Nursing Assistant, Chemotherapy Unit at Queen Marys Hospital, Sidcup

As a Nursing Assistant in the Chemotherapy Day Unit, your main duties will include:
+ Assisting in PICC Line Dressings: Support the nursing team in cleaning and redressing Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC lines) to maintain infection control and patient comfort.
+ Scalp Cooling Set-Up: Prepare and assist in setting up the scalp cooling equipment for patients undergoing chemotherapy, aimed at reducing hair loss.
+ District Nursing Referrals: Co-ordinate and manage referrals to the district nursing teams for patients requiring continued care after leaving the unit.
+ Stock Management: Ensure the Chemotherapy Day Unit is well-stocked with medical supplies and equipment, helping to maintain an efficient working environment.
+ General Support: Assist with patient mobility, personal care, and emotional support. Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare staff to ensure smooth day-to-day operations.
+ Clinical Observations: Taking and recording vital signs such as blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and oxygen levels, and reporting any significant changes to the nursing team.
+ Reception Cover: When required, covering the front desk due to annual leave or sickness, including greeting patients, answering phone calls, and scheduling appointments., + To act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
+ To ensure that patients' receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
+ Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
+ Report immediately to the Nurse in Charge any observed change in a
patient's condition or any concern expressed by a patient about nursing or medical treatment to maintain patient safety and improve communication.
+ Ensure own actions help to maintain quality., + Assisting in PICC Line Dressings: Support the nursing team in cleaning and redressing Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC lines) to maintain infection control and patient comfort.
+ Scalp Cooling Set-Up: Prepare and assist in setting up the scalp cooling equipment for patients undergoing chemotherapy, aimed at reducing hair loss.
+ District Nursing Referrals: Co-ordinate and manage referrals to the district nursing teams for patients requiring continued care after leaving the unit.
+ Stock Management: Ensure the Chemotherapy Day Unit is well-stocked with medical supplies and equipment, helping to maintain an efficient working environment.
+ General Support: Assist with patient mobility, personal care, and emotional support. Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare staff to ensure smooth day-to-day operations.
+ Clinical Observations: Taking and recording vital signs such as blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and oxygen levels, and reporting any significant changes to the nursing team.
+ Reception Cover: When required, covering the front desk due to annual leave or sickness, including greeting patients, answering phone calls, and scheduling appointments.
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS., Guy's Cancer Centre at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, is part of the prestigious Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, offering world-class cancer treatment and care to patients in a modern and supportive environment. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional patient-centred care, ensuring each person feels safe, comfortable, and empowered during their treatment journey., Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities. We have around 23,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.