Staff Nurse

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Staff Nurse in Rheumatology to join our infusion team where we treat patients with a variety of rheumatological conditions who receive intravenous treatments, namely biologics, bisphosphonates, steroids and occasional cytotoxic drugs.
If you are a registered Nurse, with an interested in looking after patients with long term conditions ; have good communication and organisational skills, along with the enthusiasm and drive to improve patient care for this group of patients, then you could be just the person we are looking for.
We would welcome applicants seeking a secondment
You will be part of a small team and help deliver the infusion service to all rheumatology patients and occasional patients from endocrine, dermatology and respiratory medicine. The clinic runs 4 days a week and the shifts will be on a long day rota system. As well as providing the infusion service you will also be required to provide advice to the service users and assist in the day to day running of the service. You will be part of the wider rheumatology team who pride themselves on excellent patient care.
Venepuncture and cannulation skills would be advantageous but on site training can be provided.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040

Please refer the Job description for details