Staff Nurse

Main area Chemotherapy Oncology and Heamo-oncology Grade NHS AfC:
Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (4 shifts per week Mon-Fri between the hours of ) Job  

Employer Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Queen Elizabeth Hospital Town Gateshead Salary £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/01/2026 23:59

In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.

All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.

We are seeking an experienced band 5 staff nurse with an interest in working within cancer services delivering systemic anti-cancer therapies (SACT).

The chemotherapy day unit is a busy unit administering SACT to 50-60 patients daily with oncological and haematological malignancies. Treatments given on the unit include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapies and hormonal therapies; we also administer supportive treatments including blood transfusions and immunoglobulins.

The main duties of the job are to care for patients receiving SACT with adjuvant, neo-adjuvant, curative and palliative intentions.

You will prepare patients for SACT through pre-assessments and educating patients on expected symptoms and side-effects, assess patients for fitness to receive treatment and administer SACT via intravenous, sub-cutaneous, intramuscular and oral routes.

Additionally, the chemotherapy day unit also holds the 24 hour chemotherapy helpline; all nursing staff are expected to rotate into the helpline and triage patients that contact us.

Previous experience in SACT is beneficial but not necessary as full training will be provided. Successful applicants will be expected to compete the UKONS SACT passport within 6 months of employment.

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE;
Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the BAME network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our armed forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme  to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience…