Senior Staff Nurse (Band 6) Wiltshaw Ward

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is one of the leading cancer centres in the world and has an international reputation for the care and treatment it provides. The Royal Marsden serves a local, regional, national and international population from two hospital sites, Chelsea and Sutton. Associated to Royal Marsden Hospital School of Cancer Nursing you can have your competences developed with opportunities to join the school on your further studies.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Band 6, Senior Staff Nurse for Wiltshaw Ward. The ward consists of 17 rooms, providing specialist facilities for the care of oncology, Haematology including Stem Cell Transplantation patients, with a nursing patient ratio of 1-to-3 patients.

The successful candidate will be an oncology nurse with the vision and passion to help optimise high quality patient care. Being a good team leader and team player you will work together with the Manager and the other nursing team leaders to help foster good communication and improved processes to enhance the patient pathway. This is a demanding but very rewarding role with a Trust that is committed to the ongoing development of its staff. An ideal next step if you have the right blend of skills and experience to join us.

• To coordinate and supervise a shift, communicating effectively with members of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality, evidence-led care to patients.

To exercise clinical judgment and decision making about patient needs in terms of long term goals or plans.

To participate fully in the day to day organization and running of clinical trials including the recruitment, education and monitoring of patients entering a clinical trial and liaison as required with trial sponsors.

To assume personal accountability for nursing care delivered to a patient in accordance with the NMC code of conduct. There is an expectation for post holders:

To promote a safe clinical environment for all patients, visitors and staff

To participate in Trust initiatives around infection control and care quality indicators

To assist with any local or trust initiatives to ensure the continuous improvement of the quality of services and safeguarding of high standards of care

To be aware of all hospital policies and procedures and collaborate with other health care professionals to ensure that these are observed

To help foster a supportive working environment and maintain staff morale

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, fi

nance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Guada Vergara Job title: Wiltshaw Ward Manager Email address: Guada.Vergara@rmh.nhs.uk