Overview
Comet Chemotherapy Unit, located at Crawley Hospital, provides specialised and compassionate care for Haematology and Oncology outpatients. The unit is divided into two main sections: an outpatient clinic and a day unit. The day unit is equipped with 16 patient chairs and two private single-room units, ensuring both comfort and confidentiality. Here, patients receive a variety of treatments, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, chemo-supportive drugs, blood transfusions, venesections, and routine blood tests.
The outpatient clinic operates with a carefully coordinated schedule. Patients visit Monday through Wednesday to see Haematology consultants and the Haematology CNS for follow-ups, while the Chemotherapy Nurse-Led Clinic runs every Thursday and Friday in the day unit. The unit operates Monday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, excluding weekends and bank holidays. Additionally, the unit is equipped with a blood fridge to store essential blood products on-site.
The Comet Unit is a dynamic and fast-paced environment, offering a wide range of advanced treatments for Haematology and Oncology patients. The multidisciplinary team, which includes Haematology and Oncology consultants based at East Surrey Hospital, the CNS and highly skilled nursing staff, works in unison to provide exceptional care. Working at Comet offers the exciting opportunity to be part of a vibrant and growing team, where staff can contribute to team development, clinical care coordination, and the delivery of high-quality patient services. Senior nurses play a key role in providing clinical supervision, fostering professional growth, and ensuring excellence in patient care. The collaborative, supportive atmosphere within the team makes Comet a truly inspiring place to work.
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England. Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021. National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do. We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Responsibilities
* Contribute to clinical care coordination within the Comet Unit to ensure high-quality patient services.
* Support senior nurses in providing clinical supervision and fostering professional growth for staff.
* Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver care across outpatient and day unit settings.
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