Job overview
We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Manager who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre is an 18 chaired outpatient facility where we specialise in the safe and compassionate administration of chemotherapy, biological therapies, immunotherapies and other anti-cancer treatments. We see a broad group of patients undergoing both curative and palliative treatments for a range of different cancer types
This is a full-time position with a shift pattern of 3 shifts 8:00am – 6:00pm and 1 shift 8:00am – 5:30pm.
Demonstrable chemotherapy experience essential.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
You would be joining an experienced and supportive team and have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of professionals including chemotherapy nurses, advanced nurse practitioners and medical oncology consultants.
The successful applicant will need to be a registered nurse with an interest in oncology and experience in the administration of systemic anti-cancer therapies to work in our friendly cancer day unit. Experience in a nursing leadership role will also be required.
Experience of chemotherapy administration, venepuncture and cannulation and leadership is essential for this Nurse Team Manager post.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* BSC Adult Nursing
* Qualification in SACT / Chemotherapy
* Post-reg qualification / module in cancer related subject
Desirable criteria
* Advanced communication course
* Leadership course
* Independent Prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
* Demonstrable experience in the delivery of SACT
* Experience as a Band 6 or above in an acute medical setting
* Experience providing education to junior staff
Desirable criteria
* Experience in appraisals and supporting junior colleagues to undertake leadership responsibilities
Skills
Essential criteria
* Venepuncture and cannulation
* Managing vascular access devices
* Administration of SACT via IV, SC, IM and PO routes
* Detection and escalation of deteriorating patients
Desirable criteria
* Previous use of Healthroster
* Undertaking difficult and sensitive conversations
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Good understanding of infection control issues
* Good understanding of clinical audit
Desirable criteria
* Good understanding service improvement
Other
Essential criteria
* Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues around policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff.