Job summary
Employer heading
Macmillan SACT Advanced Nurse Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
Band 8A Macmillan SACT Advanced Nurse Practitioner
**Full Time / Part Time**
The Berkshire Cancer Centre is looking to recruit a SACT Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join its expanding Advanced Nurse Practitioner team.
The ideal candidate will be a qualified ANP with recent experience in administering SACT, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted treatments, and supportive medicines.
The Berkshire Cancer Centre’s SACT Unit treats a variety of solid tumours, and the successful applicant will need strong clinical knowledge and highly developed decision-making skills in all aspects of SACT and oncology care.
For those who may not yet have all the required qualifications, there is an opportunity for experienced SACT nurses to join the team as a trainee ANP. Applications from those with relevant experience and a desire to undertake the necessary training in a supportive environment will also be considered - please see our separate advertisement for the Trainee SACT ANP position - Trainee SACT ANP.
Main duties of the job
The ANP will collaborate with the SACT nursing team on the day units, providing clinical expertise and support.
You will be responsible for assessing patients' fitness for treatment and formulating management plans.
Another key aspect of the role includes working as part of the non-medical prescribing team in the oral SACT clinics. The Berkshire Cancer Centre currently offers non-medical prescribing (NMP) clinics for breast cancer (both adjuvant and metastatic) and gynaecological cancers, with plans to expand the service to additional tumour types.
In this role, the successful applicant will work alongside the existing SACT ANP and play an integral part in the strategic development of SACT services. This includes supporting the expansion of non-medical prescribing clinics and oncology triage services.
If this role sounds like a good fit for you, we encourage you to get in touch for more information.
Informal visits are welcomed and encouraged.
Working for our organisation
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our CARE values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MSc (level 7) Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent including portfolio
- Registered with professional regulatory body (NMC) as an Independent Prescriber
Desirable criteria
- Mentoring, Facilitating Workplace Learning or Clinical Supervision Qualification
- Leadership course / qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience and expertise within oncology and SACT at band 7
- Evidence of ability to work & lead autonomously at advanced practice level
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable evidence of research capability, or the application of research evidence to own clinical practice
- Experience of writing for publication and or conference presentations
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Bailey
- Job title
- Nurse Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07775 954184
- Additional information
Catherine Bailey (Nurse Consultant) 07775 954184 / [email protected]
Polly Schofield (SACT ANP) 07557 030220 / [email protected]
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