Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communication & relationship skills:

• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives, and the wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring information is delivered sensitively and appropriately, particularly when conveying distressing or complex clinical information.

Analytical skills: 

• Asses and monitor patient responses to chemotherapy, identifying early signs of complications or adverse reactions and escalating appropriately.

Planning & organisation skills:

• Contribute to the smooth running of the day unit by prioritising workload, managing patient flow, and ensuring treatments are delivered efficiently and on time.

Responsibility - patient/client care:

• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to patients undergoing chemotherapy and associated treatments.

Responsibility for policy & service development: 

• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and feedback mechanisms to inform service development.

Responsibility for financial and/or physical resources: 

• Ensure the safe and cost-effective use of medical equipment, chemotherapy drugs, and consumables.

Responsibility - staff management/leadership/training: 

• Act as a role model for junior staff and students, supporting their development through supervision, teaching, and mentorship.

Duties in relation to information resources:

• Maintain up-to-date and accurate patient records using both electronic and paper systems, in line with information governance and confidentiality standards.

Responsibility - research & development:

• Keep up to date with developments in oncology nursing, evidence-based practice, and national guidance relevant to chemotherapy care.

Freedom to act: 

• Work within NMC guidelines, trust policies, and local chemotherapy protocols, exercising professional judgement in the delivery of care.

Please refer to the Job Description for further details

We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.  

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

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By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system.  Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.   This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Upon commencing  employment  with  the  Trust,  all  employees  (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are  subject  to  a probationary period lasting  a  period  of  six  months  with  an  option  to extend  for  a  further  six  months  to  a total of  12 months.