Registered Nurse - Haematology Oncology Day Unit

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff. Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

We have an opportunity to work within Haematology Oncology Day Unit (HODU) and Fareham Haematology Oncology Day Unit (FHODU). The service is spread across the 2 main sites QA hospital in Cosham and Fareham community hospital. The Unit provides Systemic Anti Cancer Therapies (SACT) to cancer patients that live in the South East region of Hampshire, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight. This is an opportunity to develop a career in cancer care, to learn and develop skills such as cannulation, phlebotomy and Central Venous access Devices (CVADs). To develop skills and expected training for SACT such as Chemotherapy, immunotherapy, antibody therapy and hormone therapy etc. We support patients with more chronic diseases as well such as myeloproliferative disorders and complex Haematological disorders such as hemochromatosis or polycythaemia, sickle cell anaemia to name a few. Staff will be expected to learn unique specialised care within HODU and to also complete United Kingdom Oncology Nurses society (UKONs) SACT passport. It is an expectation that nurses complete the passport within 6 months of completion of the training day.

Qualifications

• Essential

• Current RN, registration with NMC and any other relevant post registration qualifications
• Degree in relevant field
• Evidence of recent CPD

• Computer literate, knowledge of patient administration system
• Driving licence

Evidence

• Managing resources and contributing to departmental budget
• Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources
• An awareness of research and evidence-based practice relevant to clinical area

Skills and Knowledge

• Essential

• Clinically competent at Band 5.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Teaching and mentoring skills
• Team building skills
• Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others
• Organisational skills and able to work as part of a team
• Able to support development of others
• Articulate and knowledgeable of current professional nursing issues
• Health promotion
• Advocacy skills
• Strong customer service skills

• Ability to adapt to change within working situation
• Intravenous Therapy Skills
• Mentorship Course

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Seniority level: Entry level

Employment type: Part-time

Job function: Health Care Provider

Industries: Hospitals and Health Care