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Cancer Services at the Royal Sussex County Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital are proud to offer an exciting opportunity for band 5 staff nurses to apply for our part time position. This position is ideal for a SACT trained nurses or a nurse looking to become SACT trained and gaining more knowledge, understanding and progress within the specialised field of oncology nursing in a large tertiary centre. This position will consist of working on the SACT unit at both Sussex Cancer Centre and Princess Royal hospital a lot side working in the Sussex cancer centre outpatient department.
You will be working in our SACT Day Unit's, where you will be taking part in the administration of SACT, learning about Oncology malignancies and non-malignancies, their specific treatments and care. You will nurse Oncology patients to include symptom management, and administration of SACT. When working in the Sussex cancer centre outpatient department you will be working alongside the multidisciplinary team and support patients at different stages of their cancer journey including diagnosis, on treatment reviews and palliative support.
We welcome applications from those who currently hold a UK NMC registration. If you currently hold an overseas nursing qualification and require sponsorship we are not currently direct hiring Internationally Qualified Nurses.
- Regularly interact with patients/carers/relatives and all identified on list of key working relationships.
- Regularly interact and communicate with patients/carers who have diverse limitations in their ability to communicate, ranging from physical, emotional and cultural.
- Provide highly complex information to patients/carers about all aspects of the cancer disease process (diagnosis, prognosis, symptom management and when treatment fails).
- Provide highly complex information to patients/carers about all aspects of treatment (SACT, radiotherapy, venous access devices, side effects management). Using the highest level of communication and interpersonal skills and ensuring that the information is in an easily understood language.
- Demonstrate highly developed communication skills.
- Be skilled at providing reassurance and support.
- Be skilled at emphasising and communicating bad news with sensitivity.
- Be skilled in discussing difficult decisions for example terminating treatment and end-of-life issues.
- Identify the patient and carers coping mechanisms, being aware of individual strategies adopted. Encourage the individual to explore positive ways of coping accessing counselling and complementary therapy services as appropriate.
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At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Hartwell + Ryan Crockford Job title: Nurse manager Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01273696955
If you would like to work with us in developing cancer services for Sussex, then please contact us for further details and to arrange an informal visit. Tel: 01273 696955. Ext 67783
Emma Hartwell + Ryan Crockford - Nurse manager Sussex Cancer Centre
