Nurse Team Leader - Chemotherapy Suite

The Nurse Team Leader will be responsible for delivering a high standard of specialist nursing care to all patients within MVCC. Able to coordinate the overall management of the Unit.

The post holder will facilitate the education and support of qualified and unqualified staff and participating in the development of nursing practice in the clinical area.

You will be working independently/autonomously without direct supervision, accountable for own professional actions.

The successful candidate will also take an active role in deputising and supporting the Unit Sister.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Qualifications

Essential: - RN1; - In possession of Oncology or Haematology Care modules; - SACT accredited course or competencies

Desirable: - BSc / Msc; - Counselling Skills; - Mentorship or teaching course

Previous Experience

Essential: - Proven experience at Band 5 in Oncology / Haematology; - Working with learners; - Handling distressed patients and carers and other staff members

Desirable: - Team nursing; - Change management; - Working with chemo care or electronic prescribing systems; - CVADS; - Audits

Skills

Desirable: - Resource management; - IT skills; - Teaching skills; - Manage ward/department in Sister's

Knowledge

Essential: - Cytotoxic treatments and their side effects; - Health and Safety; - Management of central venous access devices

Desirable: - Current relevant research; - Quality assurance; - Clinical Audit; - Staff development; - Radiation treatments

Other Requirements