SACT Sister

Job summary

This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic nurse to develop professionally and expand their clinical leadership skills by becoming part of SACT Nursing Team.

You must have a comprehensive understanding of cancer patient's needs; advanced communication skills for advising patients, relatives and other health professionals along with excellent SACT administration and complication management skills.

You must be flexible and able to work shifts across 7 days per week.

Main duties of the job

A commitment to quality improvement and patient safety is a must. You will need to be dynamic with an ability to work on your own initiative and be able to Co-ordinate and prioritize care in a busy environment, whilst supporting and managing staff. This will include the assessment of patients and clinical decision making both at Velindre and in the outreach clinics. To provide safe delivery and care of our patient receiving treatment. You will be using your clinical skills to assess patients who are attending for treatment and/or those who become unwell during treatment. You will also need to be confident in your skills as part of the role will include undertaking assessments of patients via the SACT Treatment Helpline Service.

A key part of the role as a Charge Nurse is to provide mentoring and support/guidance to the junior members of the SACT Nursing Team.

You will join a forward thinking and innovative team who are committed to improving the care for patients receiving oncology treatment. Flexibility in approach and commitment to service is essential for this post as it will cover all nursing areas including inpatient, day case, and chemotherapy and outreach settings.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Registered nurse. Educated Degree Knowledge of guiding oncology/palliative care policy for practice.

Desirable

Masters Degree Clinical Assessment Module

Experience

Essential

oncology expereince evidence of CPD

Desirable

Evidence of wider oncology experience. Demonstrate evidence of departmental and onsite wider management skills.

Skills

Essential

Demonstrate advanced level of communication skills. Evidence of management and leadership skills Has evidence of competence in advanced clinical skills. EG. ILS/ chemotherapy administration Ability to be constructive through diplomacy and negotiation

Desirable

Evidence of ability to work flexibly across clinical areas and with other professionals in practice. Ability to speak Welsh - Level 1

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