Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse - Oncology Day Unit
Requirements
Candidates must be a Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC register with substantial post-registration experience in a complex healthcare setting. They should demonstrate leadership abilities and have experience in mentoring and supervising junior staff.
Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Registered Nurse to join the team. You need to be competent in cannulation and phlebotomy and administering SACT chemotherapy.
The unit is nurse led and the post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and toxicity assessment pre administration of chemotherapy and provide a specialist Oncology nursing service to patients, families, carers and health professionals.
From the time you join us, you'll have access to learning, development and training opportunities.
Undertaking quality improvement initiatives such as audits, research and evidenced based practice and service development projects.
In the absence of the Senior Charge Nurse or Deputy Charge Nurse you will take charge of the clinical area to ensure effective operation of the department.
We aim to provide an individualised and supportive environment for patients. Supporting the junior team helping them develop their skills to reach their full potential.
We actively support professional development through provision of places on national study days and conferences where appropriate
The unit is open Monday-Friday 08.30-19.00hours (Including Bank Holidays). Saturdays 08:00-16:00 hours.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
Safely assess patients coming in for SACT and be confident in managing treatment related toxicities. Safely administer all routes of Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatments. Cannulation, venepuncture. Be competent in accessing Central venous access devices. Time management of the day unit and supporting junior staff.
Deputise for band 7, manage sickness, complaints and staffing issues.
Pre proceed treatments for the next day, making decisions on supportive treatments and escalating as needed.
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC register
- Health care management / leadership qualification
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience working in a complex health care setting / Acute NHS care setting supervising / mentoring junior staff
- Evidence of professional /clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical and or managerial training and CPD
- Can demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
- Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
- Relevant and recent clinical experience within the speciality /acute care setting, including the supervision /education of junior staff
- Experience of mentoring undergraduate students
- Evidence of ability to lead /coordinate a shift /area of department
- Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice.
- Demonstrable ability, experience, passion in the following:
oTeam Building
oManaging resources
oTime management
oRole modelling
oChange management / clinical developments
oClinical governance
oAudit and research
oWorkforce planning / management
oNHS policy and political awareness
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory acquired through CPD
- Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
- Competence in expanded clinical practice associated with the role
- Excellent Communication skills /written / verbal / IT
- Ability to work under pressure across competing demands
- Ability to articulate the principles of safeguarding and mental capacity
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Approachable and friendly
- Supportive
- Flexible
- Well organised
- Effective communicator
- Sound clinical reasoning and decision making
- Ability to perform in complex and challenging situations
- Ability to inspire and lead a team
- Ability to work flexible shift pattern, where required to include rotation to day /night duty and unsocial hours according to service need
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Andrea Fernyhough
Andrea.Fernyhough@uhb.nhs.uk
01213717969
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-1099645
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
JD PS.pdf – 466KB Opens in a new window
Education
["professional certificate"]
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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