Staff Nurse - Anaemia Clinic

Job Overview

Are you an IV-trained nurse looking for a change of scene and a new challenge? Do you want variety in your job, and would like a break from working weekends and nights?

Our friendly and dynamic team identifies and treats anemic patients who are having planned major surgery. Our aim is to get these patients into the best possible condition in time for their operation. Due to increased elective surgical activity we are looking for an IV-trained nurse to join our team for a fixed term 5 month contract.

If you are kind and caring, sociable, hard-working, flexible, and able to work under pressure , you will love this job. An energetic nurse with vision and enthusiasm would make a massive impact on the quality of our service. Our clinic is nationally recognised as excellent, so if you would like to join us on our journey, please get in touch.

Main duties of the job

This post is based in Pathology, with intravenous iron day case clinics currently in the Brownsword Therapies Centre.

To join the Surgical Anaemia Service based in the Pathology department, and managed by the Transfusion Team.

To provide care and treatment of anaemic patients within the elective surgical pathway to prepare them for their procedure.

To provide nursing care during the day case administration of intravenous iron and occasionally blood components (this will include cannulation and phlebotomy) in the Surgical Anaemia clinic under the supervision of the senior nurse. Good communication skills and effective multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working is essential to manage the varied patient group who attend the clinic.

You would be expected to work weekdays and core hours; start and finish times may vary depending on the needs of the clinics. Weekend and out of hours working is not required for this role.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NMC registered

Desirable criteria

• Post training relevant to speciality/directorate e.g. Cannulation

Experience

Essential criteria

• Up to date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice at the level of a newly qualified nurse.
• Knowledge of and an ability to cannulate and undertake phlebotomy.

Desirable criteria

• Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge and practice after qualification and preceptorship.
• Central venous access device training

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Spec (PDF, 279.2KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.3MB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Susan Scott Job title Transfusion/Anemia Nurse Practitioner Email address ***email_hidden*** Telephone number 01225 821556 Additional information

My working days are Wednesday to Friday