SACT Nurse Celia Blakey Unit | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

We are currently seeking highly motivated nurses to join our nurse led unit as Chemotherapy Sister at William Harvey Hospital Hospital. Whilst this is a challenging role and requires someone who is flexible and adaptable to changing environments it is very rewarding and offers great career progression. No one day is the same and draws on and enables the post-holder to use a variety of skills and expertise. You must like working with people and want to make a real difference to our patients and families lives as well as make a positive contribution to the team and our service. If you feel this is you and you would like to broaden your nursing career and specialise in this area we would love to hear from you. Offering full training, both in-house, and then an accredited course at university. The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care in which they are competent, without direct supervision, and may be required to supervise and support the training of both qualified and unqualified members of staff. The posts offer:

• The opportunity to develop professionally
• The ability to give holistic care to the patient and their family, throughout their course of treatment
• The opportunity to work in the very specialised area of cancer services
• The ability to manage empathetically emotional issues relating to stages in the patient's journey
• The opportunity to be part of a team that works collaboratively with all care groups to develop a service for the care and management of patients with cancer.
The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care in which they are competent, without direct supervision, and may be required to supervise and support the training of both qualified and unqualified members of staff. The We Care System utilises a multi-layered approach to improvement allowing staff to develop and produce a variety of ideas to combat the issues and problems that have been identified. The system allows for the deployment of:
• Strategic Initiatives which are long term projects and focus led and driven by our executive
• Trust Priority Improvement Projects which are short term projects allocated to a range of project teams made up from our staff groups focusing on impacting our True North metrics and breakthrough objectives
• Ward Based OMS which delivers daily management and continuous improvement on the frontline
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'Documents to download'. If you have any further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

SACT Nurse Celia Blakey Unit | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust