Lead Cancer Nurse

Lead Cancer Nurse – Guildford Hospital – Permanent – Full Time – Competitive salary – 37.5 hours per week

As an Oncology Manager you will:

• Run our Oncology Day Unit and oversee other cancer work at our hospital
• Lead, motivate, educate and supervise our nursing and multidisciplinary teams
• Support colleagues to deliver clinically effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
• Influence service development, policies and strategies to create the best patient focused, holistic treatment and care
• Contribute to audits and clinical governance, infection prevention, health and safety, and risk analysis
• Build strong relationships with consultants, senior leaders, healthcare professionals and patients

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital provides high‑quality healthcare with leading consultants to offer a range of services and treatments for preventing, diagnosing and treating a wide array of medical conditions and offering a wide range of complex surgery and services. We are proud to have received a “good” rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our facilities include 49 en‑suite patient bedrooms, 4 operating theatres, acute dependency and oncology units.

We have been awarded the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark for cancer care and our Endoscopy service has achieved JAG accreditation. Our site is shared with an NHS Trust hospital, giving us access to their facilities. The working atmosphere is highly professional and stimulating, yet friendly and collaborative like that of a large family unit. The hospital is easily accessible from the A3 or M25 and we are located about 1.5 miles from Guildford town centre.

You have at least four years’ senior experience and a postgraduate qualification in Oncology, and ideally, a qualification in teaching or assessment.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. You can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). It’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.