TSJCI Annual Report 2021

Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute Annual Report 2021 26 Section 4.0 Nursing The St James’s Hospital (SJH) cancer nursing team engage with patients throughout their cancer pathway from diagnoses, surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, survivorship and specialist palliative care. The nursing team are dynamic, educated, competent and advocate on behalf of the patient within the multidisciplinary team. This committed nursing team ensures that high-quality and safe patient care is afforded to every patient across the SJH campus which includes both inpatient and ambulatory care services. 4.1 Key Developments during 2021 • Despite the many challenges of 2021 within the healthcare arena namely the COVID-19 pandemic and the cyber-attack, nursing continued to thrive and develop. • We continued to develop our cancer nursing skills, strengthen the Cancer Nursing Council and develop and ensure competencies and skills across all Directorates. • 2021 saw the appointment of additional cancer nursing posts from staff nurses to promotional grades, including CNS’s and ANP’s. • Education programmes continued to develop at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels throughout 2021. We saw the development of the first national education programmes in the Fundamentals in Cancer Surgery course and the Thoracic Foundation Course – both NMBI and Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation accredited. • The novel CAR-T Cell Education pathway for the nursing team within the National Bone Marrow Transplant Unit • The Cancer Essentials Multidisciplinary Education Programme for Healthcare Assistants and Administrative staff were two new exciting education programmes developed and rolled out during 2021. • Audit and research activities remain the cornerstone of the cancer nursing and are evident at many levels throughout the team. The St James’s Hospital Cancer Nursing Research Group supported by the Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation continue to work together to increase the hospitals nursing research and audit capacity.