Employer Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site NGS Macmillan Unit, Chesterfield Royal Hospital Town Chesterfield Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/10/2025 23:59
Chemotherapy Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
The post holder will assist qualified nursing staff with the provision of high quality care to patients receiving a variety of chemotherapy and anti-cancer treatments.
You will need to be a passionate, dedicated individual who is caring and hard working to join the fantastic chemotherapy team.
Main duties of the job
* Under the direction of qualified staff, assist with the delivery of a programme of care undertaking duties as delegated by qualified members of the nursing team.
* Communicate all relevant information concerning the patient’s needs/cares to the appropriate qualified nurse responsible for the patient.
* Contribute to effective communication in the ward/department by assisting with appropriate administration duties.
* Work with colleagues in the control of infection; having an awareness of current practices and participating in decontamination duties.
* Work with colleagues to promote the development of the nursing model and agreed ward objectives.
* Work with colleagues to continually improve standards of nursing practice.
* Maintain good working relationships with other members of staff.
* Be familiar and comply at all times with relevant operational, personnel, health & safety policies, procedures and protocols applicable to the post.
* Acknowledge patients/relatives concerns and complaints and referring on to the appropriate colleagues as required.
* Assist the Sister/Charge Nurse to ensure that services comply with the standards required by the Professional Bodies.
* As part of the Trust’s appraisal process, identify own learning needs and participate in continual development of a learning environment, to gain and share knowledge and skills.
* Completion of the Care Certificate & t o commence the QCF level 2 Clinical Healthcare Support and complete within 12 months.
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Compassion, Achievement, Relationships, Environment
At the modern NGS Macmillan Unit, based at Chesterfield Royal, our Proud to CARE ethos is at the heart of how we run the hospital looking after our patients and taking care of our staff:
Compassion
* Compassionate care delivered with professionalism and a positive, friendly attitude
* Care that preserves dignity and respects the person; putting patients at the heart of all we do
* Respecting the unique and individual contribution that each of our staff members make offering a fair, positive and inclusive environment, recognising diversity and using it to enrich our organisation
* Achievement
* Excellent care, safe services and a positive experience every time
* Exceeding expectations by delivering first-class performance, bettering national standards through innovation and ingenuity
Relationships
* An open and honest relationship with our patients, staff, partners and our communities
* Working in partnership in the interests of our patients
* Acting in a socially responsible way and meeting our commitments to the local community.
Environment
* Providing a hospital environment that is modern, clean and safe – conducive to care andrecovery; and a good place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will assist qualified nursing staff with the provision of high quality care to patients receiving a variety of chemotherapy and anti-cancer treatments. You will need to be a passionate, dedicated individual who is caring and hard working willing to join the hard working and professional chemotherapy team.
This job description attached acts as a guideline to the responsibilities of the post holder and will be reviewed in consultation with the post holder and amended to meet changing professional and service needs.
Person specification
Qualification & Training
* Education to GCSE standard (or equivalent), to include Maths & English Care Certificate (or willing to work towards)
* QCF level 2 Clinical Healthcare Support or willing to work towards and complete within 12 months
* Care Certificate (or willing to work towards)
* Ability to take ECGs (or willing to work towards)
* Cancer related courses of study days
* SAGE & THYME
* Advanced communication training
Experience
* Understands the need for confidentiality
* Understands & committed to a caring approach to patients, relatives/carers
* Experience of looking after people with cancer
* Must be able to venepuncture and cannulate
* Experience in a NHS/health care setting.
* Experience working in a surgical/medical/emergency care setting
Demonstrates Trusts Values
* Compassion, Achievement, Relationships, Environment – Proud to CARE
Personal Attributes
* Able to work & cope with rotating shift patterns (early or late shifts over 7 days if necessary - not nights)
* Able to move (manual handling) patients & equipment e.g. patient hoists, commodes, wheelchairs etc.
* Able to deal with exposure to bereavement & highly emotive situations
* Professional appearance/approach to work
Skills & Knowledge
* Able to demonstrate a caring approach to patients & relatives & works so that patients’ dignity & respect is maintained at all times.
* Able to communicate routine information including observations effectively verbally & written to staff, patients/relatives.
* Able to prioritise own workload.
* Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.
* Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team
* Familiarity with CRHFT IT systems, Medway & ICE
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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