Senior Charge Nurse - London, United Kingdom - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is an Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) and the largest trust in the country. Our mission is to provide world class healthcare for our patients, through excellence in research, education and training. While the haematology directorate also operates as a national tertiary centre treating patients with a wide-range of malignant and non-malignant haematology conditions that includes operating a large JACIE accredited blood and marrow transplant (BMT) programme (allogeneic, autologous and Car-T/cellular therapies). The haematology service operates with a total of 58 inpatient beds split across three haematology wards, two of which have dedicated transplant beds. There is also haematology out-patient and day care facilities that incorporates an ambulatory treatment pathway for low-risk transplants, apheresis team that supports stem cell collections and on-site cellular therapy laboratory facilities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced haemato-oncology nurse to move into a senior nursing leadership role within the Clinical Haematology service, at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, as a Band 7 - Senior Charge Nurse covering specialist haematology outpatient and day care services.

The Clinical Haematology service based at Hammersmith Hospital continues to expand and drive forward innovative and therapeutic advancements in treatment pathways for patients with a wide range of haematological diseases and disorders. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a dedicated specialist tertiary centre, across malignant and benign haematology services that includes one of the largest haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) programmes in Europe. Our specialist haematology day care unit operates extended hours and a seven-day service, supporting a range of treatment pathways that includes, chemotherapy services, ambulatory care for outpatient HSCT and other cellular therapies, as well as, apheresis services and other supportive therapies.

Working closely with the Matron and Lead Nurse for Clinical Haematology, the post holder will be a key member of the senior nursing team and extended multi-professional team across the wider department. In addition, the Senior Charge Nurse will play an important role in helping to develop and plan future services as the haematology department continues to evolve and expand, driving service improvement. You will need to be a highly motivated, dynamic and resourceful individual who is able to deal with and respond to complex situations in a busy and demanding clinical service.

The Clinical Haematology service based at Hammersmith Hospital offers all nurses a unique perspective and exciting breadth of experience across the many sub-specialties. We embrace a collaborative patient focused approach to care and take pride in promoting a strong team ethos. We are committed to the professional development of our nursing teams to maintain a skilled workforce, providing further education and training opportunities. So if you feel you have the right credentials, including relevant specialist post registration training/qualifications, demonstrable leadership and practice development skills, and are looking for an exciting career opportunity as a senior team leader within haematology services

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the Matron and Lead Nurse for Clinical Haematology, the post holder will be a key member of the senior nursing team and extended multi-professional team across the wider department. In addition, the Senior Charge Nurse will play an important role in helping to develop and plan future services as the haematology department continues to evolve and expand, driving service improvement. You will need to be a highly motivated, dynamic and resilient individual who is able to deal with and respond to complex situations in a busy and demanding clinical service.

The Clinical Haematology service at Hammersmith Hospital offers all nurses a unique perspective and exciting breadth of experience in this specialty. We embrace a collaborative patient focused approach to care and take pride in promoting a strong team ethos and skilled nursing workforce. So if you feel you have the right credentials to make a valuable contribution to the team as an experienced haemato-oncology nursing lead and have demonstrable clinical expertise within this specialist field of nursing, including being chemotherapy certified, then we may have an exciting Senior Charge Nurse job opportunity for you.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert

EDUCATION

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Experience

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