Department Sister

Job overview

Sister Band 7

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Outpatient Department Chelsea

• Hrs 12 months Mat leave cover

The Royal Marsden is a centre of excellence with an international reputation for ground-breaking research, complex major surgery and pioneering the very latest in cancer treatments and technologies. At the Royal Marsden we have a distinct set of values that define what we are and how we behave.

Our values encompass showing kindness and compassion and putting our patient care first, offering ideas for improving the quality and safety of services and supporting others in new ways of working, taking responsibility for personal and team performance and priorities and striving to ensure quality of services and make the best use of resources. We strive for excellence in all that we do and encourage professional development for all staff.

The Outpatient Department is a very busy and vibrant department providing a wide variety of outpatient clinics, including surgical, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy and a  phlebotomy service.  The successful candidate will be expected to work collaboratively with multi-professional teams, helping to support new clinics being set up and support current clinics, and support with training requirements in the department.

Please contact Matron Laura Asika Ext 1461 for any further information.

Main duties of the job

The role is to create and maintain a safe, therapeutic clinical environment for all patients and their families within the Outpatients Department and to liaise with other  departments, RDAC, Radiology, Administrative Team and other services within the Trust

The post-holder will co-ordinate all functions and activities to ensure excellent customer focused service by treating patients, their families, friends, carers and staff with professionalism respect and dignity

The Sister will provide strong proactive clinical leadership of the nursing and support workers that are motivating, supportive and sets clear boundaries resulting in high quality safe patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification

To promote a patient focused multidisciplinary approach to care in collaboration with carers, other health care professionals and external agencies.

To undertake appropriate assessment of the needs of the patient and family and organising their care whilst undergoing diagnostic and or assessment procedures within the units.

To ensure good communication with other departments to maximise continuity of care and ensure appropriate information and support for patients following their visit to the unit.