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Main area
Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Night shift working required)
Job ref
387-SPS7810-ALX
Employer
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
Town
Bristol
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 pa/pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/08/2026 23:59

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Bristol NHS Foundation Trust logo

Adult Senior Staff Nurse - Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant

Band 6

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) have merged as of 1st July 2026 to become Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. This will create an exciting future that brings together the best of both organisations. As a single, strong and sustainable organisation, we will not only be able to deliver better outcomes for our patients and fairer care for our population, but it will also provide greater opportunities for our people.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

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Job overview

The haematology and oncology wards at the Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre (BHOC) are recruiting a senior staff nurse.

We are a dedicated team of compassionate and skilled professionals looking for a new member of our senior nursing team. You will bring clinical expertise, leadership experience and a practical understanding of what excellent quality care looks like. 

 D703 is a purpose-built, 25 bedded, combined adult Haematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit. We specialise in stem cell transplants for which we have 7 specialist ventilation rooms. Providing expert care and treatment for patients with malignant and non-malignant haematological conditions, including lymphoma, leukaemia and myeloma, as well as sickle cell disease. The patients are supported by a team of expert clinical nurse specialists, a vast multidisciplinary team, and the bone marrow coordination team. As a teaching and learning Foundation Trust, the unit offers education and training via dedicated clinical educators who support the unit. We encourage a nurse led focus and offer a wide range of training opportunities to provide our nurses with the knowledge and confidence. We are invested in our nurse’s careers and champion opportunities for career progression, offering developmental opportunities in a wide range of nursing roles.

We are pioneers of ground-breaking treatments like  CAR-T therapy and Bispecifics for which the team won a Recognising Success award, and conduct cancer research.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate should have significant experience in a relevant specialism. You will be expected to work the full range of shifts including long days, night shifts, shorter shifts and weekends. The applicant must be able to:

  • Assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence based, individualised patient care.
  • Carry out planned care for a group of patients without direct supervision.
  • Manage patient care according to agreed policies and protocols, taking appropriate action, seeking advice from other members of the multi-disciplinary team as necessary. This will include identification of risk (clinical, health, safety and security). 
  • Lead the nursing team on a day to day basis under the management and guidance of the ward sister/ charge nurse. 
  • Assist with bed management and flow, liaising with other departments across the trust. 
  • Assist with supporting elective demands. 
  • Work with the practice education facilitator to provide training on the ward to staff.
  • Closely monitor patients’ status, ensuring all relevant observations/patient assessment criteria are accurately recorded and interpreted to ensure appropriate and timely corrective action is taken in accordance with current protocols, e.g. sepsis.
  • Undertake advanced nursing practices relevant to the clinical area including venepuncture, cannulation, administration of intravenous chemotherapy,  Stem Cell Transplants and blood products.

Working for our organisation

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.  

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. 

 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

 

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • RN.1st Level or relevant children’s qualification
  • Current NMC Registration
  • 1st Degree in nursing or health related subject or working towards
  • Relevant accredited post registration qualification at level 3
  • Qualification in Teaching, assessing and Mentoring
Desirable criteria
  • Willingness to work towards Masters level academic study

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Appropriate post registration experience in nursing and speciality
  • Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
  • Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching
  • Experience of undertaking research or audit projects
  • Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken
  • Experience as preceptor / mentor

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Teaching
  • Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
  • Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality
  • Competency in medication administration including intravenous medication
  • Act as a role model and as a mentor/assessor
  • Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
  • Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
  • Commitment to the development and provision of high quality nursing care
  • Awareness of current national changes in nursing / NHS
  • General good health, able to work on feet for long periods, aware that the role can be stressful and emotional at times
  • Work well within own team, divisions and wider trust
  • Competent to delivery intravenous chemotherapy (evidence required)

Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Organisation and management skills
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure
  • Ability to problem solve
  • Ability to lead a team
  • Ability to work alone or as part of a team
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Able to manage difficult situations
  • Able to influence other team members
  • Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDDisability Confident - two yearsVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Pastoral CareStep into healthMenopause Workplace PledgeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldPride In Veterans

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lois Shanks / Sheryll Cabusora
Job title
Ward Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0117 342 1867
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