We require reliable, enthusiastic and motivated Oncology Nurses to join our bank within Northumberland and North Tyneside.
In Return You Will Can Offer You
* Flexible hours; choose when and where you want to work
* Competitive pay rates; including enhanced pay for unsociable hours
* Paid annual leave
* NHS pension scheme
* A fast-track recruitment process if you move to a substantive role
* Opportunities to work in different wards and departments, including community, dental and specialist services
* Access to Services, such as those provided by our Staff Wellbeing Team
* Ability to book your shifts from home using our online portal
* Option to block-book shifts in a set period
* SMS notifications of shift availability
* Access to staff newsletters and bulletins
* Eligible for various local and national discounts which are available to NHS staff
* Free uniform, where applicable
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
There are bank assignments all around the Trust, including our community settings in Haltwhistle, Berwick, Alnwick, Morpeth, Rothbury, Blyth as well as our main hospitals in Hexham, Ashington, North Tyneside and Cramlington. We have a range of shifts, 7 days per week including day shifts, early shifts, late shifts, twilight, nights and weekends. With bank you can pick and choose which shifts suit you.
Main Duties Of The Role Include
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the nurse led oncology day unit team under the direction of the Unit Manager.
To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the unit, in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.
To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
With appropriate training and support safely administer a wide range of Anti-Systemic Cancer Treatment (SACT) and supportive care to patients.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amanda Walshe Job title: Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse
* Cancer/Oncology Email address: amanda.walshe@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk Alternatively you can contact
Marie Edmonds
marie.edmonds@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Tel: 07464430523 #J-18808-Ljbffr