Sister/ Charge Nurse - Cancer Assessment Unit inCambridge inCambridge PUBLISHED
MON 21 OCT 2024
Ideal candidates should be experienced nurses who can thrive under pressure, exhibit strong teamwork, and maintain professionalism in challenging situations. The Trust offers a welcoming environment with development opportunities, benefits such as on-site leisure facilities and travel support, as well as flexible working arrangements to promote work-life balance. Applications are encouraged from individuals willing to take on this pivotal role in enhancing patient care for cancer services, with a closing date for applications set for November 3, 2024.
An exciting opportunity has become available for 2 band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse posts within the Acute Oncology Service based on the Cancer Assessment Unit (CAU) for 30 hours per week and 37.5 hours per week. This role would suit those wishing to further develop their clinical assessment skills and lead in the care of acutely unwell patients with cancer.
This is an exciting time to join the team and Directorate; the continued transformation of services means that more and more patients with cancer are being treated as outpatients. The Unit triages patients over the phones that are known to the Cancer Directorate. Patients are brought in for assessment and treatment of symptoms/side effects as required; patients are usually undergoing a range of treatments for cancer including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, post-stem cell transplantation/CAR-T or receiving best supportive care.
When the CAU is closed the Acute Oncology Service peripatetic role supports the Cancer directorate and the Emergency Department, this includes weekends. You would be expected to work a range of shifts to cover this service.
You must be an experienced nurse who will complement the highly skilled and motivated team in providing high quality care to patients. All candidates must be adaptable, able to thrive under pressure, a great team player, be able to empathise and to remain professional and positive during challenging situations.
To assist the ward manager in the overall running of the unit and assisting with the implementation of changes and support for the wider team. This will include, rota writing, QSIS investigation, appraisals etc.
To carry the 902 bleep for division and to hold the fire bleep as appropriate.
To administer chemotherapy both within and outside of the division.
To co-ordinate and effectively communicate with the wider multidisciplinary team to provide high quality, safe, kind and excellent care for our patients.
About us
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
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A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers and Band 5 Orthoptists taking up substantive employment with the Trust.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 3 November 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 22 November 2024
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
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