Experienced Staff Nurse - Haematology/Oncology

Job overview

Do you want to be part of the new world leading GOSH Children’s Cancer Centre?

Elephant and Lion wards are now recruiting for experienced staff nurses

We have an exciting opportunity for Experienced Staff Nurses (band 5) to join our teams within Blood Cells and Cancer. BCC is a busy Directorate that provides the most cutting edge and innovative haematology/oncology, bone marrow transplant, immunology, Rheumatology, dermatology and infectious disease treatments?

We care for patients ranging in age from neonates to adolescent. Our patients require a varied input of nursing care from both low to high dependency, and you can gain specialised skills throughout your practice.

We are looking for registered nurses with excellent paediatric clinical skills who are well-motivated, have exceptional communication capabilities, time management skills and a passion to develop their knowledge.

As a Unit we are committed to your professional development and offer educational opportunities which can be individually structured to include study to degree or Masters Level.

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

• To provide the highest standard of nursing care for the children, young people and their families at all times.
• To plan, assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care for individual children and to supervise other staff in this activity.
• To ensure an ongoing welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the children, young people and their families.
• To act as an advocate for the child, young person and family, providing them with information and support and directing them to the relevant support services where appropriate.
• To communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers and other staff, overcoming any barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events.
• To start planning discharges from admission, liaising with the multidisciplinary team, other departments and community services as necessary.
• To develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide holistic, evidence-based nursing care. This includes completion of the Trusts clinical skills competencies and expanded role responsibilities, following appropriate training.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

Applicant requirements

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.