Job summary
- Main area
- Division B-Haemato-oncology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: Full Time or Part Time/ Flexible working hours may be considered
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-254164
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/10/2025
Employer heading

Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Band 8a
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Haemato-Oncology team at Cambridge University Hospitals. You will be working as part of the multidisciplinary team. You will be practising autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner(ACP) within the service to provide patient centred quality care. You will support a patient focused service allowing for timely care for patients within the inpatient and outpatient Haematology service. Along with clinical work across the department the individual will have rostered time to undertake education, teaching and research.
If you are keen to develop and work as part of our dynamic team then we would love to hear form you.
Main duties of the job
You will be practicing as an advanced practitioner within Haematology. The role will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment within an agreed scope of practice. You will assist in the safe assessment, treatment, referral, and discharge of patients in their designated unit. They will be expected to work under the four pillars of advanced practice and be able provide evidence of ongoing CPD in these pillars at appraisal
You will be expected to manage patients but will be supported to be able to work in an advanced clinical capacity.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment.
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 5th October 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 29th October 2025
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant registered professional qualification
- MSc Advanced Practice with a significant portfolio of clinical practice
- Completed full training program as a trainee ACP in speciality field
- Extensive post registration experience and demonstrable experience in relevant speciality area
- Advanced Non-medical prescribing (as required within scope of practice)
- Advanced life support (as required depending on clinical area)
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching qualification
- ALS Instructor
- Recognised leadership qualification
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Team leadership experience, including effective staff management including HR issues, sickness, grievance and disciplinary management / investigation.
- Evidence of advanced clinical skills
- Well-developed IT skills
- Awareness of relevant national and local key performance indicators
- Awareness of relevant local and national strategies
- Awareness of implications of advanced practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of presentations at local / national levels
- Commitment to the on-going implementation of the Trust Advanced Practice strategy.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise own workload.
- Leadership skills and proactivity in guiding own learning
- Ability to form professional interpersonal relationships and to forge trust with colleagues and other stakeholders
- Adaptable, open and receptive to change
- Demonstrates attention to detail, completion and evaluation
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of previous formal and informal teaching experience
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
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
- Louise Corbett
- Job title
- Lead Cellular Therapies Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 216047
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