Job Overview
Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse (SACT Outpatients)
This is a fixed-term/secondment opportunity for 9 months (25/05/2026 to 28/02/2027) to cover maternity leave.**
Due to staff development within our team, we have an exciting opening for a band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to join our highly skilled and knowledgeable SACT outpatients team.
The service covers units at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Bracknell Healthspace and West Berkshire Community Hospital, Thatcham.
We are open Monday-Friday; 08:30-18:30.
Informal visits are highly encouraged; for further information please contact Lead SACT Nurse Abby Freeman ( [email protected] )
Additionally, if you are looking to start a career in oncology and wish to discuss band 5 opportunities, please do get in contact.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced nurse with a recent history of SACT administration to join our SACT outpatients team for a period of 12 months. The applicant should be skilled in venepuncture and cannulation and be proficient in using CVAD's. In addition, they will have completed an accredited SACT course/UKONs Passport or equivalent.
The successful applicant will be able to lead services with a caring, patient-centered approach to the treatment they deliver, and be able to work independently and as part of a team.
Working for our organisation
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
1/ To provide integrated clinical leadership to a team of nurses within outpatient SACT in order to care for patients with cancer to the highest possible standard and develop practice with the support of the SACT unit manager.
2/ The post-holder will work as a skilled practitioner and will be responsible for the delivery of patient-focused programmes of care, which address the complex and changing health and well-being needs of the client group.
3/ When required the post-holder will manage the SACT unit on a day-to-day basis reporting to the SACT unit manager.
4/ To assume responsibility for the operational management of staff and resources in order to provide a safe environment; in the absence of the SACT unit manager, taking a lead in a specific aspect of ward management.
5/ To act as an expert in SACT delivery and patient assessment relevant to this patient group.
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details of the role.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
Registered Adult Nurse (Pt 1/2)
Completion of UKONS SACT passport or equivalent
Desirable criteria
Advanced Communications Course
Post-graduate cancer qualification
ILS
Experience
Essential criteria
Experience of SACT administration
Experience of Leadership/Management and Specialty Development
Post-qualification Oncology/Haematology experience
Experience of mentoring, facilitating, teaching, assessing and/or coaching
Desirable criteria
Experience of involvement in successful Change Management
Experience of working on a SACT outpatient unit