Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen within Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at our Chelsea site.
For our Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist we are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic registered nurse, with at least 3 years relevant experience to join the Haematology Cancer Nursing team to cover a period of Maternity leave for a period of 12 months.
A secondment or fixed term contract will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The clinical nurse specialist functions within a field of practice that focuses on the needs of the patient and encompasses interaction with others in delivering nursing, health and social care.
The CNS promotes excellence in nursing practice through the integration of expert clinical practice, education, consultancy, acting as a resource and commitment to nursing research.
This role give the applicant the opportunity to work in a Level II clinical haematology service providing complex chemotherapy (excluding haematopoeitic stem cell transplant) to a diverse population in West London. This role will work alongside the current Haematology/HIV CNS but will encompass HIV negative cancer patients only (although the opportunity for cross cover is subject to discussion). The dedicated team of consultants manage a complex group of patients with disease including myeloma, acute leukaemia, lymphoma and MDS. High dose salvage chemotherapy and BITE immunotherapy is administered at this site in a dedicated haemato-oncology facility. Ideally the applicant will have completed some haemato-oncology training and have expertise in the area of clinical haematology
About us
Working for our organisation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, anda number ofclinics across London and the South-East.
We havenearly 7,000members of staff that arePROUD to Carefornearly 1million people.
Chelsea and Westminsteristhe leading provider of HIV-related cancer care in Europe with a long history of working with the LGBTQ+ community. It treats a broad range of cancers and has links to other oncology centres across the Royal Marsden Partners Network and beyond. 56 Dean Street has for many years specialised in sexual health for the transgender population and theirTransPlusservice became the first integrated gender, sexual health and HIV service commissioned by NHS England in 2023.
We'reone of the best performing Trusts in the country.We'realso one of the top trusts to work for - our staff saysthey'reengaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'.We'vealso been awarded an
'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of thebestin the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description has a full list of the main responsibilities for the role are available in the main text of the documents attached to the advert
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Degree level Education
- Post registration education in relevant speciality
- Cytotoxic administration Qualification
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills course or equivalent
- MSC or working towards
Experience
Essential
- At least 3 years experience of working with Haematology/cancer patients
- Chemotherapy administration
Desirable
- Work at band 7 level
- Experience of running Nurse led clinics
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chelsea
Fulham road Chelsea
London
SW10 9NH