Senior SACT Nurse

Senior SACT Nurse (Oxford) – Genesis Care UK

Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey as a Senior SACT Nurse at our state-of-the-art cancer care centre located in Oxford, OX4 area? Join our dedicated team at Genesis Care UK and be part of something extraordinary.

The Role

As the Senior SACT Nurse, you are responsible for delivering chemotherapy nursing services to patients within the unit and to deputise for the line manager where required. This is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact and develop your career.

What You'll Do

• Provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis and through all stages of treatment
• Ensure continuity of a high standard of evidence-based nursing care for patients undergoing chemotherapy, assessing health, health-related and nursing needs of patients, their families and other carers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care. This will include:
• Managing a patient caseload
• Close liaison with medical consultants
• Ordering diagnostic tests within agreed parameters
• Running nurse-led clinics
• Work autonomously whilst providing clinical leadership, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made ensuring clear documentation in the patient’s records
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills in intravenous access, the management of central venous catheters, venepuncture, and chemotherapy delivery, including the management of anaphylaxis and extravasation

What You'll Have

Experience and skills:

• Experience in intravenous drug administration
• Experience in chemotherapy administration
• Sufficient post registration nursing experience in oncology or specialty to be confident and competent in using the required skills to do the job
• Ability to work accurately and reliably under pressure
• Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
• Experience and competence in blood transfusion and bone marrow biopsies

Qualifications And Knowledge

• NMC Registered Nurse
• UKONS SACT Passport or to be completed within three months of appointment
• Fully trained and qualified in venepuncture and cannulations and have experience of working with different types of central venous access devices
• Will be working towards or have willingness to train towards a recognised chemotherapy qualification
• UKONS trained with experience in oncology telephone triage. Recognition and management of neutropenic sepsis

Why Choose Genesis Care

• Shape your work-life balance with 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the option to buy more or sell back annual leave
• Private medical and dental coverage, access to Employee Assistance Program, and Income Protection
• Access our radiotherapy - free to you and your immediate family, if required
• Competitive Company Contributory Pension Scheme
• Well-being resources including Babylon Health and Headspace Wellbeing
• Free parking at most centres
• Exclusive retail discounts

Who We Are

Genesis Care UK is the leading provider of private oncology services in the UK, pioneering a transformation in cancer care. We are a team of over 600 healthcare professionals operating 14 specialist outpatient cancer centres across the UK, offering treatments including advanced diagnostics, medical oncology, radiotherapy, and Theranostics. We collaborate with universities and clinicians to advance cancer care and clinical trials.

Join Genesis Care UK and shape your future, while shaping the future of cancer care.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Health Care Provider
• Industries:
  Hospitals and Health Care

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