ACP Academic Lead

Royal Marsden; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 86,000; Part time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an ACP Academic Lead for The Royal Marsden School. This 1-year fixed-term, part-time (0.8 WTE) role is based in Chelsea/Sutton and offers strategic leadership for ACP education and alignment with national frameworks.

You will bridge academia and clinical practice, lead curriculum development, supervise the MSc ACP in Cancer Care, and drive innovation and quality improvement across the School.

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional with relevant MSc in ACP or equivalent.
• Proven record in teaching, curriculum development or academic leadership.
• Experience in advanced clinical practice and cancer care education.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for ACP education across The Royal Marsden School.
• Lead curriculum development ensuring alignment with national frameworks.
• Oversee MSc ACP in Cancer Care programme and quality enhancement.
• Lead audit and evaluation of Advanced Practice roles.
• Maintain clinical credibility and drive professional development.

Skills

Communication skills

Autonomous working

Teaching/education

Strategic thinking

Change management

Teamwork

PC literacy

Online teaching

PowerPoint

Education

MSc in ACP

Registered Healthcare Professional

Ongoing professional development

Non-Medical Prescriber

Cancer Specialist Qualification

Teaching Qualification

HEA Fellowship/Clinical Supervision

Job description

Main area Administration Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months) Hours 30 hours per week (Part time - 30 hours per week) Job ref 282-OD1795

Employer The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Royal Marsden Chelsea Town Chelsea Salary £75,328 - £86,114 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

ACP Academic Lead – The Royal Marsden School
Band 8b | 1 Year Fixed-term | Part-time (0.8 WTE) Location: Chelsea/Sutton
As part of one of the world’s leading cancer centres, our School delivers specialist postgraduate and professional education that combines academic excellence with real-world clinical insight.
This is a unique opportunity for an experienced academic or clinically active professional with a passion for advanced clinical practice and a flair for innovative teaching. If you are ready to influence cancer education, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a passionate and dynamic individual to bridge the gap between academic excellence and clinical innovation, helping to drive forward The Royal Marsden School's vision to transform cancer care by inspiring, challenging and developing innovative health professionals through outstanding education and clinically informed practice.

The Advanced Clinical Practice Academic Lead will provide strategic leadership for the development, delivery and continuous enhancement of Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) education across The Royal Marsden School. Working at the interface between academia and clinical practice, the postholder will ensure that ACP education remains relevant, evidence-based and responsive to the evolving needs of cancer services, patients and the advanced practice workforce.

The postholder will lead the ongoing development of the School's ACP educational portfolio, ensuring alignment with local workforce priorities, contemporary models of care and national frameworks for advanced practice. Through curriculum leadership, educational innovation, scholarship and quality enhancement, they will contribute to the preparation of ACPs who are equipped to meet the complex challenges of modern cancer care.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification

• Contribute to the ongoing development of Advanced Clinical Practice across the Trust, ensuring alignment with relevant national and regional frameworks.
• Contribute to the delivery of the Royal Marsden School’s strategic vision by supporting the development of innovative, evidence-based education that transforms cancer care.
• Maintain, monitor and develop academic and educational excellence for the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice in Cancer Care programme.
• Lead on the audit and evaluation of Advanced Practice roles in the Trust.
• Maintain and develop personal clinical expertise, credibility, and professional development in line with requirements of relevant professional body and the NHS England Multiprofessional framework for advanced practice.

Education/Qualifications

• Registered Health Care Professional.
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent clinical experience.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development to demonstrate advanced clinical decision making.
• Qualified Non-Medical Prescriber
• Cancer Specialist Qualification
• Recognised Teaching Qualification recordable with NMC or other professional body
• Fellowship of HEA Clinical Supervision or coaching qualification

Experience

• Experience of teaching and supervising learning in higher education or in a formal practice setting.
• Recent expert clinical practice.
• Experience of clinical leadership role during career.
• Substantial post registration experience and be able to demonstrate significant experience as a qualified ACP.
• Experience of research and quality improvement.
• Evidence of leading change across at organisational level.
• Experience of SACT
• Experience of acute oncology
• Experience of curriculum development and preparing for validation events
• Experience of quality assurance processes in higher education and for HEE

Knowledge

• Knowledge/experience of teaching/supervision in a variety of settings
• Experience of strategic educational development
• Knowledge of research methods and processes\
• Current knowledge of health/education policies/standards and requirements from Professional bodies.
• Knowledge of HEE ACP multi professional framework
• Knowledge of workplace clinical supervision for ACP
• Knowledge of health care/educational leadership
• Knowledge of clinical assessment and decision making.
• Knowledge of current care of individuals with cancer

Skills/Abilities

• Ability to deliver innovate and creative educational activities.
• Excellent communication skills – able to influence and communicate with people at all levels.
• Strategic knowledge of local and national issues facing Advanced Practice.
• Able to work autonomously and set own objectives.
• Flexible – willing and able to embrace new ideas and change.
• Highly developed problem-solving and change management skills.
• Sound administrative/organisational skills.
• Ability to work as a team player and good communicator.
• Ability to act as a role model to all staff.
• Computer literate using Outlook, Word, and Power Point.
• Knowledge of technological approaches for online teaching & learning

Other Requirements

• Genuinely committed to upholding the Royal Marsden Values
• Compassionate, kind and caring.
• Able to be self- directive in day-to-day work and act as autonomous practitioner.
• Able to reflect on own and others’ practice.
• Ability to liaise and work with other organisations and professional groups.
• Possess highly developed negotiation skills.
• Considering others’ and own physical, psychological, and emotional needs.
• Able to adapt to a constantly changing environment and new demands.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.