Staff Nurse - Oncology

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Main area Oncology Grade Band 5 Contract 8 months (This is a fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (12 hour shifts 0700 - 1930 and 1900 - 0730. 7 day working.) Job
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Site Ribblesdale Ward Town Preston Salary £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum, Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 31/07/2026 23:59

Are you caring and compassionate, wanting to work in the innovative field of cancer nursing, providing excellent quality care for cancer patients during treatments, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy and also for those patients at end of life. The 24 bedded Ribblesdale Ward provides inpatient care for cancer and haematology patients. As a cancer nurse you will have access to training and education as well as the support of a fantastic, dedicated team.

The opportunities for a cancer nurse are wide ranging and our career pathways branch out into many other areas setting you off on a rewarding career.

We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic staff with excellent communication skills to join our already established teams but also to lead and develop new services and ways of working as our Oncology teams grasp this opportunity to influence, shape and develop the changing face of cancer care and service provision at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

This is a fixed term contract.

The contract will end March 2027.

What we do :
Administer chemotherapy, immunotherapy and other related cancer treatments.

• manage side effects of treatment and maintain quality of life

Palliative care including complex symptom management at end of life.

Our staff are our greatest asset and we believe that supporting our workforce to grow, develop and innovate creates a great place to work, and enables us to provide excellent care with compassion for our patients.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to meet patients’ needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence based guidelines.

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

You will need to be flexible in your working hours to work shifts/unsocial hours including…