Registered Nurse - Woolverstone Macmillan Centre

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen a Registered Nurse to join the team on the Woolverstone Macmillan Centre at Ipswich Hospital. This is a great opportunity to join a fantastic nurse led outpatient haemato-oncology service.

You will be an enthusiastic, innovative Registered Nurse where you will work in the busy, fast paced environment of a Chemotherapy Day Unit / Outreach clinics. You are required to have recent post registration experience and evidence of relevant post-registration study.

Experience in Oncology & Haematology is not required for this post but you must have a willingness to learn & develop new skills.  Training will be provided in-house. There will also be the opportunity to complete the Guy’s Cancer Academy Systemic Anti-cancer Therapy (SACT) Online course.

If you think you have the passion to ensure the continued development of the cancer services the trust provides we want to hear from you.

This post will be worked within our unit working hours of Monday – Friday 08.00 – 18.00.

This is full time post, part time hours be considered for right candidate.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver high quality, evidence based, safe, cost effective care to all patients and families.
• To complete a recognised accredited Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy course ( SACT)
• To complete the UKINS Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy passport.
• To access patients pre SACT-carrying out a full toxicity screen and ensure the patients are safe to proceed with treatment.
• To work across the clinical areas to develop and enhance clinical skills and practice, including part of a rotation to the Mobile Cancer Unit

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.