Description
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is one of the leading cancer centres in the world and has an international reputation for the care and treatment it provides. The Royal Marsden serves a local, regional, national and international population from two hospital sites, Chelsea and Sutton.
The state of the art Critical Care Unit (CCU) at The Royal Marsden, Chelsea, facilitates the provision of exceptional treatment and care to patients throughout critical phases of their cancer journey and received an outstanding rating from the CQC.
Main duties of the job
- To carry out in a responsible and efficient way, the nursing care for patients which has been drawn up in conjunction with the co-ordinator of the shift.
- To demonstrate the ability to develop a greater awareness and understanding of the needs of patients with cancer and the different treatment modalities.
- To demonstrate leadership qualities, communicating effectively with members of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality, evidence-led care to patients.
- To develop an understanding of managing a shift with the guidance of the Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurse.
Job responsibilities
- To complete the first level assessment of the patient's needs and document these on the care plan, planning, delivering and evaluating programmes of care from admission through to discharge/transfer.
- To gain an understanding of the physiological, psycho-social, spiritual and cultural needs of the patients with cancer and their families. To develop a positive, realistic and supportive attitude to ensure that the needs of the patient and family are met.
- Using the information obtained from nursing history assessments and from subsequent observations, to identify the patient's individual nursing problems and needs, and to plan and implement care.
- To set goals for the resolution of each of the identified nursing problems, and to help the patient achieve these goals through appropriate care planning.
- To document and evaluate care given and discuss progress, condition and treatment with colleagues, alerting the Sister/Charge Nurse of the patients changing health care needs.
- To assist with teaching patients in preparation for investigations, treatment and home care.
- To be aware of the side effects of any treatment in progress, and adopt a problem-solving approach to minimise the potentially adverse reactions.
- To make appropriate referrals to members of the multidisciplinary team and participate in the discharge planning of patients.
- To develop an awareness of the protocols involved for patients undergoing clinical trials.
Person Specification
Attainments
- First level registration
- ILS qualified or working towards qualification
- Mentoring/teaching qualification or working towards qualification
- Intensive Care/Critical Care Course
Special Aptitudes & Disposition
- Good interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members
- Ability to demonstrate motivation
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise own workload
- Evidence of commitment to customer care initiatives
- Awareness of quality issues