Staff Nurse - Macmillan

TN United Kingdom; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000

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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

King's Lynn, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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101

Posted:

14.03.2025

Expiry Date:

28.04.2025

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Job overview

A rare opportunity has arisen in our Macmillan Unit as a band 5 staff nurse.

The Macmillan Unit is a specialist unit that provides care on the same day for a variety of patients who deal with life limiting illness, cancer, either diagnostic stage through investigations or in a treatment stage through medications which include chemotherapy.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work alongside the existing members of the Macmillan team to provide a high standard of care to patients who require treatments which include chemotherapy and procedures of investigations to either control or diagnose the disease.

Working for our organisation

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is located in West Norfolk, which has a superb unspoilt coastline with pretty villages, all with their own individual charm. The medieval port of King's Lynn has some very interesting architecture.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist and general acute services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire, and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers and approximately 500 beds on a single site. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech. We work in partnership with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services.

In February 2022, the QEH was rated 'Good' in all of the core services inspected by the Care Quality Commission, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The staff in the Macmillan Unit are looking for someone who is compassionate about patient care and who is dedicated to providing a high standard of care.

The team has built a good rapport with many of their patients due to the nature of Macmillan, as they are able to see some of their patients on a regular basis due to the ongoing treatment programmes of the patients they care for.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with the NMC
• Degree/Diploma in Nursing or equivalent
• Evidence of continuous professional development including completion of the Anglia Cancer Network Chemotherapy Package or willing to work towards this
• Teaching and Assessing qualification
• Recognised Oncology Qualification or Chemotherapy qualification or working towards
• Advanced Chemotherapy Course

Skills

• Ability to plan and prioritise care for patients
• Confident and calm attitude with an ability to work under pressure
• Ability to provide holistic nursing care
• Accurate documentation with attention to detail
• Teaching, assessment, and supervision of others
• Knowledge of professional issues in nursing incorporating NMC and IPAC
• Clinical Governance experience

Experience

• Relevant experience of looking after patients in a healthcare environment
• Able to demonstrate utilisation of research-based evidence and recent use of audit
• Relevant Post-Registration clinical experience
• Previous experience in cancer care

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values.

We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Free counselling service
• Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access
• Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
• Free parking for all staff until March 2024

Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability, and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause-friendly employer.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to-day work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate.

Team QEH is one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and are also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.