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Job summary

Main area
Oncology
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
151-KMU285
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wexham Park Hospital
Town
Slough
Salary
£40,617 - £48,778 per annum incl HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/08/2025 23:59

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Junior Sister - Eden Day Unit

Band 6

Job overview

Junior Sister (Band 6) – Eden Day Unit, Wexham Park Hospital

We’re seeking a dedicated Band 6 Junior Sister to join our Cancer and Chemotherapy Services at the Eden Day Unit. This role is ideal for qualified nurses with either acute trust experience or specialist cancer/chemotherapy expertise who are ready to step into a leadership position.

What You’ll Do:

Deliver exceptional care to patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy.

Oversee the daily patient list, ensuring effective workload allocation.

Administer chemotherapy safely and in line with best practice.

Triage patients using the UKONS system to ensure timely and appropriate care.

What We’re Looking For:

A dynamic, motivated, and supportive team player.

Passion for delivering safe, high-quality cancer care.

Willingness to develop and expand expertise in oncology and chemotherapy.

Why Join Us?

This is an excellent opportunity to advance your career in a specialist oncology environment, working alongside an experienced, supportive team. SACT training is essential for this role.

If you’re committed to making a difference for patients and ready to take the next step in your nursing career, we’d love to hear from you.

 

Main duties of the job

•    Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual patient care with minimal supervision. 
•    To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that treatments are correctly carried out in accordance with given policy. 
•    Responsible for the assessment of complex care needs of chemotherapy patients and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. 
•    Lead and monitor the performance and standards of care within the Nursing Team. 
•    Work collaboratively with the other members of cancer services team to facilitate the development of the service 

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current first or second-level NMC Registration
  • Accredited chemotherapy course (or working towards)
  • Haematology or and Oncology or Palliative Care course
Desirable criteria
  • Nursing degree or working towards a degree

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in chemotherapy practice /post course
  • Evidence of up-to-date standards of clinical practice
  • Experience of audit
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of staff development
  • Significant recent experience at Band 5 in Acute setting or Haematology or Oncology

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent leadership skills
  • Good, effective interpersonal & communication skills (written & verbal)
  • Experience of audit
  • Teaching & assessing experience
  • Appropriate advanced nursing skills- including venepuncture and cannulation skills

Special Requirements

Essential criteria
  • To work in other areas of the Department and Trust when required
  • Able to work flexible shifts, weekends and bank holidays as required

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerWe Work Flexibly

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. We would advise that you complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Karolina Kliczbor
Job title
Lead Chemotherapy nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07584330479
Additional information