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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Surgical Care Practitioner (SCP) or Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join the RUH gynaecological oncology team. The RUH gynaecological oncology team is driven to deliver excellent patient care and performs consistently well in national audits and outcome measures. We are looking to recruit the right individual to join our cohesive and high performing team delivering great patient care. The role will be adapted depending on whether the appointee is SCP or ACP trained as it is acknowledged the scope of these roles is different. The core roles and responsibilities of the post can be accomplished by either an ACP or SCP with the appropriate training. The role is pivotal in ensuring that patients presenting with gynaecology cancers have timely access to the high-quality assessment, investigations and treatment that they require. The appointee would join the existing ACP in providing first line and follow up gynaecological assessments for patient with suspected cancer as well as assisting in the surgical treatment of these patients.

Main duties of the job

The role is 37.5 hours per week split between outpatient gynaecology oncology, ward care and theatres. 

The working week will include the following varied activities: 

• Independent suspected cancer clinics assessing patients with suspected endometrial or vulval cancer.
• Assisting in consultant-led theatre alongside a speciality registrar. The role will include assisting speciality registrars with the indirect supervision of a consultant.
• Performing the perfusion for Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) for advanced ovarian cancer.
• Performing ward rounds both with the medical team and independently when appropriate and undertaking the ward care of gynaecological oncology surgical patients.
• Facilitating the one-stop assessment of patients with gynaecological cancer in the surgical oncology clinic. This may include performing patient assessments, biopsies and ascitic drain insertion.
• Vulval pre-cancer and cancer surveillance clinics.
• Leading on an area of service development to be decided in conjunction with the Gynaecology Specialty Cancer Lead.

Kindly refer to the attached Job description for detailed description and main duties and responsibilities. 

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be  in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country. 

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.