Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Rapid Diagnostic Centre (RDC) team at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

For this role you must have completed and passed a physical assessment course (or equivalent), have or be working towards an Advanced Practice MSc  and have used these advanced skills in practice. Applications will not be considered without this

This is a unique role at the forefront of cancer diagnostics, offering the opportunity to further develop and shape an innovative model of care for patients presenting with non-specific but concerning symptoms that may indicate cancer.

The RDC provides a streamlined diagnostic pathway for patients whose symptoms do not fit traditional urgent suspected cancer referral routes. Working closely with primary care, cancer services and specialist teams, the service delivers holistic assessment, coordinates complex investigations, and aims to confirm or exclude a cancer diagnosis as quickly as possible, ideally within 28 days of referral.

In addition to your clinical responsibilities, you will provide operational and professional leadership to the Rapid Diagnostic Centre and Acute Oncology Service (AOS) teams, supporting service development, workforce management, quality improvement and the delivery of high standards of patient care.

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will utilise your expert assessment, clinical reasoning and decision-making skills to independently manage patients throughout the diagnostic pathway, with support from the RDC GP and wider multidisciplinary team. You will provide high-quality, patient-centred care, ensuring timely investigation, diagnosis, communication of results, and onward referral to the most appropriate specialty where required.

Working for our organisation

Development and staff wellbeing

Your growth and personal happiness matters to us.  After all, we can't expect the best from you if we don't invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing.  From the moment you join us,  we're committed to fostering your professional and personal development with a supportive, empowering environment.  Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed.  We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.

To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme,  and a range of other support and activities.

We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly "shoutouts" and patient feedback, monthly and staff awards.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it's our behaviours that tell people who we are.  We expect all colleagues to bring values to life in their work.

• Compassionate
• Inclusive
• Collaborative
• Inspiring