Sister/Charge Nurse - Oncology

Sister/Charge Nurse – Haematology & Oncology

Location: Private Care at Guy’s, London Bridge

Hours: Full‑time, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: Competitive, with excellent benefits included

We are looking for an exceptional Sister/Charge Nurse with a strong background in haematology or oncology to join our renowned Cancer Nursing Team at Private Care at Guy’s.

As a Sister/Charge Nurse, you will play a pivotal leadership role within the unit, acting as a visible and supportive clinical lead throughout every shift. You will ensure safe and effective staffing through proactive workforce planning, support patient flow, complex discharges, and respond confidently to rapidly changing clinical and operational needs. Your influence will extend beyond day‑to‑day operations to service development, quality improvement initiatives, audit activity, incident management and fostering a positive high‑performing environment. Leadership of people and continuous improvement will be central to this role.

Responsibilities

• Act as a visible and supportive clinical lead throughout each shift, ensuring safe and effective staffing.
• Provide guidance and support to the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Oversee patient flow, support complex discharges, and respond to changing clinical and operational needs.
• Participate in service development, champion quality improvement initiatives and audit activities.
• Lead incident management, ensuring thorough investigations and sharing of meaningful learning.
• Support nursing team through performance reviews, professional development planning and objective setting.
• Cultivate a positive, high‑performing, continuous‑improvement environment.

What You’ll Bring

• Current NMC nursing registration.
• SACT competency / certification and experience as a chemotherapy‑administering nurse.
• Post‑registration experience in a haematology or oncology setting.
• Clinical skills in venepuncture, cannulation and intravenous drug administration.
• Experience leading a team, providing guidance, support and clinical leadership during shifts.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays, with option to buy or sell leave.
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals.
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme.
• Group Life Assurance from day one.
• Critical illness cover.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay.
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including maternity packages at The Portland.
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits.
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers.

Reasonable adjustments

We are a Disability Confident organisation and will discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and in the workplace to anyone that requires them.