Ward Sister

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced clinical leader as Sister/ Charge Nurse for the Centre for Urgent Care (CUC) and Royal Marsden Hotline (RM Hotline) based at the Sutton site.

We have a friendly and flexible team of nurses already within the unit and are looking to recruit a forward thinking individual who will continue to foster, demonstrate and encourage moral leadership and innovative practice within the multidisciplinary team.

CUC is open Monday to Friday and provides advanced nursing care to patients of the Royal Marsden Hospital who present with acute symptoms related to their disease or treatment, supports patients on an ambulatory care pathway, or provides care for elective patients booked for day case procedures.

The Royal Marsden Hotline is a 24/7 service which provides patients of the RMH with a single point of access for support when they become unwell because of their disease or treatment.  This role includes daily management and coordination of both CUC and the RM Hotline. Additionally, the Sister/Charge Nurse will participate as a member of the Acute Oncology Service Team, collaborating with AOS consultants and ANPs. Candidates should be Registered Nurses with relevant experience in patient assessment, clinical decision-making, diagnostics, and ward or unit management.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead the Nursing team in providing care to patients. The post holder should work effectively within a team environment, have good communication skills, initiative, demonstrate enthusiasm about the role and share our passion and vision for providing high quality patient care. We are looking for highly motivated candidate to come and join our specialised team.

As the Ward Manager you have responsibility for the safe and effective running of the Unit, managing demand within current financial expectations. You will be responsible for the recruiting, developing and retainment of your staff and must encourage an open, no blame culture of reporting.

Key responsibilities of the job include but are not limited to:

Planning and co-ordinating the quality and management of nursing care, patient care and the clinical environment -    Roster management -    Quality improvement objectives -    Ensuring the Unit complies with statutory regulations, current legislation and meets quality standards -    Responsibility for efficient and effective use of nursing resources -    Leadership -    Visible presence -    Education -    Responding to complaints -    Managing challenging situations

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification

• Provide clinical leadership and maintain credibility through practice and professional update.
• To evaluate the door to needle time of one hour for patients with suspected neutropenic sepsis (Neutropenic Sepsis Pathway Audit Form)
• Work with the Acute Oncology Team to further establish the Acute Oncology Service (Chelsea and Sutton) within the Trust to comply with national guidance re: Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression (MSCC), Neutropenic Sepsis and other acute oncological emergencies.
• To implement the Acute Oncology Measures published in the Manual for Cancer Services
• To utilise the findings of nursing research to optimise high quality care.
• Act as an expert AOS nurse and resource for patients, families and staff.
• Admit and discharge patients as their needs require.
• Perform Health Assessment of patients, including obtaining the history; conducting the physical examination and assessment of psychological wellbeing and carrying out treatments in line with local and national guidelines.
• Order, interpret blood tests and initiate appropriate action as required.
• Order diagnostic tests as appropriate.
• Maintain own clinical skills including venepuncture, cannulation and accessing CVADs to give care to patients.
• Prescribe/administer medication within the remit of group protocols/patient group directives and/or non-medical nurse prescribing.
• Facilitate the further development of clinical skills for all nurses caring for patients.