Overview

Contract Type: 0

Salary: £38682 – £46580

Partner Org: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity for career development and to further improve local chemotherapy services has arisen for an experienced Chemotherapy Nurse who is keen to meet the challenge of developing and improving timeliness and access to our local chemotherapy services.

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and experienced Chemotherapy Nurse who can drive forward the Trust’s vision and values within an existing team and ensure safe high quality care for patients within our care.

Job Summary

  1. To undertake a lead role in the assessment and delivery of professional, effective nursing care to chemotherapy patients ensuring the highest possible standards of care are received by patients and their carers while on the ward/unit;
  2. To support the Ward Manager/Senior Chemotherapy Sister to develop a ‘values based’ team culture through role modelling leadership, professionalism and demonstrating pride in job role and own achievements within the role and to enable others to achieve same;
  3. To act as an excellent clinical role model and team leader to all staff; and

You will need to be experienced, reliable and a flexible approach with a dynamic proactive leadership style. You will need sound up to date clinical skills.

Agreeable to applicants with no SACT course but as a band 5 training post until completion of SACT course 

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

·  Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.

·  National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.

·  We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them.  For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Criteria

Essential criteria
  • • Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
  • • A complete and accurate application
  • • Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
  • • Evidence of essential experience for role
  • • Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
  • • Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
  • • Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
  • • Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Additional information 

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates a 24-hour service, 365 days a year. As such, all nursing, clinical, and operational roles may involve working on a 24/7 shift basis, unless otherwise specified during the recruitment process. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.

Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions. For part time roles you will receive a pro rata’d (proportional) salary payment based on the appropriate pay step/point and hours worked in accordance with AfC and all medical and dental terms and conditions.

Note: Some vacancies may receive a high volume of applications. In such cases, the vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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