Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 193-7889666NCG
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Staff Nurse - West Ward (Haematology)
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse - West Ward (Haematology)
The Haematology department is looking for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking, and motivated nurse to join our team as a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse
You will work as a skilled practitioner and be responsible for delivering patient-focused programmes of care that address the complex and changing health and well-being needs of patients with haematology-related conditions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide high quality essential care to patients with haematology conditions in a caring, compassionate and sensitive manner.
The post holder will:
- Provide high-quality clinical practice. Be proactive in clinical decision making, underpinned by theoretical and practical knowledge and be able to demonstrate improved patient care outcomes.
- Take designated responsibility for discrete areas of operational management/clinical practice.
- Support change, monitor and improve standards through supervision, evidence-based practice, clinical audit, research, and education. To promote and demonstrate best practice by integrating evidence into practice.
- Undertake holistic assessment of patients and carers' needs. This will involve planning, implementing, and evaluating care delivery in response to changing healthcare needs.
- Demonstrate sound knowledge in relation to patterns of Haematology service, markers of condition progression and the range of treatment available at each stage of the condition.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority.
The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high-quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of managing a varying aspects of a patient’s care
- Experience of working in partnership with all levels of staff, evidencing the ability to plan and co-ordinate the provision of care
Desirable criteria
- Experience of developing and implementing policies and protocols
- Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative, as well as part of a multidisciplinary team
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- First Level degree (HEI Level 6) or equivalent, in undergraduate base profession
Desirable criteria
- Specialist post-graduate education / Qualifications, or training relevant to Haematology
- Other training relevant to area clinical practice Chemotherapy course, PICC line care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Candidates to be capped at 30 applications for each whole time equivalent position being recruited to.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Juliet Owusu Nelson
- Job title
- Lead Nurse for Integrated Medicine B
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01183228386
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