Drug Development Unit Clinical Fellow

Drug Development Unit Clinical Fellow

Job description

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 staff nurse to join our friendly and energetic team on BC Ward.

Burdett Coutts ward is a male surgical ward, predominantly caring for patients undergoing treatment for colorectal, gastro-intestinal, and urological cancers.

However, we also care for a variety of medical patients including those having chemotherapy, radiotherapy and patients requiring symptom control.

You will be required to assume responsibility for co-ordinating shifts on a regular basis, support the Ward Sister with daily, weekly and monthly audits, support staff in their development, develop skills as a leader within the Trust.







The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and clinical skills and enjoy working as part of a team.

We can offer you a supernumerary period designed to explore all that the ward has to offer, time allocated with members of the MDTs.

We provide a tailor made programme to introduce you to the ward. Although oncology experience is desirable, we provide training via a dedicated Practice Educator in order for you to develop your oncology knowledge in addition to developing your leadership and ward management skills.

We offer opportunities for further education with the Royal Marsden School.

Our ward commitment is to meet the Trust’s goals of excellence in caring for our patients, their families and friends with professionalism, respect, and dignity.

We are an inclusive team and would welcome your application.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- To complete the first level assessment of patients with cancer and their families to gain an understanding of their physiological, psycho-social, spiritual and cultural needs and to develop a positive, realistic and supportive attitude to ensure that these needs are met. This will include :
- Counterchecking patients’ vital signs, blood results, patient body surface area,





chemotherapy prescription and consent before administration of treatment.
- Educating patients on their treatment such as indications and side effects.
- Ensuring necessary medication and follow up appointments are obtained.
- To plan, document, deliver and evaluate care plans from admission through to discharge / transfer discussing this with the patient, their family and multi-disciplinary teams and to alert the Sister / Charge Nurse of any changes.

To set goals for each of the identified nursing issues and encourage / teach

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

- NMC Registration
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- RMH Certificate in Intravenous Drug Administration or to be obtained within three months of appointment

Desirable criteria







- Qualification in oncology or speciality
- Diploma or Degree level study (or equivalent)
- Recognised teaching qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

- Experience in intravenous drug administration
- Sufficient post registration nursing experience in oncology or speciality to be confident and competent in using the required skills to do the job

Desirable criteria

- Experience in chemotherapy administration
- Experience in Clinical Management
- Evidence of relevant teaching experience
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical trials management

Skills Abilities / knowledge

Desirable criteria

- Experience in oncology or area of specialty
- Venepuncture and / or cannulation skills
- Computer Literacy (e.g. use of Microsoft Word and Outlook)







The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential.

We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.







We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Flu Vaccination What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus.

Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

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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.

▶️ Drug Development Unit Clinical Fellow
🖊️ The Royal Marsden
📍 Sutton