# Senior Staff Nurse (Band 6) - Medical Day Unit

**Company**: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Chelsea
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £47,951 to £56,863 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Staff Nurse (SSN) with post-registration experience, desirably in oncology and SACT, to join the Medical Day Unit (MDU) at the Royal Marsden in Chelsea.

The MDU is a fast-paced clinical environment specialising in the administration of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT), supportive care and clinical trials.

The Royal Marsden is a leading centre in cancer care and research and provides staff with excellent opportunities for professional and personal development in a well-resourced environment.

You will need to be a registered nurse with intravenous medication administration experience. Venepuncture and cannulation are desirable but not essential as training will be provided.

**Main duties of the job**

- Work collaboratively, as part of the multidisciplinary team, to co-ordinate high-quality, evidence-based nursing care for patients.

- Lead the assessment and management of the complex needs of patients with cancer receiving SACT.

- Ensure patients are educated on SACT, including clinical trials, administered on the unit.

- Assist the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse in the management of colleagues and the clinical environment.

**Job responsibilities**

- Work collaboratively, within the multidisciplinary team, to create a safe patient environment in which the complex needs of patients with cancer receiving SACT are met.

- Promote, and facilitate, the education of patients on SACT, including its side effects, to empower patients to escalate side effects timely and safely.

- Practice within Trust protocols, including those for clinical trials, and support junior colleagues to also practice within such guidelines.

- Lead the recognition of signs of a deteriorating patient and assist junior colleagues to respond promptly to signs.

- Utilise advanced time-management and prioritisation skills to manage the demands of a busy environment with a high caseload and support junior colleagues in also meeting demands.

- Engage in educational programmes and facilitate ward-based projects to advance personal and team professional development.

- Assist the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse in managing colleagues and the clinical environment.

**Benefits**

The Royal Marsden offers a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways.

**Person Specification**

- NMC Registration

- Evidence of ongoing professional development

- RMH Certificate in Intravenous Drug Administration or to be obtained within three months of appointment

- Experience in intravenous drug administration

- Sufficient post registration nursing experience in oncology or speciality to be confident and competent in using the required skills to do the job

## Skills

### Required
- intravenous medication administration
- venepuncture
- cannulation
- oncology
- SACT

### Nice to have
- chemotherapy administration
- Clinical Management
- teaching experience
- clinical trials management

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