Senior Staff Nurse (BAND 6) - Admissions & Pre assessment Unit Sutton

Senior Staff Nurse (BAND 6) - Admissions & Pre assessment Unit Sutton NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Admissions & Pre-Assessment Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 282- SB

Employer: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: The Royal Marsden Sutton

Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 25/03/:59

Job overview

The Admissions & Pre-Assessment team in Sutton is looking for a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills to join our team. The team consists of Nurses, anaesthetists, health care assistants, administrators, technicians (CPET and ECHO), research nurses, and anaemia service CNS.

We provide a nurse-led clinic supported by our anaesthetic consultants for patients undergoing surgery for a range of procedures and specialties. We also support the elective admission pathway in the hospital and work closely with the Clinical site practitioners. Collaborative work with the Endoscopy, interventional radiology, private care, and day surgery teams is also essential.

Our aim is to provide safe, effective pre-operative care, ensuring a safe patient assessment in line with Royal Marsden and National guidelines, delivering a high standard of care with a patient-centered approach.

Recently, this team has supported the pre-operative pathway for oncology patients across London to continue to deliver as much cancer treatment as possible, with an initial focus on surgery.

We seek someone with a positive and progressive attitude, the ability to problem-solve, competent in advanced assessment skills, and who works well in a multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

• Coordinate and supervise a shift, communicating effectively with members of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, evidence-led care to patients.
• Exercise clinical judgment and decision-making about patient needs in terms of long-term goals or plans.
• Participate fully in the day-to-day organization and running of clinical trials, including the recruitment, education, and monitoring of patients entering a clinical trial and liaising as required with trial sponsors.
• Assume personal accountability for nursing care delivered to patients in accordance with the NMC code of conduct. Expectations include:

1. Promote a safe clinical environment for all patients, visitors, and staff.
2. Participate in Trust initiatives around infection control and care quality indicators.
3. Assist with local or trust initiatives to ensure continuous improvement of service quality and safeguarding high standards of care.
4. Be aware of all hospital policies and procedures and collaborate with other healthcare professionals to ensure compliance.
5. Help foster a supportive working environment and maintain staff morale.

Working for our organisation

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 contribute globally to better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in various 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, understanding 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.

Our dedicated team offers a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, and learning and development opportunities. We seek employees who aspire to excellence, share our values, and can play a crucial role in our ongoing achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

• Complete the first level assessment of patients with cancer and their families to understand their physiological, psycho-social, spiritual, and cultural needs, developing a supportive attitude to ensure these needs are met. This includes:
• Counterchecking patients' vital signs, blood results, patient body surface area, chemotherapy prescription, and consent before treatment administration.
• Educating patients on their treatment, including indications and side effects.
• Ensuring necessary medication and follow-up appointments are obtained.
• Planning, documenting, delivering, and evaluating care plans from admission through to discharge/transfer, discussing these with the patient, their family, and multi-disciplinary teams, and alerting the Sister/Charge Nurse of any changes.
• As a specialist cancer nurse, assess the educational and informational needs of the patient and family, producing and using appropriate materials to ensure optimum understanding of nursing care and likely outcomes.
• Provide skilled care and expertise in venepuncture and/or cannulation, assessing patients for suitable central venous access devices, and educating patients on the care and management of these devices while adopting a problem-solving approach to complications.

Person specification Qualification

• Unrestricted NMC Registration to practice.
• Post graduate level in the relevant specialty/continuing professional education.
• Relevant degree or working towards master's level.
• Clinical supervision training/experience, Mentorship/Teaching Qualification.
• Physical assessment.

Experience

• Experience in the care of surgical and/or endoscopy patients.
• Pre-assessment experience for both general anaesthetic and sedation.
• Experience in managing nurse-led clinics.
• Experience in facilitation, teaching, assessing, and coaching team members/students.

Skills

• Competent in venepuncture and cannulation.
• Excellent and compassionate communication ability.
• Motivated and enthusiastic individual; possessing a "can do" attitude.
• Ability to work as part of a team and in collaboration with others using effective verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational ability, prioritizing own work and others.
• Creative, resourceful, and innovative in the delivery of care to patients and the provision of services.
• Able to navigate computer systems easily.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (MS Word).
• RMH Certificate in venepuncture and cannulation to be obtained within three months of appointment.
• Typing speed between 25-30 words per minute.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden, we have an immune-compromised patient population who we must protect against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK, and it is our expectation that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.