Specialist Nurse-Cancer Services | Slough | Bank/Ad-Hoc Shifts
Spire Thames Valley has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Specialist Nurse to join the bank team in their Oncology Department
Duties and responsibilities:
To provide exemplary planned care for patients and assist in the management and organisation of care provision in a variety of hospital settings
1. Assess patients’ health and wellbeing across a complex and changing caseload.
2. Assist in the delivery of care to meet individuals’ health and wellbeing needs
3. Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
4. Develop own knowledge and skills and that of others.
5. Promotes best practice in health and safety and security.
6. Assist in maintaining and developing services.
7. Contribute to quality improvement.
8. Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights.
9. Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.
Who we're looking for:
10. Registered Nurse with active NMC PIN
11. Experience of nursing in cancer services is essential
12. Working in teams
13. Work with minimum supervision
14. Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient case mixes
15. Experience in a caring role
Bank Benefits
16. Bank colleagues are paid weekly
17. We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
18. Access to Spire Healthcare pension
19. Access to Blue Light Card discounts
20. Smartspending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
21. Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You’
22. Free uniform
23. Free DBS
24. Full induction, including mandatory training updates
25. Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
26. Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
Our Values:
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
27. Driving clinical excellence
28. Doing the right thing
29. Caring is our passion.
30. Keeping it simple
31. Delivering on our promises
32. Succeeding and celebrating together
We commit to our employees’ well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.