registered nurse London, England
Job description
Are you a compassionate, motivated, problem-solving nurse, who loves to make a difference to patient care?
If this is the case, the Haematology Department at UCLH is the best place for you to develop your skills and knowledge. This excellent opportunity is open for both experienced and newly qualified band 5 nurses who wish to develop their career in the amazing and challenging world of Haematology.
The Haematology Department at UCLH is one of the largest haematology unit in Europe and creates many opportunities for on-going development and promotion that occur within the nursing services.
The Haematology Department is a nurse-led service at the cutting edge of cancer care. Nurses run the central venous access team, the chemotherapy team, education team and more. This support infrastructure provides our nurses with the time to provide high quality care for our patients. Our ward nursing ratios are 1 nurse to 4 patients, with the support of a nurse in charge.
Cancer Services at UCLH are based in state-of-the-art facilities. Inpatients are primarily located in the purpose-built, brand-new Grafton Way Building and the modern UCH Tower. Haematology Day-care services are located at the MacMillan Cancer Centre that opened in 2014. With Grafton Way building being next door to the Cancer Centre and UCL Cancer Institute – it has created a leading cancer campus.
Informal visits/tours are welcomed.
Haematology is a great specialty to nurse in, providing acute and chronic care, palliative care and nurse led care. The inpatient haematology unit provides a positive working culture, with safe staffing levels that enables you to do your job well, supporting your professional & academic development. You will be responsible to provide and organize high quality care for your own group of patients, including the administration of medications, supportive therapies, and systemic anti-cancer therapies, working together with other members of the multi-disciplinary team in a compassionate and effective manner to facilitate admissions and discharges according to the UCLH patient flow targets. You will be responsible to comply with our policies and procedures to preserve safety, privacy, dignity, and confidentiality, minimizing the risk of infection by following the infection prevention and control advice. You will be a valuable member of the team who will motivate colleagues to succeed and develop a culture of improvement in the unit.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
For more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
