Staff Nurse (BAND 6) - Centre for Urgent Care

at  The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced staff nurse for the Centre for Urgent Care (CUC) and Royal Marsden Macmillan Hotline (RMMH) based at the Chelsea site. We are looking for an outstanding individual to join a team of highly experienced nurses who provide excellent nursing care and strive to make a difference.
CUC is opened Monday to Friday from 0800 -2030H and provides advanced nursing care to patients of the Royal Marsden Hospital who present with acute symptoms related to their disease or treatment. It supports patients on an ambulatory care pathway and provides care for elective patients booked for day case procedures.
The Royal Marsden Macmillan Hotline is a 24/7 telephone service which provides patients of the Royal Marsden Hospital with a single point of access for support when they become unwell because of their disease or treatment.
This role involves working across both CUC and RMMH and the post requires excellent clinical decision-making and diagnostic skills to appropriately manage patients both in person and via telephone consultations.
Please contact Kimberly Fricker on 02073528171 extension number 4637, if you would like further information about the post or if you would like to arrange an informal visit.
To coordinate and supervise a shift, communicating effectively with members of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality, evidence-led care to patients.
To effectively plan, manage and evaluate care of patients that are being managed on the unit including acute oncology patients, surgical and haematological patients
To work on the hotline (triaging, advising and prioritising patient care)
To exercise clinical judgment and decision making about patient needs in terms of long term goals or
plans.
To support junior staff on the unit
To act as a role model to others on the unit
To actively take part in conducting short teaching sessions on the unit
To be engaged in quality improvement
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.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
To provide skilled care and expertise in venepuncture and/or cannulation. To assess patients for a suitable central venous access device. To provide education to patients on the care and
management of central venous access devices and to adopt a problem solving approach to managing complications with all vascular access devices.
To be knowledgeable of any treatment in progress in the specialty they are working in, and to adopt a problem solving approach to symptom management and minimizing adverse reactions. Once suitably trained and dependent on the clinical area, administer / check cytotoxic drugs, intravenous antibiotics, novel therapies, trial drugs and supportive therapies, including all necessary blood products.
To look after all patients in protective and contact isolation as necessary with strict infection control measures, while educating and giving psychosocial support to them, their families and
more junior members of staff

Please refer the Job description for details