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Oncology Triage Nurse
Location: London
Hours: 37.5hrs pw (shifts: Long days/nights/weekends)
Salary: competitive dependent on skills & experience plus shift allowance + Benefits (pension, health cover, flexible benefits, and excellent career development)
We are also offering an attractive £5000 Golden Hello welcome incentive payment to successful candidates.
Role Overview
The Oncology Triage Nurse will be responsible for providing high quality nursing care through telephone assessment to identify clinical urgency and necessary care level, in order to give advice or refer the patient to the most appropriate place of care. In addition, to telephone care, the post holder will also utilise their practical nursing skills to provide direct patient care to on the Assessment Unit where the role will be based. The Triage Nurse will provide care for existing patients on the unit and patients who need physical assessment or intervention following a telephone triage call.
You will participate in the assessment, diagnostic testing and management of the acute cancer patients and promote the acute oncology services via established educational activities. Triage Nurse will give advice, instigate investigations, and implement patient care as appropriate to manage the acutely unwell oncology patient.
The Triage Nurse will be expected to work as part of a wider multidisciplinary team to effectively manage patients with a range of haematological and oncological conditions and emergencies, such as metastatic spinal cord compression and suspected neutropenic sepsis.
Requirements
·NMC registered Nurse.
·Post registration experience within haematology or oncology setting or equivalent.
·Experience in UKONS 24 Hour Triage Tool.
·Intravenous chemotherapy administration experience.
·Clinical skills in venepuncture, cannulation, and the administration of intravenous drugs.
·Able to effectively communicate with patients over the phone and in person, during what may be a very stressful time for patients.
·Wide and evidence-based knowledge of systemic anti-cancer treatments e.g., chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy etc and the known and lesser known side effects of these.
TTM Healthcare Solutions is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Expired job
Oncology Triage Nurse
| Location | London |
| Job-type | Permanent |
| Salary | £41000 - £46000 per annum |
| Reference | J362333 |
| Date Published | about 1 year ago |
Location: London
Hours: 37.5hrs pw (shifts: Long days/nights/weekends)
Salary: competitive dependent on skills & experience plus shift allowance + Benefits (pension, health cover, flexible benefits, and excellent career development)
We are also offering an attractive £5000 Golden Hello welcome incentive payment to successful candidates.
Role Overview
The Oncology Triage Nurse will be responsible for providing high quality nursing care through telephone assessment to identify clinical urgency and necessary care level, in order to give advice or refer the patient to the most appropriate place of care. In addition, to telephone care, the post holder will also utilise their practical nursing skills to provide direct patient care to on the Assessment Unit where the role will be based. The Triage Nurse will provide care for existing patients on the unit and patients who need physical assessment or intervention following a telephone triage call.
You will participate in the assessment, diagnostic testing and management of the acute cancer patients and promote the acute oncology services via established educational activities. Triage Nurse will give advice, instigate investigations, and implement patient care as appropriate to manage the acutely unwell oncology patient.
The Triage Nurse will be expected to work as part of a wider multidisciplinary team to effectively manage patients with a range of haematological and oncological conditions and emergencies, such as metastatic spinal cord compression and suspected neutropenic sepsis.
Requirements
·NMC registered Nurse.
·Post registration experience within haematology or oncology setting or equivalent.
·Experience in UKONS 24 Hour Triage Tool.
·Intravenous chemotherapy administration experience.
·Clinical skills in venepuncture, cannulation, and the administration of intravenous drugs.
·Able to effectively communicate with patients over the phone and in person, during what may be a very stressful time for patients.
·Wide and evidence-based knowledge of systemic anti-cancer treatments e.g., chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy etc and the known and lesser known side effects of these.
TTM Healthcare Solutions is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Expired job