Job overview

Are you ready to join a forward thinking and professional team and participate in the provision of a high standard of patient centred evidence-based nursing care.

Are you willing to make a change to healthcare and patients that are in your care,  act as a role model for other staff.

Are you willing to go that extra mile for your patients and really make a difference?

We are  looking for professional, compassionate Registered Nurses to join our established and dedicated team on Macmillan Unit. We are a 22 chaired fast paced Day units which includes Macmillan Treatment Room & Chemotherapy Suite, which delivered treatment for Cancer Patients. 

Are you willing to make a change to healthcare and patients that are in your care? Are you willing to go that extra mile for your patients and really make a difference?

If you answered yes to those questions, then we want to hear from you!

*Please note that online interviews will not be available for this vacancy. All shortlisted candidates will be required to attend an in-person interview*

Main duties of the job

 Participate in the provision of a high standard of patient centered evidence based nursing care.
 Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate a plan of care for patients within the 
chemotherapy Suite and Macmillan Treatment Room.
 Administer medications including chemotherapy to oncology and hematology patients
 Provide direct patient care with minimal supervision.
 Provide supervision and demonstrate procedures to qualified and unqualified 
staff.
 Act as a role model at all times.

‘If necessary, we will offer UKONS SACT Competency Training’.

Working for our organisation

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Lynn is a friendly and welcoming general hospital providing emergency care for West and North Norfolk along with parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. West Norfolk offers an unsurpassed quality of life outside work. It’s a superb area for families with reasonable house prices, good education facilities and a low crime rate.

Our emergency department additionally has a clinical decision unit and a 24 hour stay area and we have a dedicated paediatric care area. We have exciting innovative developments in our emergency service, and we support training and education for our multi-professional workforce.

We are looking for enthusiastic registered adult nurses and paramedics  who enjoy working in an ever evolving fast paced environment to join our team. We support training and education and encourage those with interest or experience in emergency care to apply.

Applicants must have Emergency Department experience  worked on a regular basis.  

We expect our Healthcare Professionals to be compassionate and communicative to our patients and their families in the challenges of the emergency setting, and to contribute to developing our service and emergency care pathways.

If this opportunity appeals to you we would love to hear from you!