Staff Nurse

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Staff Nurse

The closing date is 19 November 2025

Full Time positions available at West Cumberland Hospital and Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our well-established nursing team in both our Whitehaven Chemotherapy Suite West Cumberland Hospital, and the Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle. Your preferred site of work will be determined during the interview process.

Due to our expanding service, we can now extend our team with a further 5.46 full time positions.

The role will involve administering systemic anti-cancer treatment and supportive therapies to patients on the chemotherapy unit. Full training will be given on the unit and fully supported to achieve internal chemotherapy competencies. On completion of training there will be opportunity to work across both Carlisle and WCH chemotherapy sites if desired.

• Interview Date: 10 December 2025
• Full time and part time vacancies
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

• You will need to have excellent communication skills and be confident at communicating with patients who are facing a life limiting illness. You will need to be confident in communicating with all members of the multi-disciplinary team at all levels.
• We are looking for someone with a genuine interest in caring for patients with cancer, who is keen to develop this and continually progress the service. You will be expected to complete cannulation and venepuncture and access central lines, in house training will be provided. You will be required to complete pre assessment and triage when SACT competent. You will need to be able to demonstrate the Trust Values within everyday work.
• You will need to be a registered nurse, aware of relevant/current professional issues. It would be desirable to have completed an oncology course and have experience of working with cancer patients but not essential.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers Newcastle Hospitals NHS Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

• Accountable for assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating high quality patient care in the Peri-Operative environment.
• Provide effective support to both patient and carers throughout their care pathway.
• Act as role model, teacher and supervisor for junior staff and students, participating in mentor and preceptorship programmes.
• To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
• Provide support for and depending on experience deputise for nurse in charge in their absence.
• Act as patient advocate in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code / Health and Care Professions Council standards of conduct, performance and ethics.
• Work collaboratively as an effective member of MDT.
• Participate in 24 hour on call service when appropriate to role.

Person Specification KNOWLEDGE

• Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development
• Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
• Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
• Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements for mentorship if relevant to role

SKILLS

• Basic IT skills
• Relevant clinical skills relating to the specialty e.g. cannulation, IV drug administration

EXPERIENCE

• Relevant and recent clinical experience
• Previous experience in speciality

QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch) / ODP
• NMC / HCPC registration
• Diploma / Degree in Nursing / ODP completed or willingness to undertake) or equivalent experience

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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