Junior Sister/Charge Nurse Chemotherapy

Assist

in the management of the department on a day-to-day basis and manage the

department in the absence of Chemotherapy unit manager including coordination

of patient, allocating staff breaks and being a key link with the consultants

and pharmacy team.

Assess

patients for chemotherapy to ensure their physical condition and blood parameters are satisfactory to safely

receive treatment.

Provide

information regarding treatment and side effects to ensure each patient is

prepared for their specific treatment and elicit informed consent.

Provide

one to one and telephone advice to patients and their families regarding

treatment side effects and management of side effects

Use

good communication skills to enhance and augment patients understanding and

adapt information to their specific needs as they progress through treatment.

Recognise

and provide the psychological and emotional support needed by individuals and

their families whilst undergoing treatment and refer on

Assess

patients with difficult venous access and make recommendations for alternative

access to ensure patients receive treatment safely and with minimum risk.

Ensure

safe administration of chemotherapy regimens according to trust protocols

Monitor

and instigate care to address / prevent reactions to and complications of

treatment including administration of prophylactic agents.Discuss

with senior nursing and medical colleagues developments and change.

Clinical

Assist

in the management of the department on a day-to-day basis and manage the

department in the absence of Chemotherapy unit manager including coordination

of patient, allocating staff breaks and being a key link with the consultants

and pharmacy team.

Assess

patients for chemotherapy to ensure their physical condition and blood parameters are satisfactory to safely

receive treatment according to treatment protocols / regimes and liaise with

medical staff as appropriate.

Administer

and dispose of intravenous and chemotherapy safely in accordance with Trust and

National Guidelines.

Provide

information regarding treatment and side effects to ensure each patient is

prepared for their specific treatment and elicit informed consent.

Provide

one to one and telephone advice to patients and their families regarding

treatment side effects and management of side effects to ensure each patient

receives care which is specific and appropriate to their needs.

Use

good communication skills to enhance and augment patients understanding and

adapt information to their specific needs as they progress through treatment.

Liaise

with other appropriate health care professionals within both hospital and

community settings regarding individual patient care to ensure seamless

transfer of care between disciplines (or ensure patients needs are being

adequately met).

Recognise

and provide the psychological and emotional support needed by individuals and

their families whilst undergoing treatment and refer on to other professionals

sensitively and appropriately in order to adequately meet patients needs.

Assess

patients with difficult venous access and make recommendations for alternative

access to ensure patients receive treatment safely and with minimum risk.

Ensure

safe administration of chemotherapy regimens according to trust protocols

Provide

follow-up care / maintenance of central venous lines for patients and advise

other health care professionals involved as appropriate, to ensure the

patients line is safely and adequately cared for in accordance with Trust

policy.

Monitor

and instigate care to address / prevent reactions to and complications of

treatment including administration of prophylactic agents.

Operational

Responsibilities for establishing and maintaining

communication and relationship both internally and externally.

Establish

and maintain effective communication and foster good working relationships with

all multidisciplinary teams, both internal and external.

Provide

and receive complex and / or sensitive information from patients and staff. For

example, breaking bad news to patients, giving complex information about

procedures and their outcomes, dealing with performance issues, holding staff

meetings. Able to support and talk to distressed patients, visitors, and staff

members.

Responsible

for cascading information to unit staff and chairing staff meetings from which

minutes are provided.

Make

use of electronic internal / external mail and Internet systems as appropriate

and necessary.

Deal

effectively with comments, complaints, or incidents that affect staff and users

of the unit in accordance with complaints, risk management, or human resources

procedures.

Bring

to the attention of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse any factors which may

adversely affect patient care or service provision.

Report

all serious incidents to the appropriate Manager / Director within 24 hours;

these include Never Events and serious falls.

Planning

and organisational skills

Assist

in planning of duty rotas or alter planned rotas to ensure maximum service

delivery, standards of patient care and human, and resource management. Use

e-rostering as it becomes available.

for Patient Care Therapy & TreatmentEnsure

that safe and effective nursing care is delivered, this to be in accordance

with Trust policies and best practice guidelines, also Nursing & Midwifery

Council (NMC) Codes of Practice and guidelines.

Act as

a role model when carrying out and demonstrating nursing care and procedures.

Ensure

clinical staffs assess the conditions of patients within the clinical area,

ensuring that signs and symptoms are acted upon accordingly and in a timely

fashion.

Provide

expert advice and support to colleagues in the care and management of patients

within speciality.

Actively

contribute to the health and well-being of patients by promoting health through

a number of methods e.g. healthy eating, exercise and smoking cessation.

Ensure

accurate, comprehensive contemporaneous and clear documentation of patients

care.

Ensure

that own and others written reports are in accordance with Trust policy and

NMC guidelines

Be

familiar with the policy for safe administration of prescribed therapies,

including Medicines Management, Intravenous Therapy, Patient Group Directives,

clinical guidelines for cytotoxic administration.

Demonstrate

the ability to safely monitor and provide care for the patient once therapies

have been administered.

for Development and Implementation of Policy and / or Services

At all

times act in accordance with Trust policies, procedures and guidelines and NMC

Codes of Practice standards and guidelines.

Be

aware of and support policies and procedures existing and being introduced

throughout the Trust

Assist

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse by cascading information and new policies and

guidelines to staff in the clinical area

Represent

clinical area at forums and meetings as requested by Senior Sister / Charge

Nurse.

Assist

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in staff appraisal and the progress of staff while

completing goals and development plans.

Assist

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in the formulation of induction and training

programmes and assist in the delivery of these to staff and learner nurses.

Undertake

agreed mandatory training and to seek out opportunities to enhance knowledge,

skills and develop practice.

Participate

in the teaching and development of staff and ensure records kept of all

training activities within the department. Ensure these records are sent to the

Training department to maintain the ESR (electronic staff record).

Ensure

risk assessment of working environment and conditions, equipment, chemicals and

activities is routinely carried out within the department.

for Financial and Physical Resources

Assist

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse by ensuring supplies are managed in accordance

with budgetary limits and constraints, including regular stock reviews, to

ensure best value from supplies and to set stock limits.

Assist

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse with staff training to ensure they are competent

in the use and care of special equipment, maintain details on the Medical

Devices register within the ward.

Ensure

that all equipment within the department is serviced and maintained on a

regular basis and that records are kept.

Report

and assist Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in management of health & safety

issues within the ward area.

Assist

Senior Sister in ensuring an adequate nursing skill mix to cover the unit.

Authorised

signatory for timesheets on a shift by shift basis.

Contribute

to the drawing up of department budgets, capital bids and new services.

Inform

the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse of any changes, which affect the standards of

care, the service delivery, or have an impact on the budget.

Ensure

the ordering, safe custody, usage, and recording of drugs within agreed Trust

policy.

for Human Resources

Assist

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in compiling duty rosters and ensuring allocation

is organised appropriate to staff experience and skill mix to effectively

manage workload and patient dependency.

Participate

in staff recruitment and retention, training and education.

Assist

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in ensuring an appropriate learning environment,

which meets university requirements, and that systems are in place to allow all

levels of learner to be taught, supervised and assessed appropriately.

Assist

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in development of staff induction programmes and

ward teaching programmes.

Assist

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in ensuring that systems are in place for

maintaining practical schemes for mentorship, preceptorship and clinical

supervision.

Assist

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in ensuring that preceptorship periods are kept

within an agreed timeframe and that accelerated progression is applied as

appropriate for newly qualified bad 5 staff.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large

acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute

services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a

larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from

three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our

caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred

care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to

work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our

everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise

accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working

within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a

DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check

(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting

Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

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