Homecare Chemotherapy Sister (BAND 6) - Olayan Day Care Unit
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area Chemotherapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week Job ref 282-C1121960
Employer The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton Town Sutton Salary £44,485 - £52,521 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/12/2025 23:59
Job overview
Are you interested in joining a stimulating environment that is committed to fulfilling the needs of its staff as well as its patients? If you are, the Homecare Service may be for you. Homecare is a community-based role delivering sub-cutaneous systemic anti-cancer therapy and supportive therapies to patients with a wide variety of cancers within their own homes. We are committed to providing the highest quality care and maintaining consistently high standards in a professional and friendly atmosphere. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual who can work autonomously. If you are committed to providing patient focused care and would like to join our team, then we would like to hear from you
Main duties of the job
As part of the national drive to bring healthcare closer to home and reduce reliance on hospital-based services, The Royal Marsden has developed a comprehensive Homecare Chemotherapy Service. This initiative enables patients to receive treatment in their own homes—reducing hospital visits, minimising travel, and significantly enhancing their overall experience of care.
This role involves the administration of subcutaneous systemic anti-cancer therapies and supportive treatments to patients with haematological, breast, and gastrointestinal cancers. You will visit patients in their homes to deliver these therapies, ensuring they receive safe, effective, and compassionate care in a familiar environment.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
* Counterchecking patients’ vital signs, blood results, patient body surface area, chemotherapy prescription and consent before administration of treatment.
* Educating patients on their treatment such as indications and side effects.
* Ensuring necessary medication and follow up appointments are obtained.
* To plan, document, deliver and evaluate care plans from the start of their treatment at home, through to completion / transfer to MDU for treatment discussing and agreeing this with the patient, their family and multi-disciplinary teams and to alert the Sister/Charge Nurse of any changes.
* To set goals in partnership with the patient for each of the identified nursing issues and encourage / teach other nursing staff to do the same.
* To support the patient, achieve set goals through care planning and support them with independent management of their treatment.
* To reduce inappropriate hospital admissions and support the co-ordination of care with the MDU team.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* Qualified RGN with current registration with NMC
* Relevant post registration study at Diploma/Degree level and relevant CPD
Experience
* Multidisciplinary teamwork
* Administering chemotherapy
* Supervising and mentoring staff
* Conflict management
* Managing the needs of complex cancer patients
* Undertaking clinical audit and evaluation as required
* Contributing towards policy development and review
Skills Abilities/knowledge
* Clear understanding of current national and local agenda
* Ability to demonstrate evidence based clinical practice
* Insight into current issues relating to delivery of community/primary care
* Understanding of the Care Quality Commission and policies
* Good understanding of change management Demonstrate an understanding of quality and risk
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.
All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.
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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