An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic nurse to lead the development and delivery of SACT services across Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. This senior leadership role provides expert clinical, professional and strategic leadership, ensuring the safe, effective and high-quality delivery of systemic anti-cancer treatments across the organisation. The post holder will lead on governance, patient safety, workforce development, education, quality improvement, service transformation and implementation of national SACT standards. Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will influence service development, enhance patient experience and support excellent clinical outcomes. We are seeking an experienced oncology or haematology nurse with strong leadership skills, expert SACT knowledge and a passion for delivering outstanding patient-centred cancer care.
This is a senior nursing role, expert in all aspects of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT), with responsibility for leading and developing SACT nursing services across the Trust.
The post holder will ensure that national standards for SACT are implemented and that guidelines relating to the safe administration of SACT are adhered to, reviewing and developing care pathways to meet patient need and to identify where specialist nursing input can be optimised.
The post holder will provide advanced clinical skills, leadership and expert knowledge in clinical practice, working with a high degree of autonomy in the assessment, diagnosis and management of patients receiving SACT, including the management of SACT-related toxicities, and will contribute to the ongoing development of clinical practice, policies, procedures and guidelines in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team (MDT).
The post holder will demonstrate effective leadership and management skills, with the ability to drive quality improvement, influence patient care and implement new and innovative ways of working across the SACT service.
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
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