Employer Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Orsett/ Basildon Town Orsett Salary £47,810 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 15/09/2025 23:59
Senior Chemotherapy Nurse
Band 7
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Band 7 Chemotherapy Nurse to join our haematology and infusion service. This is a senior clinical leadership role within a dynamic and supportive team, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals undergoing treatment for haematological cancers.
Our unit specialises in chemotherapy for haematological malignancies, as well as blood transfusions and other non-cancer infusions. The successful candidate will bring expert knowledge in systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT), ensuring safe administration of treatment, adherence to national guidelines, and high standards of infection control.
You will provide clinical leadership, support, and mentorship to a predominantly junior nursing team, helping to build a safe and positive learning environment. The role also involves working with the wider multidisciplinary team to support service development, audits, and quality improvement.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced chemotherapy nurse to help shape the future of a growing specialist service.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include:
- Delivering and overseeing the safe administration of chemotherapy and other intravenous therapies
- Leading the unit’s clinical standards and ensuring best practice is maintained
- Supporting, supervising, and developing junior staff through education and mentorship
- Contributing to service audits, clinical governance, and quality improvement
- Working collaboratively with medical and allied health professionals to ensure seamless patient care
What we’re looking for:
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Accredited chemotherapy qualification and significant SACT experience
- Strong leadership skills and experience supervising or mentoring junior staff
- Passion for delivering high standards of care in a specialist cancer service
- Excellent communication, organisational, and clinical decision-making skills
Join us and play a key role in shaping the future of our haematology and infusion service while making a real difference to patient care.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you looking for an exciting nursing role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Person specification
Chemotherpay Compentence
* 3 years minimum experience
* 3 years minimum haematology experience
Clinical Haematology: Experience
* Experience of working in Clinical Haematology for minimum 3 years post registration
* Advance Communication Skills Course
* Mentorship or Leadership experience or evidence of qualities
Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.
Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Jodie Nightingill Job title Lead Nurse Professions and Pathology Email address j.nightingill@nhs.net Telephone number 0300 443 3871 Additional information
Email contact preferred please, due to clinical and operational commitments.
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