# Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) Staff Nurse MRU

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust
- **Town:** Hereford
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata
- **Contract type:** 12 months (fixed term)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T08:40:40.659Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Hereford/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/Macmillan_Renton_Unit/Macmillan_Renton_Unit-v8164683
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8164683?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Macmillan Renton Unit is an outpatient unit, providing services such as Haematology, Oncology. Gynaecology, Breast Clinics, Urology and Systemic Anti Cancer Treatment (SACT) to patients within Herefordshire and surrounding areas.

We are a satellite site for Cheltenham hospital, which means we are able to treat our patients closer to their homes.

The hours worked are flexible by negotiation, agreed to suit the service and the applicant to ensure a good work life balance.

Due to additional investment to future proof the systemic anti-cancer treatment staff nurse team in the oncology treatment unit and internal progression, there is  opportunity for a band 5 nurse to  join our team.

We would also welcome those already with their SACT competencies to please apply.

This is a rewarding and exciting role, you will need to have excellent leadership and management, communication, organisational skills and the ability to foster good working relationships, offering care in a professional manner.

For more information please contact Hannah Linton extension 5619.

### Main duties of the job

This is a well-supported role and you will need to have sound leadership skills, excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to foster good working relationships, offering care in a professional manner.

The ideal candidate will be a progressive thinking nurse with the ability to work autonomously with support from the multi-disciplinary team.

You will be able to evidence proven consolidation of your post registration practice, ideally in an area that you can demonstrate a commitment to further development and relevant transferable skills.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Cannulation and venepuncture or willingness to undertake training
- Administration of Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment / or willing to undertake training
- Experience in the care of patients with Central Venous Catheters or willingness to undertake training
- Experience of teaching within clinical areas
- Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information and situations

### Education & Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Adult Level 1 Nurse (NMC)
- Proven post registration working in an acute clinical setting

### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

**Essential**

- Leadership ability
- Team player
- To be flexible and adaptable
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Knowledge of audit process and quality monitoring
- Provide and receive complex/sensitive information

## Documents

- [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985)
- [band 5 sact nurse (pdf, 200.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10465930)

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