portfolio including caring for patients with a variety of haematology and oncology conditions.
  • Support in your career development and training.
  • Opportunities to develop your leadership, management and clinical. skills through our leadership development programme and clinical modules.
  • Opportunities to grow your teaching and mentoring skills with our students, newly qualified nurses and HCA's - supported by our team of practice educators.
We offer outstanding career progression opportunities - from Ward Manager, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Practice educator and Nurse practitioner roles. Where do you see yourself?

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role and responsibilities

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role and responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered nurse
  • Chemotherapy qualification
  • Mentorship course
Skills

Essential

  • Cannulation and venepuncture
  • Management of central venous access devices
  • Evidence of leadership roles and skills
  • Ability to prioritise own workload and that of other staff
  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills
Desirable

  • Attended a clinical leadership programme
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of two years post registration experience, of which at least 1 year should be within the speciality
  • Awareness of audits
Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered nurse
  • Chemotherapy qualification
  • Mentorship course
Skills

Essential

  • Cannulation and venepuncture
  • Management of central venous access devices
  • Evidence of leadership roles and skills
  • Ability to prioritise own workload and that of other staff
  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills
Desirable

  • Attended a clinical leadership programme
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of two years post registration experience, of which at least 1 year should be within the speciality
  • Awareness of audits
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT

Employer's website


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