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Job overview

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, a world-leading cancer centre, is seeking a passionate and dedicated Band 6 Nurse to join our esteemed Markus Ward team. This is a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to provide exceptional patient care in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Markus Ward is an 8-bed, single-roomed, Private Patient medical oncology unit specializing in the delivery of inpatient chemotherapy and the management of cancer-related symptoms. We pride ourselves on offering personalized care to our patients, ensuring their comfort and well-being during their treatment journey.

Role and Responsibilities:
• Deliver high-quality patient care with compassion and professionalism.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to enhance the patient experience.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Demonstrate leadership and role-modelling, by being nurse in charge of the unit and supporting junior colleagues.Ìý

If you have any questions or would like to visit the unit prior to applying, please contact [email protected] Ìý

Main duties of the job

• To coordinate and supervise a shift, communicating effectively with members of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality, evidence-led care to patients.
• To exercise clinical judgment and decision making about patient needs in terms of long term goals or plans.
• To participate fully in the day to day organization and running of clinical trials including the recruitment, education and monitoring of patients entering a clinical trial and liaison as required with
  trial sponsors.
• To assume personal accountability for nursing care delivered to a patient in accordance with the NMC
  code of conduct. There is an expectation for post holders:
• To promote a safe clinical environment for all patients, visitors and staff
• To participate in Trust initiatives around infection control and care quality indicators
• To assist with any local or trust initiatives to ensure the continuous improvement of the quality of services and safeguarding of high standards of care
• To be aware of all hospital policies and procedures and collaborate with other health care
  professionals to ensure that these are observed
• To help foster a supportive working environment and maintain staff morale.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.