Junior Sister

Are you interested in joining a stimulating environment that is committed to fulfilling the needs of its staff as well as its patients?

If you are, then Day Care Services may be for you. The Olayan unit is a day care facility, providing intravenous chemotherapy and supportive therapies to patients with a wide variety of Solid and Haematological cancers. The unit offers a modern, pleasant environment to ensure comfort and a relaxed setting throughout the patient’s pathway. We are committed to providing the highest quality care and maintaining consistently high standards in a professional and friendly atmosphere.

Olayan Unit is looking for a highly motivated clinical junior manager ideally with band 6 Senior staff nurse experience and a background of SACT and Stem cell transplant experience.

T he Junior clinical managers responsibility will be to support the senior management team to provide strong proactive clinical leadership of the nursing and support worker team, which is motivating, supportive and sets clear boundaries resulting in high quality safe patient care. The post-holder will co-ordinate the nursing team by liaising with other members of MDT to ensure continuity of care for patients and on-going managerial support whilst upholding the trust’s values of pioneering change, pursuing excellence, working collaboratively, and showing kindness.

To assist the Sister/Charge Nurse in creating and maintaining a safe, therapeutic clinical environment for all patients and their families who come to the area. The postholder will work with the Sister/ Charge Nurse to co-ordinate all functions and activities to ensure a smooth running service to patients and their families.

To assist the Sister/Charge Nurse in managing resources within the clinical area in a cost effective way. This includes maintaining and monitoring equipment and being proactive in managing staff rosters to minimise the use of temporary staffing.

To assist in providing strong proactive clinical leadership of the nursing and support workers that is motivating, supportive and sets clear boundaries resulting in high quality safe patient care. The post-holder will deputise for the Sister/Charge Nurse and co-ordinate the nursing teams by liaising with all staff nurses and clerical staff to ensure continuity of care for patients and on-going managerial support for staff.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

In return for your commitment, we can provide flexible working patterns to help maintain your work/life balance. We are dedicated to supporting all staff and do so by providing individualised professional development opportunities and excellent staff support facilitation.

If you are committed to providing patient focused care and would like to join our team, then we would like to hear from you.

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

To provide strong leadership of the nursing and support workers within the department. This includes:
Identifying training and development needs of staff in line with departmental and Trust Objectives and ensuring all new staff receive core and departmental induction

Ensuring staff are appraised annually, have clear objectives which link to department, division/directorate or corporate objectives and a personal development plan

Ensuring performance and attendance issues are dealt with in an appropriate and timely manner and follow the Trust's Disciplinary or Poor Performance Procedures where formal action is necessary - Observing and continually promoting equal opportunities in compliance with the Trust's policies on Equality and Diversity and Dig