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Acute Oncology Advanced Practitioner
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
West Bromwich
On-site
GBP 40,000 - 50,000
Full time
3 days ago
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Job summary
A healthcare provider in the Midlands is looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join their Acute Oncology Service. The role involves providing specialist care for patients with cancer complications, requiring an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and significant experience in acute medical care. This position offers opportunities for professional development in a supportive team environment focused on high-quality patient care.
Qualifications
- Professional registration NMC, HCPC, GPhc.
- Significant post-registration experience in acute medical care or haematology or oncology.
- Experience of change management and participating in quality improvement projects.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist input for patients presenting with complications of their cancer or treatment.
- Accurately assess and manage complex patient presentations.
- Work alongside a small AO Team to ensure the best care is provided.
Skills
Excellent communication skills
Change management
Teaching and assessing
Education
MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or Equivalent
Physical Health Assessment course
Independent non-medical prescribing course
Job description
Job summary
Have you got a passion for cancer care? Are you dynamic and compassionate with excellent communications skills? Have you got a desire for Advanced Practice?
We have settled into the new acute Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) we are looking to expand our Advanced Practice led Acute Oncology Service. This is an exciting time to join the team as either a qualified Advanced Practitioner or as a trainee. The service is a front door facing service working closely with the emergency department and SDEC to ensure patients presenting to SWBH with an Acute Oncology presentation are given the highest quality timely care by providing specialist input at the point of arrival.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist input for patients presenting with complications of their cancer or it's treatment. The role will be mainly based at the front door, but will also include ward reviews and support for the chemotherapy day unit which will be based at Sandwell Hospital. AOS bridges the gap between SWBH and the patients cancer centre.
Applicants, once fully trained and qualified will be expected to accurately assess and manage complex patient presentations to a high professional standard.
You will also have high standards of communication skills to be able to discuss patients and their care with a wide range of different members of the MDT, including the patients parent consultant team.
Work alongside a small AO Team to ensure the best care is provided to our patients.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it.Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification for the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification for the role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Essential
Experience
Essential
Essential
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address
SWB NHS Trust
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
West Bromwich
B71 4HJ
Employer's website
Have you got a passion for cancer care? Are you dynamic and compassionate with excellent communications skills? Have you got a desire for Advanced Practice?
We have settled into the new acute Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) we are looking to expand our Advanced Practice led Acute Oncology Service. This is an exciting time to join the team as either a qualified Advanced Practitioner or as a trainee. The service is a front door facing service working closely with the emergency department and SDEC to ensure patients presenting to SWBH with an Acute Oncology presentation are given the highest quality timely care by providing specialist input at the point of arrival.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist input for patients presenting with complications of their cancer or it's treatment. The role will be mainly based at the front door, but will also include ward reviews and support for the chemotherapy day unit which will be based at Sandwell Hospital. AOS bridges the gap between SWBH and the patients cancer centre.
Applicants, once fully trained and qualified will be expected to accurately assess and manage complex patient presentations to a high professional standard.
You will also have high standards of communication skills to be able to discuss patients and their care with a wide range of different members of the MDT, including the patients parent consultant team.
Work alongside a small AO Team to ensure the best care is provided to our patients.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it.Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification for the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification for the role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Professional registration NMC, HCPC, GPhc.
- Significant post registration experience in acute medical care or haematology or oncology.
- Demonstrable training as a tACP within Acute Medical or Emergency Care team or haematology or oncology.
- Experience in Teaching and assessing.
- Experience of change management and participating in quality improvement projects
- Experience of initiating/designing clinical audit and/or research studies
- Experience of writing/implementing protocols/guidelines
Essential
- MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or Equivalent
- Physical Health Assessment course or willingness to undertake
- Clinical diagnostics course (if not a component of physical assessment)
- Independent non-medical prescribing course (and approved by professional regulatory body).
- ALS +/- Instructor
- Experience of Diagnostic USS
- Teaching and Assessing qualification.
- Leadership or Management qualification
- Degree course or equivalent cancer care qualification
- Advanced communications course
- SACT administration competency
Experience
Essential
- Professional registration NMC, HCPC, GPhc.
- Significant post registration experience in acute medical care or haematology or oncology.
- Demonstrable training as a tACP within Acute Medical or Emergency Care team or haematology or oncology.
- Experience in Teaching and assessing.
- Experience of change management and participating in quality improvement projects
- Experience of initiating/designing clinical audit and/or research studies
- Experience of writing/implementing protocols/guidelines
Essential
- MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or Equivalent
- Physical Health Assessment course or willingness to undertake
- Clinical diagnostics course (if not a component of physical assessment)
- Independent non-medical prescribing course (and approved by professional regulatory body).
- ALS +/- Instructor
- Experience of Diagnostic USS
- Teaching and Assessing qualification.
- Leadership or Management qualification
- Degree course or equivalent cancer care qualification
- Advanced communications course
- SACT administration competency
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address
SWB NHS Trust
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
West Bromwich
B71 4HJ
Employer's website
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