Senior Sister - Macmillan Renton Unit
Wye Valley NHS Trust
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Job summary
Macmillan Renton Unit is an outpatient unit, providing services such as Haematology, Oncology. Gyneacology, Breast Clinics, Urology and Systemic Anti Cancer Treatment (SACT) to patients within Herefordshire and surrounding areas.
We are a satellite site for Cheltenham hospital, which means we are able to treat our patients closer to their homes.
The post holder will be accountable and responsible for the standard of care provided within the Macmillan Renton Unit (MRU).
The hours worked are flexible by negotiation, agreed to suit the service and the applicant to ensure a good work life balance. The service operational hours in MRU are Monday 8-1900. Tuesday 8-1900, Wednesday 8-1900, Thursday 8-1800 and Friday 8-1800.
The most suitable candidate will be an experienced nurse with the ability to work autonomously at senior sister level. The ideal post holder would have proven leadership and management experience that demonstrates the ability to support managing a team to achieve the required governance and performance targets and compliances.
This is a rewarding and exciting role, you will need to have excellent leadership and management, communication, organisational skills and the ability to foster good working relationships, offering care in a professional manner.
For more information please contact Natalie Simcock, Lead cancer Nurse, Macmillan Renton Unit, extension 5695.
Main duties of the job
To ensure the development of patient centered care utilising available evidence based practice to attain this.
To promote good clinical practice and innovation through staff development and ensure that planning and implementation of service delivery achieved high standards of patient care.
To manage the day to day operational functions of the day-case and outpatient clinic facility of Macmillan Renton, ensuring that the nursing teams work efficiently to ensure appropriate support is given to all personnel who utilise the department.
To participate in the delivery of direct patient care, working at an advanced clinical practice level in relation to intravenous infusion therapy (including cytotoxic agents); assessment and management of patients prior to delivery of treatment; management of patients who become acutely unwell.
To demonstrate effective communication, utilising a range of strategies, to ensure agreement and co-operation within large diverse groups.
Please see Person specification / Job description for more detail.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Date posted
21 June 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 a year pa, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
229-CS-6399739
Job locations
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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