Staff Nurse (Band 6) - Markus Ward

at  The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, a world-leading cancer centre, are looking to appoint a Band 6 nurse to join the Markus Ward team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse who can provide high quality patient care. The successful candidate will be able to work within a team and foster good communication to enhance the patient experience.
Markus ward is an 8 person, single-roomed, Private Patient medical oncology unit specialising in the delivery of inpatient chemotherapy regimens and management of symptoms caused by cancer and its various treatment modalities.
The post requires a nurse who shows passion in working with oncology patients, is hard-working, who works well within a team, is flexible and committed to the team and patients.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dedicated, professional and friendly team with a diverse patient group and with great potential for clinical and educational development.
There are plenty of opportunities whilst working within The Royal Marsden. We will support you to develop your competencies and skills and there will be plenty of study days you could attend and opportunities to join the Royal Marsden school for further studies.
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. THERE IS AN EXPECTATION FOR POST HOLDERS:

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 the 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.
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 complete the first level assessment of patients with cancer and their families to gain an understanding of their physiological, psycho-social, spiritual and cultural needs and to develop a positive, realistic and supportive attitude to ensure that these needs are met. This will include:
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.
Administer medicines as prescribed with adherence to Guidelines for Medicines Administration (NMC2002) and The Royal Marsden Medicines Management Policy. This will exclude administration by the intravenous route or through subcutaneous syringe driver until you have passed the written drug administration test and have been assessed as competent

Please refer the Job description for details