Registered Nurse - Woolverstone Macmillan Centre

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Registered Nurses to join the team on the Woolverstone Macmillan Centre at Ipswich Hospital. This is a great opportunity to join a nurse led outpatient haemato-oncology service. You will be an enthusiastic, innovative Registered Nurse working in the busy, fast paced environment of a Chemotherapy Day Unit / Outreach clinics. You are required to have recent post registration experience and evidence of relevant post-registration study. Experience in Oncology and Haematology is required, and you will ideally have completed Guy\''s Cancer Academy Systemic Anti-cancer Therapy (SACT) Online course. If you have the required experience but have not completed the course, you will be supported to do this.This post will be worked within our unit working hours of Monday - Friday 08:00 - 18:00.

Responsibilities

To deliver high quality, evidence based, safe, cost effective care to all patients and families.To complete a recognised accredited Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy course (SACT).To complete the UKINS Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy passport.To access patients pre-SACT, carry out a full toxicity screen and ensure the patients are safe to proceed with treatment.To work across the clinical areas to develop and enhance clinical skills and practice, including part of a rotation to the Mobile Cancer Unit.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients\'' own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what\''s widely regarded as the world\''s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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Details

Date posted: 05 September 2025Pay scheme: Agenda for changeBand: Band 5Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rataContract: PermanentWorking pattern: Full-time, Part-timeReference number: 432-HR672-25Job locations: Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich, IP4 5PD

Job description

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

QualificationsEssential: Registered Nurse Level 1 or 2Essential: Evidence of continuing professional developmentDesirableCoaching QualificationWillingness to undertake further educationExperienceEssential: Worked within the healthcare settingDesirableExperience in acute settingUndertaken preceptorshipParticipation in research/auditKnowledgeEssential: Knowledge and understanding of evidence based practiceEssential: Understanding and ability to apply clinical governance principles to practiceEssential: Knowledge of developments in oncology speciality and current issues driving nursing in generalDesirable: Nursing Care of Acutely unwell patients

Other information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustAddress: Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich, IP4 5PDEmployer\''s website: ..... full job details .....