Staff Nurse - Lawrence Ward Gillingham, England
Job description
Division: Planned Care
Care Group: Cancer Services
Band: 5
Salary: £28,407 - £34,581 per annum/pro rata
Interview date: Thursday 29th June 2023
We are recruiting for a Staff Nurse who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
An exciting opportunity for a staff nurse to join our team with the potential to develop their skills and undertake a university accredited systematic anti-cancer therapy course to be come an experience cancer care nurse.
Training and education surrounding haematology and oncology diagnosis will be provided with options to the develop within Cancer care services.
If you wish to discuss this job in more detail or want to arrange a look around the ward please contact the senior sister- [email protected] or Contact the ward on 01634833994
Lawrence ward is an 18 bedded cancer care ward, we care for patients who have been admitted acutely and electively. The ward supports both Haematology and oncology cancers.
Although Cancer care experience is desirable this is not required with full training being provided with support from or PDN who will be able to assist with training for all aspects of supporting patients with a Cancer diagnosis.
With the successful candidate aiming for development within cancer care and chemotherapy administration;Guidance and education will also be given with aims to complete in house chemotherapy administration course. If competency meets criteria a university module will be offered.
Our values areBold,Every Person Counts,Sharing and Open andTogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
As a team we have been awarded the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark and this is reflected in the high standard of care given to the patients under our care. We believe patients and their carers are at the centre of good care and we foster a collaborative approach.
With full training provided for the access and use of peripheral inserted central catheter (picc lines), port 'a' cath's and Hickman lines.
PDN supervision and training with cancer care medications, devices, IT systems and equipment.
Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge
To act as advocate for patients within the area, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines
