Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 36 hours per week
- Job ref
- 120-NMR162-0725
- Employer
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Town
- Whichurch
- Salary
- £30,420 - £37,030 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Thank you for your interest in working for Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC), which is a committed equal opportunities employer. VCC welcomes applications from people who share our vision;
Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
our values;
- Caring
- Respectful
- Accountable
& who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees who are passionate about working in an organisation with the ambition to provide world class services & care to our patients.
VCC is an amazing place to work & develop your career. It is undertaking a 5 year transformation programme which will enable cancer services to meet the future needs of our patients across South East Wales. Not only will programme see VCC moving into a new purpose built cancer hospital, it will provide opportunities for patients to receive treatments closer to their homes. The infrastructure changes will offer our employees opportunities to work across a number of sites, in new and different ways, create development opportunities & increase flexible working practices.
VCC provides our employees with a favourable salary and reward / staff benefits & support package.
For more information on this vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, who will be pleased to discuss it with you.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
The Trust also reserves the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement at any stage of the process, to enable internal staff requiring to be redeployed in suitable roles.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, participating and contributing to the wider clinical governance agenda including service developments and flexible working to meet the needs of patients. Managing a case load of patients receiving a range of Oncology treatments and management of the associated complications.
There is also a requirement to supervise junior staff and teach qualified and unqualified staff including basic and post basic students.
Please be aware that you may be required to cover in Chemotherapy Service, Outpatients or Inpatients.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
· To work with patients and their carers to determine in partnership the assessment of patient needs. Working collaboratively with the multi disciplinary/multi agency team.
· To liaise and provide guidance on your area of practice to inpatient and community service on the care of patients when requested.
· To lead or contribute to the development of a care plan to meet the holistic needs of the patient and carer which identifies interventions, goals and review dates.
· To act as the named nurse for designated individuals
· To ensure that patients receive nursing care according to plan, delegating the care to be given to other members of the team as appropriate.
· To plan with the patient/team a discharge plan that is followed through for each patient, involving both carers, community services and other agencies when appropriate.
· To contribute to the creation of a caring environment that values patients/carers opinions and ideas and where motivation amongst staff to develop is a high priority.
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To ensure the development of therapeutic interventions within the team.
· To ensure ward staff are up to date with patients’ progress and full communication is maintained with staff involved regarding admissions and discharges.
· To ensure that patients/clients and their carers receive accurate, current information relevant to their need. This will include information on how to access other services to support their needs
· To provide clinical leadership to junior members of the team and deputise/undertake delegated duties in the absence of the Team Leader.
· To undertake appraisals of junior members of staff.
· To assist and preceptor/coach junior nurses and staff to develop their professional knowledge and skills through the meeting of appraisal objectives and personal development plans, utilising own achievements in this respect as a model.
· To ensure consistency of leadership styles by supporting the Team Leader in establishing and shaping a climate within which the attitudes, knowledge and skills of staff are brought together to develop an ownership for the philosophy of care adopted.
· To identify a personal development plan incorporating measures both through training and self directed study/experiences, ensuring the delivery of evidence based interventions and practice.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • 1st or 2nd Level registered nurse or practitioner.
- • Degree or Working towards a degree.
- • NMC standards.
- • Chemotherapy awareness
- WG Cancer plan
Desirable criteria
- • Teaching and Assessment
- • Clinical Assessment skills.
- • Willing to undertake specialist oncology module in chemotherapy
- • Understanding of the wider policy influences on the NHS.
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of continuing professional development.
- • Evidence of experience in general nursing practice
Desirable criteria
- • Oncology experience as a student or qualified.
- • Critical care
- Chemotherapy Administration
- • Evidence of Mentorship /clinical supervision
- • IT skills – ECDL, ISCO
- • Cannulation
- • Phlebotomy
- • Chemotherapy administration
- • IV skills
- • Advanced communication skills
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of communication skills
- • Demonstrate competent clinical skills.
- • Ability to be constructive through diplomacy and negotiation
- • Demonstrate ability to be flexible to the needs of the service
- • Demonstrate creative and innovative ways of working.
- • Demonstrate leadership skills
- • Evidence of team working.
Desirable criteria
- • IT skills – ECDL, ISCO
- • Cannulation
- Phlebotomy
- • Chemotherapy administration
- • IV skills
- Advanced communication skills
- • Demonstrate good work life balance
- • Work well under pressure
- • Able to prioritise workload
- • Efficient but calm when under pressure
Other
Essential criteria
- • Must be prepared to travel and work within the outreach chemotherapy clinic setting when required.
- • Flexible working including late finishes and weekend working
Desirable criteria
- • Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
- Understanding the wider political influences and changing priorities in the modernising NHS.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rhian Hathway
- Job title
- First Floor Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02920615888
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