Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology / Oncology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 193-7506750PCG
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Staff Nurse (Adelaide Ward - Haematology / Oncology)
NHS AfC: Band 5
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
Band 5 Staff Nurse (Adelaide Ward - Haematology / Oncology)
Adelaide ward has 23 beds including six isolation positive pressure rooms; these rooms are for high dose chemotherapy patients and patients with neutropenic sepsis who require isolation.
We care for a variety of patients with acute presentations such as sepsis, acute kidney injury and metastatic spinal cord compression whereby patients need emergency radiotherapy all the way through to terminally ill patients who require palliative management.
We work closely with both haematology and oncology specialities; in the past few years the haematology team have started Autologic stem cell transplants on patients with myeloma and lymphoma with exciting plans to extend the service in the future.
We are essentially a specialist ward, but have many acute patients needing numerous interventions; opportunities exist to practice clinical skills such as Venepuncture, cannulation, NG insertion, male and female catheters and central line maintenance.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a professional and caring staff nurse who is committed to providing excellent nursing care to haematology and oncology patients.
We are looking for someone who shows motivation in developing new skills and knowledge, embraces change and innovation positively and with enthusiasm.
You should demonstrates an empathetic, caring and sensitive approach to patients, relatives and carers. You should also be able to work under own initiative and without direct supervision within the responsibilities of role.
Duties include:
- Fundamental nursing care.
- Safe administration of medication via different routes.
- Working with the MDT - demonstrates ability to work effectively within a team.
- Patient safety.
- Team work.
- Clinical Skills trained.
- Escalate when a patient deteriorates and act upon Observations.
- Assessments and care plans.
- General Nursing care, washing, feeding, toileting, wound care.
Working for our organisation
Adelaide ward is a lovely team to join; we are friendly and welcoming - we as a team take pride in the care we deliver to our patients.
We learn from mistakes and promote our staff to be open and honest.
Great learning opportunities as we are a dueled specialty.
We are keen to develop and support you to become a specialised cancer nurse; we have funding to support education and development for our staff including cancer specific courses and the chemotherapy course.
We have also protected in-house teaching sessions monthly on an assortment of topics related to the ward and specialism.
We offer a great orientation to all areas in the Berkshire Cancer Centre, organised and supported by the senior team and practice education team.
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
The post-holder is responsible for undertaking and recording comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced-based nursing care to a diverse group of patients.
Deliver care without direct supervision and be accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.
Teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non-registered nursing workforce.
Be accountable for care or any omissions of care that you delegate to others.
Act as role model, delivering care with empathy and compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse – part 1
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of recent continuous professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience (through placement or employment ) of working in an acute clinical environment
- chemotherapy trained
Desirable criteria
- Oncology / Haematology experience
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Oncology / Haematology knowledge - interested in this speciality
Skills
Desirable criteria
- Cannulation, venepuncture, PICC, IV trained, catheters, NG, syringe drivers
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Koren Riley
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01183227471
- Additional information
Sister Koren Riley 0118 322 7471 / [email protected]
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