Bank Cancer Nurse Specialist - SACT
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Bank Oncology Nurse - SACT | Outpatients| Murrayfield - Edinburgh | Competitive hourly rates
Spire Murrayfield Hospital is seeking an experienced Oncology Nurse to join its dedicated Oncology team on a bank basis. The successful candidate will have experience in the administration of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) and a strong background working within a SACT outpatient department. This is an excellent opportunity to provide high-quality patient care within a leading private healthcare environment.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ health and well being across a complex and changing caseload of cancer patients
- Assist in the delivery of care to meet individuals’ health and wellbeing needs throughout the cancer treatment pathway
- Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information related to cancer patient care
- Develop own knowledge and skills and that of others in the management of SACT
- Promotes best practice in health and safety and security
- Assist in maintaining and developing cancer services
- Contribute to quality improvement within cancer services
- Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights
- Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI
Who we're looking for
- Registered Nurse
- Qualified in venepuncture and cannulation and the use of CVAD’s with evidence of regular competency assessment
- Qualified in the Safe handling and administration of SACT (accredited course) with evidence of regular competency assessment
Benefits
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly
- We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Free uniform
- Free DBS
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
- Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications