Are you ready to advance your career in a dynamic, patient-centered environment? We are seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Specialist Nurse or Senior Specialist Practitioner to join our Bone Marrow Transplant service at Churchill Hospital. The service provides Bone Marrow Transplants and Advanced Cellular Therapies to patients throughout the Thames Valley region. The team comprises nursing staff, medical professionals as well as colleagues across the MDT. The nurses are integrated within both the Bone Marrow Transplant and Advanced Cellular Therapy services.
We strongly recommend contacting us to discuss the role or arrange an informal visit. Please email Lara Rowley, Lead Haematology Specialist Nurse:
Main responsibilities:
Deliver comprehensive clinical care, specialist advice, and support to patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation
Work autonomously as a specialist practitioner, collaborating with the wider multidisciplinary team
Administer, assess, and prescribe medications within your scope of practice
Lead and supervise junior team members, supporting their development and wellbeing
Demonstrate and develop proficiency across clinical, leadership, education, and research pillars
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
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If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
Please refer to the attached job description. Key results areas include:
Provide comprehensive, specialist clinical care and advice to patients in the Bone Marrow Transplant service. Work autonomously as a specialist practitioner, including administering, assessing, and prescribing medications within your scope of practice. Develop and deliver high-quality, practitioner-led clinics and support patients, families, and carers with sensitive and complex information.
Work towards or maintain advanced practice through academic study (Level 7/Master's) and workplace-based training. Demonstrate and develop proficiency across clinical, leadership, education, and research pillars, supported by clinical supervision and ongoing professional development.
Lead and supervise junior team members, support their wellbeing, and participate in recruitment, appraisal, and professional development. Act as a role model, uphold organisational values, and contribute to service improvement and clinical governance activities.
Engage in personal and professional development, participate in higher education and self-directed learning, and contribute to the education of patients, families, and staff. Act as an educator within your scope and support a culture of learning within the team.
Participate in research activities, audit, and service evaluation to enhance quality, safety, and effectiveness. Support the implementation of evidence-based practice and contribute to ongoing service review and improvement.
Demonstrate compassion, respect, excellence, learning, delivery, and improvement in all aspects of work. Comply with information governance, infection control, health and safety, safeguarding, and equal opportunities policies.