Job overview
Are you an experienced band 5 with a range of clinical skills or an existing band 6 looking for a new challenge? Are you looking for an opportunity to develop and grow your clinical leadership? Are you passionate about patient care? If yes, this may be a great opportunity for you to develop your career.
We are a 24 bedded, fast-paced oncology ward supporting patients across their cancer journey. We are looking for enthusiastic, innovative and passionate nurses who want to grow and progress.
Closing date: 17th November 2025
Interview date: 25th November 2025
Main duties of the job
YOU ARE:
1. Dedicated.
2. Passionate.
3. Skilled within your field of nursing experience.
4. Oncology experienced at band 5 level or able to demonstrate a keen interest in working within the field.
5. An aspiring leader with experience of coordinating shifts, governance issues affecting your area and support of junior team members including students.
6. Proud to demonstrate Trust values and behaviours and keen to role model them.
7. Inclusive, supportive and non-judgmental in your approach to patient care and teamwork.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We take your development and support very seriously and are keen for you to reach your potential.
WE WILL:
8. Support you to develop your leadership with robust objectives.
9. Give you opportunities to learn and develop your knowledge of oncology including SACT administration.
10. Support you to become aware of governance issues within the directorate.
11. Give you access to educational institutions to help support your CPD and clinical expertise in a way specific to you.
12. Give you multiple opportunities to work across the MD
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment,
planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes
history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed
diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication
including transfusion of blood and blood products
Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the
speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead
others to do the same.
Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient
orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within
the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines. Ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and
wellbeing of the individuals.
To provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the
planning delivery and evaluation of individualised care.
Is wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of
professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain
and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
Please see the attached job description for a detailed list of essential and desirable criteria for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential criteria
13. Mentorship/Teaching Qualification
14. Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical, managerial training and CPD
15. Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality.
16. RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality
Desirable criteria
17. Leadership qualification
Skills/knowledge/ability
Essential criteria
18. Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory acquired through CPD
19. Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
20. Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients.
21. Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
22. Demonstrate an awareness of clinical governance and risk management and how this effects their role and the department
23. Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information including dealing with distressed relatives, care of terminally ill & other challenging situations.
24. Ability to organise and plan own time and that of junior staff and learners.
25. Demonstrates ability to influence and negotiate with others.
Experience
Essential criteria
26. Previous post registration experience within the relevant specialty
27. Experiencing of co-ordinating a shift
28. Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting.
29. Supervision of junior staff
Values and behaviours
Essential criteria
30. Meets Trust values and behaviours
Additional information
Essential criteria
31. Able and willing to work flexible shift patterns, internal rotation to day and night duty and unsocial hours, according to service needs
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.