Staff Nurse - Aylesford Unit

Job overview

Are you a caring, enthusiastic and innovative registered nurse?  If so we would like to hear from you to join our highly motivated and innovative teams.

You will work flexibly across The Aylesford Unit (on the Warwick site) and The Rigby Unit (on the Stratford site) when Service need dictates.

The posts offer an exciting opportunity to further develop your clinical and managerial skills within a supportive environment.  You will care for a variety of day case patients; the majority of these patients will have cancer.  Good communication skills and the ability to work as a team player are essential.  Haematology or oncology experience plus clinical skills in venepuncture, peripheral cannulation and chemotherapy administration are desirable but not essential as full training will be given.

You will primarily work from Monday to Friday.  This may also include evenings, Saturdays and Bank Holidays on a rotational basis.  Flexible team working is essential to meet our service needs.

If you are motivated to deliver excellent evidence based health care and want to work within a progressive, developing team, we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To perform a pivotal role within the nursing team.  To be responsible for the assessment of care needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care.  To supervise junior staff.  To support the senior nurses in the management of the chemotherapy suite, adhering to the policies of the Trust.  To deputise for the Clinical Sister in her/his absence

Detailed job description and main responsibilities