Senior Staff Nurse - Haematology Ward

Job overview

Senior Staff Nurse - Haematology Ward

West Ward at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has a full time vacancy for a band 6 senior staff nurse.  West Ward is a Haematology Day Unit open Monday to Friday 0830-1700 hrs offering a comprehensive range of treatments, procedures and monitoring interventions to Haematology patients.  We are looking for a hardworking, motivated nurse with at least 1 year post registration experience and chemotherapy competent to join our friendly team at an exciting time of service development and expansion.  The successful candidate will have the support and opportunity to further develop their clinical  skills.

Main duties of the job

• Safe administration of medication via different routes.
• Team working.
• Patient safety.
• Chemotherapy administration
• Clinical skills trained.
• Patient assessment .
• To provide efficient, effective and evidence-based nursing care to patients on West Day Bed unit.
• To be competent in the recognition of life threatening/reactions and act appropriately.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the job role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

This job description is not exhaustive and will be subject to periodic review in association with the post-holder.