Oncology Staff Nurse

Job Description:

Staff Nurse - Oncology Ward

Cromwell Hospital, Kensington SW5 0TU

Permanent

£34,130 - £43,730 pa dependent on experience plus enhancements

Full Time - 13 shifts per month, days/nights/weekends (08:00-20:30, 20:00-08:30)

We make health happen.

At the Cromwell Hospital, you can be the Nurse you want to be. With the autonomy to use your skills and strong benefits to support you, patient care can be your top priority. Building a career in Nursing has never been easier, with good hours, you can live a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

As a Staff Nurse on the Oncology Ward, you will focus on ensuring the provision of high-quality evidence-based nursing care in a clinical setting and you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and be responsible for the care the team delivers.

How you’ll help us make health happen:

1. You will provide high-quality physical and psychological care with compassion, and participate in the delivery of a consistent, safe service in all aspects of the patient journey whilst demonstrating a culture of customer service and managing care of allocated patients.
2. You will need to be competent to undertake the role and confidently and safely communicate patients' care needs.
3. You will act as a Link Nurse in a designated area reporting to and from meetings/training updates and recognize the needs for DOL’s assessments, mental capacity assessment and ‘simple’ and ‘complex’ safeguarding referrals and highlight any concerns.
4. You will be responsible for the assessment of patients' care needs and for the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care. The administration of SACT, toxicity management and palliative care provision are key elements as an Oncology Staff Nurse.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

1. NMC Registered
2. Experience in a similar oncology setting (desirable)
3. Current ILS certificate
4. Venepuncture & Wound care competencies
5. Ability to deliver high standards of care.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

1. Payment of Professional Registration Fees
2. Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
3. Bupa Health Insurance as a benefit in kind
4. An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
5. Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work.
6. Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass
7. Various other benefits and online discounts
8. Free onsite massages as recognition for your hard work
9. Opportunities to participate in our annual awards ceremony.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: Nursing & Theatres

Locations: Cromwell Hospital London