Vascular Access CNS

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Vascular Access Specialist Nurse to join our specialist Vascular Access Team at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a highly skilled, dynamic and compassionate nurse who is passionate about vascular access, committed to delivering excellent patient-centred care and keen to contribute to the continued development of our nurse-led service.

The Royal Marsden Vascular Access Team provides a specialist service supporting patients with complex vascular access needs across a wide range of clinical settings. Our team plays a key role in ensuring patients receive the right vascular access device, at the right time, for the right treatment. The successful candidate will join an experienced and supportive team, contributing to specialist clinical practice, education, service improvement and the development of innovative approaches to vascular access care.

Main duties of the job:

• To coordinate and supervise a shift, communicating effectively with members of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality, evidence-led care to patients.
• To exercise clinical judgment and decision making about patient needs in terms of long-term goals or plans.
• To participate fully in the day-to-day organisation and running of the Vascular Access Team including the triage of referrals, PICC insertion, troubleshooting and monitoring of patients with CVADs in situ and liaison as required with other medical teams.

Education/Qualifications:

• RMH Certificate in Intravenous Drug Administration or to be obtained within three months of appointment.
• Be willing to undertake Trust CNS role development programme or be able to demonstrate equivalent competencies.
• Recognised teaching qualification.
• Diploma or Degree level study (or equivalent).
• Qualification in oncology or speciality registration.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Experience:

• Experience in intravenous drug administration.
• Experience in ultrasound cannulation guided techniques and PICC insertion.
• Expert in the care and maintenance of all types of Vascular Access Devices (VADs).
• Sufficient post-registration professional experience in vascular access, oncology or speciality to be confident and competent in using the required skills to do the job.
• Experience in Clinical Management.
• Evidence of relevant teaching experience.
• Previous experience of working as a clinical nurse specialist.
• Experience of audit and research.

Skills:

• Evidence of effective negotiating and influencing skills.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of under-represented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application. All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff:

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease. The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the utmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.