Staff Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced band 5 nurse to join our dedicated Chemotherapy Day Unit team (based at Scunthorpe General Hospital ). We are a small but busy unit with excellent patient feedback, providing specialist care to Oncology and Haematology patients undergoing systemic anti-cancer treatments (SACT). We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate nurse to complement our team to help drive forward our services. The role of a SACT nurse is to provide holistic care for patients receiving SACT and is a challenging and rewarding field of nursing.

We operate Monday to Friday and offer clinical supervision and professional development. If you have the skills and experience we are looking for come and be part of our committed team delivering exceptional patient care.

Informal visits are encouraged.

The nurse will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care.

Trained in the administration of systemic anti-cancer treatments including chemotherapy.

Responsible for allocating and checking work of junior staff and healthcare support workers.

Support the unit manager by undertaking basic audits as and when required.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Carol Cressey Job title: Unit manager Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 3033 306457