[ref. e17406500] Staff Nurse

Job overview

The Queen's Centre Outpatient Department is located in the Queens Centre at CHH and is open Monday to Friday 8am – 6pm.

The busy department requires an enthusiastic nurse to join the team.

It is a dedicated service to patients with malignant and non-malignant Oncological and Haematological diseases.

The state of the art outpatients includes medical consultations, radiotherapy treatment and a large day unit that delivers intravenous therapy. The Unit enjoys excellent resources that deliver specialist care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for accessing CVADs, undertaking assessment of blood results to determine if intervention is needed and administering injections as part of the patients overall treatment plan.

Full training will be given. Good communication skills and the ability to work with a multidisciplinary team are essential, as patients are cared for between ward and clinic areas.

It is essential for the post holder to have or be willing to work towards a post basic qualification in a relevant field and complete a SACT UKONS Passport.

Four weeks supernumerary and full mentorship package will be offered to the successful candidate. In order to deliver the best nursing care to our patients we want to do our best to invest in you.

As the post holder develops, they will be responsible for the training and supervision of others and as such, a teaching and assessing or mentoring qualification is desirable.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registration

• cancer related course
• Teaching or Assessing course
• evidence of recent professional development

Experience

• Registered Nurse with 12 months experience minimum

• Previous Outpatient experience
• previous experience in the cancer division

Knowledge, Skills and Ability

• Team worker
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• Able to work in a changing environment
• Demonstrates an understanding of current developments in the specialty
• Motivated and positive

• Computer skills
• Evidence of practical and theoretical skills
• Demonstrate an understanding of preceptorship/mentor ship
• Show an awareness of risk assessment
• Extended scope of practice to include I.V’s., venepuncture and cannulation