Staff Nurse (Band 6) - Centre for Urgent Care

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification

To provide skilled care and expertise in venepuncture and/or cannulation. To assess patients for a suitable central venous access device. To provide education to patients on the care and management of central venous access devices and to adopt a problem solving approach to managing complications with all vascular access devices.
To be knowledgeable of any treatment in progress in the specialty they are working in, and to adopt a problem solving approach to symptom management and minimizing adverse reactions.
Once suitably trained and dependent on the clinical area, administer check cytotoxic drugs,
intravenous antibiotics, novel therapies, trial drugs and supportive therapies, including all necessary blood products.
To look after all patients in protective and contact isolation as necessary with strict infection control measures, while educating and giving psychosocial support to them, their families and more junior members of staff.
To assist research nurses in the care of patients undergoing clinical trials and adhere to the principle of informed consent and advocacy.
Administer medicines as prescribed with adherence to Guidelines for Medicines Administration (NMC2002) and The Royal Marsden Medicines Management Policy. This will exclude administration by the intravenous route or through subcutaneous syringe driver until you have passed the written drug administration test and have been assessed as competent.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse with active NMC registration
• First level degree in related subject or prepared to work towards this
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Be willing to undertake Trust CNS role development programme or be able to demonstrate equivalent competencies
• Experience of working in Urology

Desirable criteria

• Research qualification
• Level 2 psychological skills training as per recognised course or working towards
• Advanced Communications Skills Training or working towards
• Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant subject

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant post registration experience, at Band 5 or above, in urology, cancer or palliative care
• Experience of multi-professional working
• Experience of Audit

Desirable criteria

• Experience of teaching
• Experience of research
• Leadership and management experience
• Evidence of advanced communications skills

Skills Abilities/knowledge

Essential criteria

• IT literate
• Organisation and negotiation skills
• Effective communication
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Flexible attitude to working
• Fully understands the safeguarding of vulnerable populations
• Venepuncture/IV cannulation

Desirable criteria

• Project leadership /management experience Teaching/assessment and presentation skills
• Leadership and motivational skills

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

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Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

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