Haematology / Chemotherapy Staff Nurse

We are offering an exciting 12-month secondment opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our established Clinical Haematology Team at Royal Bolton Hospital. The post holder will work predominantly within the Haematology Day Unit, providing high-quality, safe and effective nursing care to patients with a range of malignant and non-malignant haematological conditions. Working alongside experienced Haematology Nurse Specialists, Senior Nurses, medical staff and the wider multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of specialist treatments, supportive care and ongoing patient management. This opportunity will enable the successful applicant to develop specialist clinical knowledge and skills within haematology nursing, gaining valuable experience in the care and management of patients undergoing complex treatments and living with haematological conditions. We are looking for a nurse who is passionate about delivering excellent patient care, demonstrates a willingness to learn and is committed to developing their clinical practice within a supportive specialist nursing environment., The post holder will:

• Deliver safe, effective and compassionate nursing care to patients with malignant and non-malignant haematological conditions.
• Administer intravenous and subcutaneous chemotherapy and supportive treatments, following appropriate training and competency assessment.
• Undertake phlebotomy, cannulation and therapeutic venesections.
• Monitor and assess patients, recognising and escalating clinical deterioration and treatment-related complications.
• Support patient follow-up and telephone triage, escalating concerns to senior colleagues as appropriate.
• Provide information, education and support to patients and their families throughout their treatment journey.
• Work collaboratively with the Haematology Nursing Team and wider multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain high standards of clinical practice, documentation, patient safety and professional accountability.
• Participate in training, clinical audit, quality improvement and ongoing service development.
  
  We have a long and proud history of caring for generations of local people and can trace our roots all the way back to 1814 with the first hospital in Bolton - the Bolton Dispensary in the town centre.
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2008 and, in 2011, we became an integrated provider with community health services joining the trust. Covering a catchment area that also incorporates parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford, we deliver hospital and community based services from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth and from 20 health centres across Bolton, to a catchment population of 310,000+ people. The Royal Bolton Hospital is a major hub within Greater Manchester for women's and children's services and is the busiest single ambulance-receiving site in Greater Manchester. We're structured in four clinical divisions - Community Services, Families and Diagnostics, Medicine, and Surgery and are led by a Board of Directors. As an NHS Foundation Trust we're accountable to our members and have a Council of Governors to represent the views of patients, public, staff and partners. Buildings, names and models of care have changed over the centuries, but one thing has remained constant and is prevalent among our 6,718 staff members: the enduring commitment to providing the best health and care for the people of Bolton.