Staff Nurse

Job Summary

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 busy, administering SACT to 50‑60 patients daily with oncological and haematological malignancies. Treatments include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapies, hormonal therapies and supportive treatments such as 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, educate them on expected symptoms and side‑effects, assess fitness to receive treatment and administer SACT via intravenous, sub‑cutaneous, intramuscular and oral routes. The chemotherapy day unit also holds a 24‑hour chemotherapy helpline; all nursing staff are expected to rotate into the helpline and triage patients who contact us.

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 have consistently achieved the highest levels of care. We now employ around 4,800 staff and provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values are the ‘golden thread’ that runs through everything we do:
ICORE – Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement. We support staff through networks (BAME, D‑Ability, LGBTQ+, Women’s, Armed Forces) and wellness initiatives under our ‘Balance’ programme ().

• Date posted: 13 January 2026
• Band: 5
• Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full‑time
• Reference number: 297‑7643729
• Job location:
  
  Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Gateshead, NE9 6SX

The unit operates Monday to Friday 08:00‑20:00; you are expected to stay until 20:00 at least once per week, work bank holiday shifts and have no night or weekend duties.

• Participate in assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating high‑quality patient care
• Work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team
• Be flexible to the changing needs of the service
• Work autonomously and as part of a team
• Contribute to service improvements
• Have excellent communication skills
• Work within Trust policy and procedure
• Be willing to undertake CPD
• Act as a role model, teacher and supervisor for junior staff and students, participating in mentor and preceptorship programmes
• Provide support and, depending on experience, deputise for nurse in charge in their absence

• Registered Adult Nurse
• Post‑registration experience
• Good communication skills
• Basic IT skills

• UKONS SACT passport or SACT qualification
• Practice assessor/supervisor
• Interest in cancer
• Qualification in communication
• SACT administration
• UKONS triage experience
• CVAD competence
• Venepuncture/cannulation

Applications from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Gateshead, NE9 6SX

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