A fixed-term Staff Nurse post on the Haematology and Oncology day unit at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist unit treating patients with cancer and haematological malignancies. The work centres on intensive chemotherapy, blood product support, and recognising and treating neutropenic sepsis, alongside holistic patient management and symptom triage. The unit runs at a fast pace and also covers care after transplant and central line management, with a focus on service quality improvement. Substantial post-registration haematology and oncology experience and clinical teaching are essential.
What the job involves
- Managing patients holistically within the cancer department
- Recognising and treating neutropenic sepsis
- Administering medicines, including chemotherapy
- Providing blood products support and treatment
- Managing central line care
- Managing patients following transplant
- Triaging and supporting patients with symptoms
- Identifying quality improvements
- Helping to develop and improve the Haematology and Oncology service
- Taking a proactive approach to own training and development
Qualifications
- Diploma
Registration & licences
- NMC registration as a Registered Nurse (first level)
Experience
- Substantial post-registration experience in haematology and oncology
- Teaching within a clinical area
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Experience of regularly managing a clinical area and clinical team
Skills & knowledge
- Setting priorities and managing time well
- Team player with team leadership qualities
- Assertiveness and decision making
- Communicating at all levels and influencing
- Delegation and managing change
- Lateral thinking and problem solving
Other
- Ability to communicate effectively in English
- Venepuncture and cannulation
- Central line access and blood products administration training
- Good IT skills
Nice to have
- Degree, or working towards one
- Cytotoxic drugs administration course
- Experience of clinical audit
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
