Job overview

The Central Venous Access Team are looking to recruit an experience Registered Nurse to join our current establishment on a fixed term contract to cover Maternity Leave. 

As an integral part of Cancer Services at UCLH; the Central Venous Access Team is a nurse-led insertion service for adult and younger patients who are receiving Systematic Anti-Cancer Treatments (SACTs), Apheresis or Supporting Therapies, while under the care of Haematology and Oncology Consultants.

Under the leadership of the Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist for Central Lines; the team insert a variety of vascular access devices, including Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs), temporary Central Venous Catheters (CVCs) and Implanted Ports for both inpatients and outpatients.

UCLH as an organisation recognises the value of a healthy work-life balance and is committed to supporting flexible working. Currently most of the team members work compressed hours over four days, however, where possible the service will attempt to accommodate the postholders needs.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work as one of a team of nurse specialists in providing expert and autonomous Central Venous Catheter insertion and follow up for adult and teenage haematology and oncology patients at UCH.

You will provide expert clinical, strategic, and leadership to a well-established team, including the pre-assessment of patients referred for central venous catheter insertion, expert insertion of central venous catheters while working within organisational guidelines, and deliver specialist education and information about central venous catheters for patients, carers, and colleagues.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. 

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites: 

·       University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) 

·       National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 

·       Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals 

·       University College Hospital Grafton Way Building 

·       Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine 

·       University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre 

·       The Hospital for Tropical Diseases 

·       UCLH at Westmoreland Street 

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. 

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.