Staff Nurse - Oncology Outpatients

at  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced oncology nurse or perhaps looking to make a difference in a new specialty? Would you like to join a successful team delivering best patient care?
We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative, forward thinking nurse to support our busy oncology outpatient clinic. You will provide expert knowledge and clinical judgment for our staff and patients.
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 on-going achievements.
You will be expected to co-ordinate the unit safely and effectively and be willing to have a “hands on” approach in providing high quality patient centred care, whilst being visible and approachable on the unit at all times.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about oncology nursing, with the vision and passion to help optimise high quality patient care. Being a good team player, you will work together with the unit manager, sister and the other nursing team leaders to help foster good communication and improve processes to enhance the patient pathway.
You will be expected to liaise appropriately with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and service users related to the speciality.
Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available and to continue to find better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. 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 our staff are our greatest asset as we believe that supporting our workforce to grow, develop and innovate creates an excellent environment.
We are the region’s provider of cancer, neurosciences, mobility and rehabilitation, renal, and plastics tertiary specialties. In the past two years we have been accredited as the major Trauma Centre, for Lancashire and South Cumbria, as well as the regional Vascular Centre. We are in the process transferring specialist cancer surgery to our Cancer Centre, and are expanding ENT Oncology, Urology, Colorectal and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to meet patients’ needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence based guidelines.
Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate professional practice, delegation and supervision of duties carried out by junior staff.
Proactively manage risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care

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