Job summary

Looking for a new challenge? Why not join our amazing, supportive and forward thinking team? We are looking for an experienced nurse who can offer us a wealth of expertise and knowledge who is adaptable to change.

William Budd is a 22 bedded mixed sex haematology and oncology unit/ward caring for patients from 16 years of age upwards.

We look after patients who are undergoing intensive chemotherapy and or radiotherapy, stem cell transplantation, symptom management and end of life care.

We are a dynamic and passionate team who strive to be the best whilst delivering outstanding care with patient safety and experience at the heart of what we do.

We are a friendly and energetic team with a wealth of experience and knowledge who actively encourage staff development and engagement.

Our future is bright and optimistic with the new Dyson Cancer Centre scheduled to open in late 2023. This will ultimately transform the care that we provide to our patients and their loved ones.

William Budd is a fast paced and often challenging environment and therefore if you think you are up for a new exciting, demanding and stretching opportunity then we welcome your interest and application.

William Budd has a lot to offer and you can rest assure that you won’t be disappointed!

Main duties of the job

To work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse for a defined group of patients and take responsibility for:

  • The assessment of care and health education needs;
  • The development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.

To be designated to manage the ward/department and/or act as a deputy to the person holding continuing responsibility.

To develop leadership skills and experience in the management of the ward/department.

To promote and participate in the implementation of the RUH Nursing strategy:

  • Reviewing nursing practice and implementing appropriate changes based on research/best practice;
  • Developing and implementing Audit, Quality and Risk Management initiatives.

To participate in clinical supervision programmes as appropriate, and to teach and act as a facilitator/mentor/preceptor to nursing or non-nursing staff.

To promote and maintain effective communication.

About us

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are one of the region’s acute hospitals which provides treatment and care for a diverse population of more than 500,000 people in Bath, North East Somerset and West Wiltshire.

Date posted

03 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

427- 4899155

Job locations

William Budd Oncology Royal United Hospital

Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB TITLE: Sister

BAND: Band 6

DEPARTMENT: William Budd Ward

SPECIALITY / DIVISION: Oncology / FASS Divisio

PERSON SPECIFICATION

CRITERIA REQUIRED

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

Qualifications & Training

Registered Nurse Part 1,2,12

Registered General Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council

Relevant accredited post registration qualification at Level 3

Bsc in health related topic

Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous personal developments.

Teaching and assessing qualification

Any training in management / leadership

Knowledge & Experience

Nursing & other knowledge .

Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice, particularly within Oncology / Haematology and the application of this in practice

Understanding of equality & diversity and how to apply it to self and managed staff

Understanding of NMC Code of Practice and requirements of it for the practice & behaviour of managed staff and self

Understanding of the basic principles of effective budgetary management

Understanding of the basic principles of effective staff management

Nursing experience

Current relevant clinical experience at Band 5

Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge & practice during working as Band 5 nurse

Regular experience of competence in taking charge and delegating duties and problem solving throughout shifts

Values

Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, is non-judgemental

Motivated to be genuinely kind and caring

Helps and co-operates with colleagues

Pro-active and takes responsibility

Willing to learn, open to change

Motivated to make a difference in whatever way they can

Takes pride in themselves, their appearance, their role and where they work

Specific Skills

Patient Care:

Demonstrates evidence of well developed clinical practice, including assessment of peoples health and well being, and ability to plan and deliver care

Demonstrates an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ensure that patients dignity & respect is maintained at all times

Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate

Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role

Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team

Demonstrates awareness of evidence-based practice and ability to advocate it

Able to take charge and delegate duties effectively

Able to act as an advocate to service users

Demonstrates ability to ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times by self and ward / unit staff

Professional Development & Education

Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development

Demonstrates an awareness of role of facilitator/ mentor

Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others and enable them to develop

Audit and Quality

Demonstrates ability to use audit and improve quality and encourage others to do so

Communication

Able to communicate effectively verbally and written to staff, patients and relatives ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed

Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions etc effectively in patient notes and communicate these effectively to appropriate members of the multidisciplinary team

Leadership & Management skills

Able to supervise Registered Nurses, HCAs and students effectively through effective monitoring, feedback, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice

Able to appraise staff effectively in line with Trust Appraisal Policy

Able to demonstrate effective budgeting practice, exercising care and economy, supported by appropriate documentation

Able to interview staff in line with Trust Recruitment & Selection Policy (following training)

Other

Committed to specialty / clinical area of work and able to motivate others in it

Willing to work in other clinical areas Trust-wide as and when required

Physical Skills & Effort

Emotional Effort

Physical Skills

Dexterity to take blood cannulate and administration of systemic anti-cancer therapy

Undertakes specific nursing procedures involving physical skills for example care of central venous access devices and administration of cytotoxic and antibody therapies and intravenous injections

Typing skills – to use computerised system for accessing patient information, developing a data base of staff training records and typing of correspondence and meeting minutes

Physical skills to manually handle patients and appropriate lifting aids to maintain patient comfort and assist in rehabilitation

Physical Effort

Able to work and cope with rotating shift patterns – early, late, night shifts over 7 days of the week

Manually handle patients and appropriate lifting aids on a number of occasions each shift

Ability to manually handle patients and equipment e.g. patient hoists, commodes wheelchairs etc. push patient trolleys and beds to other areas of the hospital

