Job summary
- Main area
- Childrens Oncology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Full Time or Part Time/ Flexible working hours may be considered.
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-E-248029
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Rosie Hospital
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Paediatric Oncology
Band 5
Job overview
As a Band 5 nurse, you will be responsible for competently providing safe and effective care to children, whilst in hospital with various Haematological and Oncological conditions. You will need to be able to assess their care needs, as well as plan, implement and evaluate care given. Furthermore, you will also participate in the supervision and teaching of unqualified and qualified staff. As a band 5 you will also develop your own skills in the safe administration of medication via various routes, including the administration of chemotherapy as a senior band 5 nurse, alongside taking charge of the ward.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for competently providing safe and effective care to children requiring hospitalisation, with minimal supervision by a more experienced registered nurse. Assess care needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care. To participate in the supervision and teaching of unqualified and qualified staff, including basic and/or post basic students.
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
- Our values and reputation for outstanding care
- Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
- Career and development opportunities
- Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
- Research experience and opportunities
- Lovely location and quality of life
- Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close on 19-May-2024
Interviews are due to be held on 27-May-2024
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers and Band 5 Orthoptists taking up substantive employment with the Trust.
For Candidates applying from outside the UK
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level registration RSCN/RN (child) (part 8 or 15)
- Basic Level Child protection training
Desirable criteria
- Advanced level child protection training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Relevant teaching and assessing course/ mentorship course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experienceof delivering evidenced based nursing care without supervision, to children in an acute hospital setting
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of experience in a high dependency or critical care areas
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of professional issues
- Evidence of up to date paediatric nursing skills and knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Current knowledge of research developments in paediatric nursing
Skills
Essential criteria
- Competent to care for children and their families in a safe an effective manner without direct supervision
- Effective team member
Desirable criteria
- Advocate of paediatric nursing
- Evidence of excellent team work
- Evidence of participation in research and audit projects
- Competent or working towards skills of being chemo competencies
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Evidence of effective communication skills
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carol Chenery
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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