Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) Staff Nurse MRU
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Staff Nurse in the Macmillan Renton Unit, an outpatient unit providing services like Haematology, Oncology, and Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT). The successful candidate will administer SACT and care for patients, with training provided if needed. It requires strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills, working autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team. The unit is a satellite site for Cheltenham hospital, allowing patients to be treated closer to home.
Essential criteria
- Registered Adult Level 1 Nurse (NMC)
- Proven post registration working in an acute clinical setting
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Leadership ability
- Team player
- To be flexible and adaptable
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Knowledge of audit process and quality monitoring
- Provide and receive complex/sensitive information
- Cannulation and venepuncture or willingness to undertake training
- Administration of Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment / or willing to undertake training
- Experience in the care of patients with Central Venous Catheters or willingness to undertake training
- Experience of teaching within clinical areas
- Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information and situations
- Education & Qualifications
- Registered Adult Level 1 Nurse (NMC)
- Proven post registration working in an acute clinical setting
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Leadership ability
- Team player
- To be flexible and adaptable
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Knowledge of audit process and quality monitoring
- Provide and receive complex/sensitive information
- Cannulation and venepuncture or willingness to undertake training
- Administration of Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment / or willing to undertake training
- Experience in the care of patients with Central Venous Catheters or willingness to undertake training
- Experience of teaching within clinical areas
- Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information and situations
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Wye Valley NHS Trust
Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) Staff Nurse MRU
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
Macmillan Renton Unit is an outpatient unit, providing services such as Haematology, Oncology. Gynaecology, Breast Clinics, Urology and Systemic Anti Cancer Treatment (SACT) to patients within Herefordshire and surrounding areas.
We are a satellite site for Cheltenham hospital, which means we are able to treat our patients closer to their homes.
The hours worked are flexible by negotiation, agreed to suit the service and the applicant to ensure a good work life balance.
We will invest in the successful candidate to complete their SACT administration competencies, this will be through further education either online or through Cheltenham (Gloucester University). We will support and honour set study days to complete this course.
We would also welcome those already with their SACT competencies to please apply.
This is a rewarding and exciting role, you will need to have excellent leadership and management, communication, organisational skills and the ability to foster good working relationships, offering care in a professional manner.
Main duties of the job
This is a well-supported role and you will need to have sound leadership skills, excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to foster good working relationships,
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