Emotional Effort

Dealing with death / bad news – Ability to sensitively inform service users on emotional and complex issues such as patient death, diagnosis and treatment, complaints investigation and resolution

Conflict – Ability to deal with conflict in the ward team, with service users and involving patients with mental health problems

Staff management emotional pressures of managing staff and ward when in nurse in charge of ward

Involves risk of verbal aggression from patients & relatives

Requirements due to Working Environment

Management of COSHH and Health and Safety of Patients Staff and Visitors in the ward environment

Involves direct contact with cytotoxic body fluids, products, blood, sputum and vomit, foul linen etc on a number of occasions per shift

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB TITLE: Sister

BAND: Band 6

DEPARTMENT: William Budd Ward

SPECIALITY / DIVISION: Oncology / FASS Divisio

PERSON SPECIFICATION

CRITERIA REQUIRED

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

Qualifications & Training

Registered Nurse Part 1,2,12

Registered General Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council

Relevant accredited post registration qualification at Level 3

Bsc in health related topic

Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous personal developments.

Teaching and assessing qualification

Any training in management / leadership

Knowledge & Experience

Nursing & other knowledge .

Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice, particularly within Oncology / Haematology and the application of this in practice

Understanding of equality & diversity and how to apply it to self and managed staff

Understanding of NMC Code of Practice and requirements of it for the practice & behaviour of managed staff and self

Understanding of the basic principles of effective budgetary management

Understanding of the basic principles of effective staff management

Nursing experience

Current relevant clinical experience at Band 5

Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge & practice during working as Band 5 nurse

Regular experience of competence in taking charge and delegating duties and problem solving throughout shifts

Values

Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, is non-judgemental

Motivated to be genuinely kind and caring

Helps and co-operates with colleagues

Pro-active and takes responsibility

Willing to learn, open to change

Motivated to make a difference in whatever way they can

Takes pride in themselves, their appearance, their role and where they work

Specific Skills

Patient Care:

Demonstrates evidence of well developed clinical practice, including assessment of peoples health and well being, and ability to plan and deliver care

Demonstrates an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ensure that patients dignity & respect is maintained at all times

Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate

Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role

Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team

Demonstrates awareness of evidence-based practice and ability to advocate it

Able to take charge and delegate duties effectively

Able to act as an advocate to service users

Demonstrates ability to ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times by self and ward / unit staff

Professional Development & Education

Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development

Demonstrates an awareness of role of facilitator/ mentor

Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others and enable them to develop

Audit and Quality

Demonstrates ability to use audit and improve quality and encourage others to do so

Communication

Able to communicate effectively verbally and written to staff, patients and relatives ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed

Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions etc effectively in patient notes and communicate these effectively to appropriate members of the multidisciplinary team

Leadership & Management skills

Able to supervise Registered Nurses, HCAs and students effectively through effective monitoring, feedback, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice

Able to appraise staff effectively in line with Trust Appraisal Policy

Able to demonstrate effective budgeting practice, exercising care and economy, supported by appropriate documentation

Able to interview staff in line with Trust Recruitment & Selection Policy (following training)

Other

Committed to specialty / clinical area of work and able to motivate others in it

Willing to work in other clinical areas Trust-wide as and when required

Physical Skills & Effort

Emotional Effort

Physical Skills

Dexterity to take blood cannulate and administration of systemic anti-cancer therapy

Undertakes specific nursing procedures involving physical skills for example care of central venous access devices and administration of cytotoxic and antibody therapies and intravenous injections

Typing skills – to use computerised system for accessing patient information, developing a data base of staff training records and typing of correspondence and meeting minutes

Physical skills to manually handle patients and appropriate lifting aids to maintain patient comfort and assist in rehabilitation

Physical Effort

Able to work and cope with rotating shift patterns – early, late, night shifts over 7 days of the week

Manually handle patients and appropriate lifting aids on a number of occasions each shift

Ability to manually handle patients and equipment e.g. patient hoists, commodes wheelchairs etc. push patient trolleys and beds to other areas of the hospital

Emotional Effort

Dealing with death / bad news – Ability to sensitively inform service users on emotional and complex issues such as patient death, diagnosis and treatment, complaints investigation and resolution

Conflict – Ability to deal with conflict in the ward team, with service users and involving patients with mental health problems

Staff management emotional pressures of managing staff and ward when in nurse in charge of ward

Involves risk of verbal aggression from patients & relatives

Requirements due to Working Environment

Management of COSHH and Health and Safety of Patients Staff and Visitors in the ward environment

Involves direct contact with cytotoxic body fluids, products, blood, sputum and vomit, foul linen etc on a number of occasions per shift

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Registered Nurse
  • Oncology/haematology experience and up to date knowledge
  • Demonstrates awareness and commitment to professional development

Desirable

  • Leadership experience
  • SACT competencies

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrates the ability to communicate to a high standard/communication module
  • Demonstrates awareness of the importance of team work
Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Registered Nurse
  • Oncology/haematology experience and up to date knowledge
  • Demonstrates awareness and commitment to professional development

Desirable

  • Leadership experience
  • SACT competencies

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrates the ability to communicate to a high standard/communication module
  • Demonstrates awareness of the importance of team work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).