Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Unit
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 259-7669382SBH (N)
- Employer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Bartholomew's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Manager
Band 7
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job overview
Ward Manager - Band 7
We are looking for an inspired individual with Chemotherapy experience to lead our hemotherapy Day Unit . The job will be suitable for senior nurses looking to advance their leadership and managerial career. The job offers the unique opportunity to bring your expertise to ensure safe and compassionate patient experience whilst maximising our capacity utilisation through innovative ways.
You will be leading the staff members to deliver high quality care in our chemotherapy unit. You will have a team of highly competent band 6 nurses working with you and your peers working collaboratively to achieve the Trust’s vision.
Main duties of the job
You will have the opportunity to ensure patients receive high quality care whilst also ensuring the smooth daily patient flow through the unit. The post holder will pro-actively lead and manage the nursing team and help the team to achieve their aspirations. The post holder will actively contribute to realise the service vision and key targets by working closely with the service leads. The ward manager will partner with the peers to drive incremental innovation to achieve safe and compassionate patient experience.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered Nurse
- • Degree qualification
- • Relevant Cancer course
- • Haemato-Oncology / or medical oncology specialist knowledge
- • Practice assessor / supervisor qualification
- • Teaching qualification
- • SACT trained and competent
- • IV competent
Desirable criteria
- • Working towards a master’s degree
- • Leadership course
- • Advanced communication
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experienced in treatment of Oncology patients undergoing Chemotherapy
- • Experience of people Management
- • Leadership Experience
- • Experience in audit and improvement work
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • In depth knowledge and understanding of cancer patient , it’s treatment and management of side-effects
- • Clinical issues and common oncology emergencies and their management
- • Intermediate life support provider or equivalent
- • Standard setting and quality assurance
- • Current nursing practice developments and NHS developments
- • Counselling skills
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Excellent communication skills
- • Patient focused
- • Ability to adapt
- • Trained and competent in SACT
- • Venepuncture
- • Venesection
- Blood product administration
Desirable criteria
- • Apheresis
- • Stem cell administration
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
- Laura Hopkins
- Job title
- Matron- Inpatient Cardiology
- Email address
- [email protected]
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