Senior Staff Nurse - SACT Outpatient Service in Bracknell

Due to staff development within our team, we have an exciting opening for a band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to join our highly skilled and knowledgeable SACT outpatients team. The service covers units at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Bracknell Healthspace and West Berkshire Community Hospital, Thatcham. We are open Monday-Friday; 08:30-18:30. Full-time and part-time opportunities can be negotiated; so please feel free to discuss with us further. Informal visits are highly encouraged; for further information please contact Abby Freeman, Lead SACT Nurse (abby.freeman@royalberkshire.nhs.uk).

Main duties of the job:

• We are looking for an experienced nurse with a recent history of SACT administration. You should be skilled in venepuncture and cannulation and be proficient in using CVADs. In addition, you will have completed an accredited SACT course/UKONS passport or equivalent.
• We encourage and support ongoing relevant professional development and many of our band 6 nurses go on to study for their masters in Advanced Clinical Practice in order to be able to provide a high level of clinical expertise to our patients.
• The successful applicant will be able to lead services with a caring, patient-centred approach to the treatment they deliver, and be able to work independently and as part of a team.

About us:

Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK. The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job responsibilities:

• To provide integrated clinical leadership to a team of nurses within outpatient SACT in order to care for patients with cancer to the highest possible standard and develop practice with the support of the SACT unit manager.
• The post-holder will work as a skilled practitioner and will be responsible for the delivery of patient-focused programmes of care, which address the complex and changing health and well-being needs of the client group.
• When required the post-holder will manage the SACT unit on a day-to-day basis reporting to the SACT unit manager.
• To assume responsibility for the operational management of staff and resources in order to provide a safe environment; in the absence of the SACT unit manager, taking a lead in a specific aspect of ward management.
• To act as an expert in SACT delivery and patient assessment relevant to this patient group.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.

Person Specification:

• Education/Qualifications: Registered Adult Nurse (Pt 1/2), Completion of UKONS SACT passport or equivalent, Advanced Communications Course, ILS.
• Experience: Experience of SACT administration, Experience of Leadership/Management and Specialty Development, Experience of mentoring, facilitating, teaching, assessing and/or coaching, Experience of involvement in successful Change Management, Experience of working on a SACT outpatient unit.

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum (pro-rata if part-time).