Band 6 - Acute Oncology Nurse | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

We are looking for a chemotherapy certified registered Nurse who is compassionate, accountable and has extensive experience and skills to facilitate care in our proposed oncology assessment day unit. We are looking for a Registered Nurse who is motivated, passionate and committed to providing excellent patient experience and excellent care.

It is an exciting opportunity for the post-holder to work alongside our clinical nurse specialists and medical team for acute oncology to develop a day service for oncology patients to bypass A&E department and be promptly treated in the acute oncology assessment unit and thus improving patient experience. Initially this service will run 08:00 - 16:00 with flexibility depending on the evolving needs of the service. This unit will be comprised of two couches and the oncology assessment unit is embedded within the oncology ward.

If you are a registered nurse who can demonstrate leadership, assessment skills, who is open, transparent, trustworthy, with the ability to communicate clearly, is highly motivated with a desire to work within an Oncology setting, we would like to invite you to apply for this post. For the right person we can support your development through our educational team and your personal support through our wellbeing team.

The post holder will provide direct, specialised care and advice to patients admitted to the oncology assessment unit (OAU), using specialist nursing skills to assess each patient and ensuring that care and support to patients is individualised to their needs.

To act as a patients' advocate and to give advice regarding treatment options in order that patients can give informed consent.

To work in collaboration with all members of the multi-disciplinary team including emergency care practitioners, general physicians and surgeons, haematologists/oncologists, specialist nurses, AHPs and support services in order to ensure the provision of a high-quality service for patient.

To ensure patients are seen within 30 minutes of arriving within the unit, interpret, analyse and respond to test results whilst ensuring patient's safety.

To undertake a nursing assessment of the unwell patient with a cancer complication as outlined in the service operating inclusion criteria and ensure they are managed within agreed protocols/pathways.

To support a plan of care for patients who attend the oncology assessment unit.

To liaise with the clinical site management team if patients require admission.

To work in the chemotherapy day unit if no admissions to the oncology assessment unit.
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches. We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
To support the development of the OAU with the acute oncology service team and facilitate and care for the patients who attend the unit. To also collect relevant data for the pilot and supporting the audit of the pilot. To be responsible for admitting patients to the OAU and supporting the development of a plan of care and delivering the care plan.

· The post holder will provide direct, specialised care and advice to patients within the oncology service, using specialist nursing skills to assess each patient and ensuring that care and support to patients is sensitive to their needs · To act as a patients' advocate and to give advice regarding treatment options in order that patients can give informed consent · To work in collaboration with all members of the multi-disciplinary team including emergency care practitioners, general physicians and surgeons, haematologists/oncologists and specialist nurses in order to ensure the provision of a high-quality service for patient.

· To ensure patients are seen within 30 minutes of arriving within the unit

• Interpret, analyse and respond to test results whilst ensuring patient's safety

· To undertake a nursing assessment of the unwell patient with a cancer complication as outlined in the service operating inclusion criteria and ensure they are managed within agreed protocols/pathways
To give specialist expert up to date advice for care and maintenance of PICC, Port-a-cath and any other CVAC devices used within the Trust
To liaise with the AOS oncologist/registrar of the day on any issues arising from new referrals, new assessments

Promote and maintain effective communication with the patient and their carer(s)

Use communication skills in order to convey complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers and other staff, overcoming any barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events.

Ensure that patient documentation is completed correctly, appropriately and in a timely manner.