Senior Staff Nurse (Band 6) Admissions and Pre assessment Department

Senior Staff Nurse (Band 6) Admissions and Pre assessment Department NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area: Admissions
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Flexible working available
Job ref: 282-SB

Employer: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Royal Marsden Chelsea Town, Chelsea
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/03/:59

Job overview

The admission and pre-assessment team in Chelsea is looking for a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills to complete 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. We work collaboratively with the Endoscopy, interventional radiology, private care, and day surgery teams.

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-centred approach.

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

We are looking for 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

• To coordinate and supervise a shift, communicating effectively with members of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, evidence-led care to patients.
• To exercise clinical judgment and decision-making about patient needs in terms of long-term goals or plans.
• To 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 liaison as required with trial sponsors.
• To assume personal accountability for nursing care delivered to a patient in accordance with the NMC code of conduct.
• To promote a safe clinical environment for all patients, visitors, and staff.
• To participate in Trust initiatives around infection control and care quality indicators.
• To assist with any local or trust initiatives to ensure continuous improvement of the quality of services and safeguarding of high standards of care.
• To be aware of all hospital policies and procedures and collaborate with other health care professionals to ensure that these are observed.
• To 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 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, and learning and development opportunities. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values, and can play a crucial role in our ongoing achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Counterchecking patients' vital signs, blood results, patient body surface area, chemotherapy prescription, and consent before administration of treatment.
• Educating patients on their treatment such as indications and side effects.
• Ensuring necessary medication and follow-up appointments are obtained.
• To plan, document, deliver, and evaluate care plans from admission through to discharge/transfer discussing this with the patient, their family, and multi-disciplinary teams and to alert the Sister/Charge Nurse of any changes.
• To set goals for each of the identified nursing issues and encourage/teach other nursing staff to do the same.
• To help the patient achieve set goals through care planning.
• As a specialist cancer nurse, to assess the educational and informational needs of the patient and family, producing and using appropriate materials to ensure optimum understanding of nursing care and the likely outcome.

Person specification Education/Qualifications

• NMC Registration
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• RMH Certificate in Intravenous Drug Administration or to be obtained within three months of appointment
• Qualification in oncology or specialty
• Diploma or Degree level study (or equivalent)
• Recognised teaching qualification

Experience

• Experience in intravenous drug administration
• Sufficient post-registration nursing experience in oncology or specialty to be confident and competent in using the required skills to do the job
• Experience in chemotherapy administration
• Experience in Clinical Management
• Evidence of relevant teaching experience

Skills Abilities/Knowledge

• Experience in oncology or area of specialty
• Venepuncture and/or cannulation skills
• Computer Literacy (e.g. use of Microsoft Word and Outlook)

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 whom we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the utmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden 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.