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Job summary

Main area
Oncology and Haematology
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (08:00 - 18:00)
Job ref
387-SPS9735-LGG
Employer
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Bristol Haematology Oncology Centre
Town
Bristol
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata for part time roles
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/09/2026 23:59

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Senior Staff Nurse - Chemotherapy Day Unit (D502)

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.

Our job adverts may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Considering this, if you are interested in this role, please do apply as soon as you can.

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Job overview

The main chemotherapy unit plus our teenage/young adult area are based within the Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre. We also offer a community based service at two satellite centres in Bristol – one in South Bristol Community Hospital in Hengrove, and the other in Concord Medical Centre in Bradley Stoke. Staff will be expected to work between the main unit at BHOC and at least one of the satellite units.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate and experienced candidate to join our team as a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse. We open 8am-6pm, Monday to Friday across all of our sites. This is an exciting opportunity to provide high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals receiving systemic anti-cancer treatments in a busy outpatient setting.

Main duties of the job

As a senior member of the nursing team you will be responsible for coordinating the day to day running of the unit, ensuring the safe delivery of SACT in line with national and local policies. You will act as a clinical role model, providing leadership, support and supervision to junior staff while promoting a culture of continuous learning, quality improvement and compassionate care. You will deliver complex patient care, manage unwell patients and treatment-related toxicities, provide patient education and support, and contribute to service expansion and development. 

The successful candidate will be a registered nurse with post-registration experience in oncology/haematology or chemotherapy services, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to delivering outstanding care. UK SACT competency and experience in mentoring or supervising staff are essential for this role. 

If you are passionate about cancer nursing, enjoy working in a fast-paced and busy environment and are looking to develop your leadership skills within a supportive team, then we would love to hear from you.

 

 

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 and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Current NMC Registration
  • UK SACT competency
Desirable criteria
  • Qualification in Teaching, assessing and Mentoring
  • Willingness or evidence to work to Master's level

Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Supportive
  • Respectful
  • Innovative
  • Collaborative

Knowledge and Experience

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

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Good organisation and management skills
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure
  • Ability to problem solve and manage difficult situations
  • Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
  • Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality
  • Ability to lead a team
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Act as a role model/mentor/assessor
  • Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
  • Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
  • Awareness of current national changes in nursing / NHS
  • IT literate

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Alice O'Reilly
Job title
Day Unit Sister
Email address
alice.o'[email protected]
Telephone number
01173427526
Additional information

Preferably contact by email first due to not always being by a phone. 

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