12 Oct
Oxford University Hospitals
Headington
Job description
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Bone Marrow Transplant Team in Oxford. If you have experience in Haemato-oncology or Bone Marrow Transplant nursing, we invite you to apply for this role.
The Oxford Bone Marrow Transplant programme treats + patients each year with Allogeneic and Autograft Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplants from across the Thames Valley region.
You will have the opportunity to work in a highly experienced and skilled team caring for patients in the planning, treatment, and post BMT phases.
As part of the BMT Specialist Nursing team you will work with a wider multi-disciplinary team of Doctors,
Allied Health professionals and scientists to plan and co-ordinate transplants as well as support and counsel patients through pre- and post-treatment.
The work spans across Outpatient clinic, Day Treatment Unit, Ambulatory and Inpatient care.
Alongside the clinical element of the role there is the opportunity to be involved in service development, departmental education, emerging BMT research, national forums and international conferences.
Please register your interest with Francesca Toselli () or Lara Rowley () to arrange an informal visit or conversation.
Main duties of the job
The Specialist Nurse will provide expert nursing care to patients referred to the Oxford Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) service.
The Specialist Nurse will
- Accept patient referrals to agreed criteria and be identified as the key worker for an agreed patient / client caseload.
- Provide advice, education and support to patients, their carers, related donors and other health care professionals.
- Practice clinically in agreed care settings according to the departments approved protocols or guidance.
- Contribute to the smooth running of the BMT service.
- Work across departmental boundaries.
- Liaise with other hospital and community teams along agreed pathways to support the delivery of patient and family centred care.
- Contribute to the on-going development of the BMT service.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
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▶️ Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist Nurse
🖊️ Oxford University Hospitals
📍 Headington