Job overview
The Admissions & Pre-Assessment team in Sutton, are looking for a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills to complete our team. The team consists of Nurses, anaesthetist, health care assistants, administrators, technician (CPET and ECHO), research nurses and anaemia service CNS.
We provide a nurse led clinic supported by our anaesthetic consultants for patients undergoing surgery for a range of procedures, and specialties. We also support the elective admission pathway in the hospital and work closely with the Clinical site practitioners. We also work collaboratively with the Endoscopy, interventional radiology, private care and day surgery teams.
Our aim is to provide safe effective pre-operative care and we are responsible for ensuring a safe patient assessment in line with Royal Marsden and National guidelines and deliver a high standard of care with a patient centred approach.
Recently this team has supported the pre-operative pathway for oncology patients across London to continue to deliver as much cancer treatment as possible, with the initial focus being surgery.
We are looking for someone with a positive and progressive attitude, ability to problem solve, competent in advanced assessment skill and works well in a multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
1. To coordinate and supervise a shift, communicating effectively with members of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality, evidence-led care to patients.
2. To exercise clinical judgment and decision making about patient needs in terms of long term goals or plans.
3. To participate fully in the day to day organization and running of clinical trials including the recruitment, education and monitoring of patients entering a clinical trial and liaison as required with trial sponsors.
4. To assume personal accountability for nursing care delivered to a patient in accordance with the NMC code of conduct. There is an expectation for post holders:
1.To promote a safe clinical environment for all patients, visitors and staff
2.To participate in Trust initiatives around infection control and care quality indicators
3.To assist with any local or trust initiatives to ensure the continuous improvement of the quality of services and safeguarding of high standards of care
4.To be aware of all hospital policies and procedures and collaborate with other health care professionals to ensure that these are observed
5.To help foster a supportive working environment and maintain staff morale
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
5. To complete the first level assessment of patients with cancer and their families to gain an understanding of their physiological, psycho-social, spiritual and cultural needs and to develop a positive, realistic and supportive attitude to ensure that these needs are met. This will include:
6. Counterchecking patients’ vital signs, blood results, patient body surface area, chemotherapy prescription and consent before administration of treatment.
7. Educating patients on their treatment such as indications and side effects.
8. Ensuring necessary medication and follow up appointments are obtained.
9. To plan, document, deliver and evaluate care plans from admission through to discharge / transfer discussing this with the patient, their family and multi-disciplinary teams and to alert the Sister/Charge Nurse of any changes. To set goals for each of the identified nursing issues and encourage / teach other nursing staff to do the same. To help the patient achieve set goals through care planning.
10. As a specialist cancer nurse, to assess the educational and informational needs of the patient and family. This includes producing and using appropriate materials to ensure optimum understanding of nursing care and the likely outcome.
11. To provide skilled care and expertise in venepuncture and/or cannulation. To assess patients for a suitable central venous access device. To provide education to patients on the care and management of central venous access devices and to adopt a problem solving approach to managing complications with all vascular access devices.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
12. Unrestricted NMC Registration to practice
13. Post graduate level at the relevant speciality/ continuing professional education
Desirable criteria
14. Relevant degree or working towards master’s level
15. Clinical supervision training / experience Mentorship/Teaching Qualification
16. Physical assessment
Experience
Essential criteria
17. Experience in the care of surgical and / or endoscopy patients.
Desirable criteria
18. Pre-assessment experience for both general anaesthetic and sedation
19. Experience in managing nurse-led clinics
20. Experience in facilitation, teaching, assessing, and coaching of team members/students
Skills
Essential criteria
21. Competent in venepuncture and cannulation
22. Excellent and compassionate communication ability
23. Motivated and enthusiastic individual; possessing a “can do” attitude
24. Ability to work as part of a team and in collaboration with others using effective verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
25. Excellent organisation ability, prioritise own work and others
26. Creative, resourceful, and innovative in delivery of care to patient and provision of service
27. Able to navigate computer systems easily
28. Proficiency in MS office applications (MS Word)
Desirable criteria
29. RMH Certificate in venepuncture and cannulation to be obtained within three months of appointment
30. Typing speed between 25-30 words per minute
The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application
Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff
At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.