Job summary
- Main area
- Chemotherapy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-7390BS-c
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £56,388 - £62,785 per annum including HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
SACT Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Band 8a
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Nurse with Advanced Clinical practice skills, academic qualifications, and the ability to work independently, to join our fantastic expanding nursing team.
This is an excellent time to join our Chemotherapy Day Unit Team at Northwick Park Hospital as we transition our service to a nurse led service with extended opening hours. We are introducing new roles to support upskilling across the nursing workforce supporting the development of a pathway for career progression within the SACT service.
The SACT ANP role is an advanced cancer nursing role that crosses traditional professional boundaries by undertaking medical responsibilities within the scope of clinical, competence. You will work closely with our Consultant Nurse for SACT and 2 Band 7 SACT Nurse Practitioners to assess, diagnose, and provide comprehensive care to our patients undergoing anti-cancer treatment.
Your expertise will be instrumental in supporting and developing new ways of working that emphasise a more efficient, effective, and patient-focused service. You will also serve as a valued clinical resource and actively contribute to the initiatives aimed at enhancing the quality of care we deliver.
Main duties of the job
Full details regarding job description and main duties, can be found in detail in the job description attached.
Working for our organisation
The Macmillan Chemotherapy Day Unit provides care for patients with solid tumour and haematological malignancies who require day case chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies and supportive and preventative treatments.
Organisational Values
All staff employed by the Trust are expected to embody our ‘HEART’ values throughout their employment. The values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and underpin everything we do and say to achieve our vision:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 1. Registered Nurse on the NMC Register
- 2. MSc ANP / ACP or equivalent
- 3. Recognised Chemotherapy qualification
- 4. Specialist post registration qualification in oncology
- 6. Independent Non-Medical Prescriber
Desirable criteria
- IRMER qualification
- Advanced communications skills training
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- 1. Experience of working as at Nurse Practitioner at band 7 in chemotherapy setting .
- 2. Experience of assessing patients prior to receiving SACT in a solid tumour setting.
- 3. Extensive contemporaneous post registration experience in chemotherapy day case setting.
- 4. Recent chemotherapy administration experience.
- 5 Involvement in projects/issues related to advanced nursing practice.
- 6 Teaching and assessing in clinical practice experience
- 7 Proven leadership and management skills & experience
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of practically applied knowledge and skills attained through MSc study
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- 1. Excellent communication/interpersonal skills
- 2. Excellent organisational skills
- 3. Advanced clinical skills
- 4. Proven leadership and management skills
- 5. Ability to identify, practice and manage critical issues and multiple priorities
- 6. Evidence of ability to motivate self and others
- 7. Innovative and able to take part in react positively to changes in practice or work environment.
Desirable criteria
- 1. Interest in health promotion/Education
- 2. Research experience.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Joel Yolola
- Job title
- Consultant Nurse SACT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07387230732
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