Job overview

• To provide autonomous, specialist, self-directed care and treatment to patients within a defined area or caseload. Admitting and discharging patients from own caseload as appropriate.

• To provide and undertake nurse-led clinics that will deliver direct clinical care, monitoring efficacy and compliance of patients undergoing treatment.

• To undertake advanced clinical care, interventions and procedures commensurate and as required within the specialty.

• To provide expert evidence based advice to patients, carers and other healthcare professionals.

• Employ effective decision making skills to address complex, distressing and sensitive issues and use effective change management skills to complement them.

• Undertake comprehensive assessment of patient health needs.

• Assess, monitor and evaluate disease activity and drug therapy of patients where necessary by initiating and interpreting clinical data, explaining treatment goals and managing side effects.

• To act as the point of contact for the service.

• To act as an advocate to empower patients, their families and other carers to participate in decisions regarding their care. 

• Engage patients and carers/families in the planning and delivery of care and the development of services to enhance the patient experience.

• To ensure optimum liaison and co-ordination of care for patients between primary and secondary care.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be an experienced, knowledgeable practitioner in all aspects of cancer Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) care, enhancing the service and enabling the delivery of a safe, high-quality service. They will contribute to leading service delivery, supporting quality improvement and providing safe, effective and specialist care to cancer patients receiving SACT.  Supporting innovative ways of working that emphasise a more efficient and patient-focused service.  They will provide advanced clinical skills, leadership and knowledge in clinical practice and will deputise for the Lead Cancer Nurse when required. They will be responsible for the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines. The post holder will, in collaboration with the Lead Oncology Pharmacist, Lead SACT Clinician, Lead Cancer Nurse and Matron for Oncology, provide Strategic Direction of the SACT service. They will work as a specialist within a multidisciplinary team and hold the qualification as a non-medical prescriber managing SACT & supportive care clinics independently.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream