Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Acute Oncology Service. You will provide autonomous assessment and advanced clinical support to Emergency Department, acute medical teams and oncology colleagues for patients with known or suspected cancer.

The postholder will undertake advanced clinical assessment, prescribe within scope, interpret investigations, recognise oncological emergencies and help

Qualifications

• Experienced registered healthcare professional with oncology/acutecancer care background.
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent advanced practice qualification.
• Independent prescribing qualification appropriate to professional background.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert Acute Oncology assessment, advice and advanced clinical support to teams caring for patients with known or suspected cancer.
• Support Emergency Department and acute medical teams with complex clinical decision‑making, investigation and management planning.
• Undertake advanced clinical assessment and formulate differential diagnoses to inform recommendations and onward management.
• Request and interpret appropriate diagnostic investigations and prescribe independently within their scope of practice.
• Recognise oncological emergencies and provide expert input to support timely investigation, treatment and escalation.
• Strengthen collaborative working between Acute Oncology, acute medicine, emergency care, oncology and cancer site‑specific teams.
• Support timely navigation, referral and escalation to the most appropriate cancer or specialist pathway.
• Support opportunities for admission avoidance, timely discharge and appropriate specialist follow-up.
• Contribute to the development and evaluation of outpatient assessment, review and follow-up pathways and other innovative models of Acute Oncology care.
• Provide advanced clinical expertise, education and professional support to healthcare professionals caring for patients with acute oncology needs.

Skills

Autonomy

Oncology knowledge

Clinical decision-making

Independent prescribing

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our Acute Oncology Service. We are looking for an autonomous advanced practitioner with strong medical/oncology experience who is passionate about improving care for patients presenting with acute complications of cancer, cancer treatment or suspected new malignancy. Working as a senior clinical member of the Acute Oncology multidisciplinary team, the ACP will provide expert assessment, advice and advanced clinical support to Emergency Department, acute medical and wider clinical teams caring for patients with known or suspected cancer. The role will strengthen joint working across Acute Oncology, acute and emergency care, oncology and cancer site-specific services, supporting timely clinical decision-making, investigation, treatment and onward referral. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and evaluation of new ways of working, including opportunities to strengthen outpatient assessment and follow-up, helping to ensure people affected by cancer receive timely specialist input and are cared for in the right place, by the right team, at the right time.,

• Provide expert Acute Oncology assessment, advice and advanced clinical support to teams caring for patients with known or suspected cancer.
• Support Emergency Department and acute medical teams with complex clinical decision-making, investigation and management planning.
• Undertake advanced clinical assessment and formulate differential diagnoses to inform recommendations and onward management.
• Request and interpret appropriate diagnostic investigations and prescribe independently within their scope of practice.
• Recognise oncological emergencies and provide expert input to support timely investigation, treatment and escalation.
• Strengthen collaborative working between Acute Oncology, acute medicine, emergency care, oncology and cancer site-specific teams.
• Support timely navigation, referral and escalation to the most appropriate cancer or specialist pathway.
• Support opportunities for admission avoidance, timely discharge and appropriate specialist follow-up.
• Contribute to the development and evaluation of outpatient assessment, review and follow-up pathways and other innovative models of Acute Oncology care.
• Provide advanced clinical expertise, education and professional support to healthcare professionals caring for patients with acute oncology needs.

Contribute to quality improvement, audit, education, research and service development in line with the four pillars of advanced clinical practice.
You will be an experienced registered healthcare professional with significant experience in oncology and/or acute cancer care. You will have completed an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent recognised advanced practice qualification and hold an independent prescribing qualification appropriate to your professional background. You will demonstrate advanced clinical assessment, clinical reasoning and decision-making skills and the ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively with medical, nursing and multidisciplinary teams. This is an opportunity to join a developing Acute Oncology Service as a senior clinical practitioner, working within the established multidisciplinary and service leadership structure. The postholder will use advanced clinical practice to strengthen specialist Acute Oncology support across acute care while contributing to the development and evaluation of new models of care that improve coordination, pathways and patient experience.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.