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Job summary

Main area
Staff Nurse
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
193-5967888NCG-5
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Staff Nurse (Haematology)

NHS AfC: Band 6

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust.  Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

 

 

Job overview

Senior Staff Nurse (Haematology)

West Ward at the Royal Berkshire Hospital has a full time vacancy for a band 6 Senior Staff Nurse.  West Ward is a Haematology Day Unit , which is open Monday to Friday 08.30 - 17.00,  offering a comprehensive range of treatments, procedures and monitoring interventions to haematology patients.  We are looking for a hardworking, motivated nurse with least 2 yrs post registration Oncology-Haematology experience to join our friendly team. You will need excellent time management and communication skills at all levels of the multi-disciplinary team.  The successful candidate will have the support and opportunity to further develop their clinical, management and leadership skills to fulfill the role of supporting the Ward Sister and managing the day to day running of the unit in her absence.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will facilitate the provision of a coordinated, high quality outpatient service to Haematology patient in consultation with the ward manager and Clinical Nurse Specialists.

To be able to work autonomously and also part of a team.

To provide efficient, effective and evidence-based nursing care to patients.

To be competent in the recognition of life threatening/reactions and act appropriately.

To organise workload in line with clinical priorities.

Working for our organisation

We are one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country - serving a population of more than 500,000 people - and the main provider of acute and specialist care services for West Berkshire.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, play, and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details on this role, please refer to the Job description and Person Specification attached.

This job description is not exhaustive and will be subject to periodic review in association with the post-holder.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of leadership/management and speciality development

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in mentoring, facilitation, teaching, assessing, coaching
  • Experience of leadership/management and speciality development
  • Significant recent experience of which includes work in post-qualification speciality.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good IT Skills
  • Excellent clinical skills in speciality

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Juliet Owusu Nelson
Job title
Lead Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01183228386
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