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Staff Nurse - Paediatric Oncology

East of England, East of England

Permanent

£28,407 to £34,581

General Nurse
(Band 5)

Job summary

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.

About us

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)

Job description

Job 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

  • First level registration RSCN/RN (child) (part 8 or 15)
  • Basic Level Child protection training

Desirable

  • Advanced level child protection training
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Relevant teaching and assessing course/ mentorship course

Experience

Essential

  • Experienceof delivering evidenced based nursing care without supervision, to children in an acute hospital setting

Desirable

  • Evidence of experience in a high dependency or critical care areas

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of professional issues
  • Evidence of up to date paediatric nursing skills and knowledge

Desirable

  • Current knowledge of research developments in paediatric nursing

Skills

Essential

  • Competent to care for children and their families in a safe an effective manner without direct supervision
  • Effective team member

Desirable

  • 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

  • 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.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Rosie Hospital

Robinson Way

Cambridge

CB2 0SW


Job Ad Reference C9180-24-0713
Date Listed 03 May 2024
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