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Job summary

Main area
Cancer
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
321-SW1-6278668-B7
Employer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Churchill Hospital
Town
Headington, Oxford
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum Pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/05/2024 23:59

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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Ambulatory Care Sister/Charge Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 7

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

 

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

 

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

 

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values


 

Job overview

The Cancer and Haematology Ambulatory Care service is looking for an experienced, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and committed nurse who has a professional approach, able to contribute to the smooth running of the service, ensure the delivery of safe, high quality nursing care and ensure excellent patient experience. Candidates should have good interpersonal skills with an ability to motivate and lead a team.  They should be able to work well under pressure with a flexible approach to work, and a willingness to lead service development.

As the Ambulatory Care Lead Nurse you will act as a role model for the service and across the Directorate with responsibility for the development of your team and involvement in education across all areas.  You will have the opportunity to develop your personal, managerial and leadership skills within this role  As the Ambulatory Care Lead Nurse you will have the opportunity to contribute to the Directorate strategy, working with the Lead and Deputy Lead SACT Nurses to develop the service and enhance the patient experience.

If you would like more information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Caley Hockaday - [email protected]

 

 

Main duties of the job

  • Use your expert knowledge and clinical judgement to lead the Ambulatory Care service to deliver high quality care
  • Utilise SACT knowledge and experience to educate staff across the Directorate
  • Work at an advanced level of practice within the specialist area demonstrating autonomous decision making
  • Monitor and maintain standards of care across the SACT service
  • Work across professional, organisational and system boundaries and proactively develop and sustain new partnerships and networks to influence and improve health, outcomes and healthcare delivery systems
  • Effectively manage human, financial, material and information resources

 

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

  • Demonstrate clinical expertise in the delivery of direct nursing care acting as a role model to the nursing team and demonstrating partnership with patients.

  • Work at an advanced level of practice within the specialist area demonstrating autonomous decision making.
  •  Able to take a comprehensive patient history, assess and plan an episode of care, working in partnership with others and referring as appropriate.

  •  Using expert knowledge and clinical skills to support patients through their SACT treatment, be able to assess patients and make clinical decisions refer to an appropriate specialist when required.

  •  For patients requiring therapeutic medications and treatments, and after approval from the Trust’s respective Non-Medical Prescribing Lead, the post-holder will prescribe medications safely and effectively in line with their scope of practice, utilising local or organisational guidelines, national guidelines, and adhering to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Prescribing Standards, and NMC guidelines.

Management and Leadership

  • Manage the nursing in the team, ensuring the safe and effective staffing levels at the appropriate skill mix are maintained, including the co ordination of leave and duty rotas and the maintenance of accurate records, liasing with the lead chemotherapy nurse where the appropriate skill mix cannot be maintained.
  •  Ensure the appropriate use of the staff and non staff budget and Trust Funds in the team, being aware of the resource implications of clinical and managerial decisions and ensuring cost effectiveness.

  • Select and appoint the nursing team with support from the senior nursing team as required.

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  •  Ensure the effective delivery of a high standard of nursing care for all patients within the clinical areas by providing clinical leadership, direction, supervision and maintaining effective systems of work.

  •  Supervise and monitor nursing practice within the team to maintain standards and ensure competence.

**Further details can be found in the attached Job Description**

Person specification

Education/Training

Essential criteria
  • Registered nurse: entry on part 1 or 12 of the NMC register ; Honours degree
  • Relevant specialist training in cancer care/palliative care
  • Accredited systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT) course
Desirable criteria
  • Masters level study
  • Non-medical prescribing qualification

Occupational

Essential criteria
  • Experienced mentor at pre-and post registration level in Oncology and/or haematology
  • Expertise in SACT in both in and outpatient settings
  • Experience of nurse leadership and management in Oncology and/Haematology
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching experience

Special skills/aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Excellent clinical skills
  • Good knowledge of the specialty
Desirable criteria
  • Strategic thinker

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Innovative and flexible
  • Team player

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Caley Hockaday
Job title
Lead Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01865 222307