Job overview Are you interested in joining a small, friendly team that is continually striving to improve the standard and quality of care for patients with cancer and haematological disorders in the outpatient setting?The Cancer and Haematology Outpatients department at the Churchill Hospital are looking for a dynamic, experienced, and innovative nurse to join our team as a Deputy Nurse Manager to help the team achieve the best care for patients.
This is a very busy department seeing up to patients a day and is open from am to pm, Monday to Friday, with occasional evening and weekend shifts.
We work in a modern environment in the Cancer Centre with access to shops and cafes.
This is also an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest and most successful Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition of innovation and clinical research.
For more information or to arrange an informal visit (which we do recommend), please email Susan Fletcher, Cancer and Haematology Outpatients Sister, on k Main duties of the job As a band Deputy Nurse Manager you will contribute to the smooth running of the department, acting as a role model for junior team members and support the development and delivery of a high standard of nursing care.
You will work closely with the Outpatients Sister, acting as deputy in their absence, and provide clinical and managerial leadership to the team.
The successful applicant will take the lead in a specific area of practice/project work in the outpatient environment.
The role will also involve providing patients with health education, line care and venesection, phlebotomy, cannulation and associated elements of treatment.
We aim to provide a service tailored to individual patients' needs as well as ensuring staff are supported through clinical supervision, educational programmes and on-going professional development.
We actively support nurse-led activities and research, offering opportunities for professional and personal development.
Our focus is always on providing the best possible patient care and our values reflect those of the Trust: Compassion, Delivery, Excellence, Learning, Respect and Improvement.For more information or to arrange an informal visit (which we do recommend), please email .
Working for our organisation Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country.
It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .