Senior Staff Nurse - Chemo Day Unit
Role: Senior Staff Nurse – Chemotherapy Day Unit
Location: Birmingham - The Harborne Hospital
Working Hours: Full Time 37.5hrs per week - Monday - Friday
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive + Excellent benefits
Golden Hello: We are offering an attractive £2,500 Golden Hello welcome incentive payment to successful candidates who join us (terms and conditions apply).
We are seeking a dedicated Senior Staff Nurse with Haematology or Oncology experience to join our Chemotherapy Day Unit at the newly opened Harborne Hospital in Birmingham. The Harborne Hospital, a brand new £100 million, state-of-the-art, 50-bed multi-specialty private facility, situated on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham campus, the hospital boasts deep clinical infrastructure, cutting-edge equipment, and expert teams to deliver comprehensive clinical pathways across a wide range of specialties, including Cardiology, Cancer, and Complex Surgery. This hospital marks the 4th NHS partnership within our network, collaborating with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust.
What You’ll Do:
As a Senior Staff Nurse in the Chemotherapy Day Unit, you will:
Assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate high standards of specialist care for patients.
Advocate for patients, ensuring their medical, physical, and emotional needs are met.
Communicate effectively with patients and their families.
Work closely with an experienced team of SACT-certified Chemotherapy Nurses, contributing to the delivery of exceptional care.
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to shape the unit's success while positively impacting patients' lives.
Why Join Us?
Cutting-edge Cancer Care: Work with ground-breaking treatments currently unavailable on the NHS, supported by our on-site lab and chemotherapy production unit.
Career Growth: Enjoy more autonomy in clinical assessments and treatment decisions while accessing development sessions from external speakers and funded courses to help you progress into Sister or Matron roles.
Supportive Work Environment: We prioritize your health, wellbeing, and professional growth, offering a culture where your dedication is recognized and rewarded
At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.
What you’ll bring:
NMC Nurse registration (essential)
Experience in Chemotherapy administration (SACT) (essential)
Experience in Haematology (highly desirable)
Why HCA UK?
Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.
We believe that by caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Senior Staff Nurse in our Chemo Day Case Unit you’ll be eligible for:
25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
Group Life Assurance from day one
Critical illness cover
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
Discounts with over 800 major retailers
Culture and values
At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.
Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:
Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
Honesty, integrity and fairness: - We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity
Reasonable adjustments
We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.
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