Job description

Job responsibilities

Chemotherapy Nurse | Band 5 - dependent on experience | Full time 37.5 hours | Monday to Friday and participation in scheduled on-call service| Southampton | Access further education-after qualifying period

Are you an experienced chemotherapy nurse? Would you like a new opportunity to work within a small happy team in a unit with developmental opportunities? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Here at Spire Southamptonwe pride ourselves on the highest standards of care for our patients and the ability to dedicated time to ensuring our small-dedicated team supports all aspects of care. We work closely and flexibly with dynamic oncologists and haematologists in delivering a range of treatments to patients with breast, colorectal, prostate and haematological cancers. We also work closely with external organisations such as the Acute Trusts, Hospices and charities as well as internally with our other colleagues in pharmacy, radiology, outpatients, theatre and the ward.

Spire Southampton Hospital offers world-class care, attracting patients from across the South of England and internationally. We deliver some of the best cardiac surgery results in the country. Our Critical Care department and multidisciplinary team offer you peace of mind for our wide range of treatments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Patient assessment
• Organisation of certain parts of the cancer journey
• Cannulation and delivery of chemotherapy
• Patient/relative/ carer support, education and delivery of information
• Supporting outpatient oncology clinics where bad news may be delivered
• Working as a part of team to promote the survivorship initiative
• Working with external organizations required to ensure best outcomes for patients
• Referral of patients to other services

Who we are looking for:

• Registered Nurse
• Qualified in venepuncture and cannulation and the use of CVADs with evidence of regular competency assessment
• Qualified in the Safe handling and administration of SACT (accredited course) with evidence of regular competency assessment
• Work with minimum supervision within a nurse led environment
• Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient case mixes in individuals with a cancer diagnosis

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• Spire for you reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group that has been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 40 years. We have 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please [email protected]

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, its their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Qualified in venepuncture and cannulation and the use of CVAD's with evidence of regular competency assessment
• Qualified in the Safe handling and administration of SACT (accredited course) with evidence of regular competency assessment

Experience

Essential

• Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient case mixes in individuals with a cancer diagnosis

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Spire Healthcare Ltd

Address

Chalybeate Cl,

Southampton

SO16 6UY