Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Clinical Haematology

North Thames Genomics Laboratory Hub; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly skilled Advanced Clinical Practitioner for its Clinical Haematology team. This role involves autonomous and collaborative work within a multidisciplinary framework to deliver expert patient care. Successful candidates should possess advanced clinical skills and participate in service evaluation and research.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree or equivalent in relevant discipline required.
• Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Teaching and assessing qualification is essential.
• Participation in audit and research is expected.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a patient caseload providing expert assessment and evaluation.
• Lead the multi-disciplinary team in patient management and care delivery.
• Participate in audit, research and service development within Haematology.

Skills

Patient care

Leadership

Team collaboration

Assessment skills

Education and support

Education

Masters Degree or equivalent

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Teaching and assessing qualification

Nurse Prescriber

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Clinical Haematology

The closing date is 10 June 2025

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Clinical Haematology team. This role offers the opportunity to work autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, providing expert care to patients with a range of haematological conditions.

Working in the inpatient, outpatient and day case setting the successful candidate will assess patients, plan, deliver and monitor the care and management of clinical haematology patients.,

The successful applicant will be expected to demonstrate advanced clinical skills, participate in service evaluation and improvement, audit and research.

Main duties of the job

• Assess patients and plan, implement and evaluate care using specialist clinical knowledge and skills
• Review patients and provide care in inpatient, outpatient and day ward settings
• Contribute to multidisciplinary approach to patient management
• Provide education and support to patients, carers and colleagues
• Participate in audit, research and service development within the Haematology service.

About us

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 Hospitalis 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 Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.

Job responsibilities

• Perform independent specialist assessment of patients to formulate a diagnosis, plan and implement care and arrange ongoing follow up as an advanced practitioner using highly developed specialist clinical knowledge advanced clinical skills.
• Independently manage a patient caseload providing expert specialist assessment, planning and evaluation.
• To lead the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of care
• Act as a role model and expert clinician providing in depth specialist clinical knowledge to colleagues through MDT meetings, for patients and carers / relatives.
• Act as an innovative, enthusiastic role model providing leadership, guidance and advice to staff on operational and professional issues promoting an open and honest and transparent culture.
• To improve the experience and outcomes of care for patients by taking the lead in investigations and treatments prescribed.
• To provide a consistent and personalised service by ensuring that the patients receive the best care, in the best place from the best person or team.
• To provide social, emotional and psychological support for patients from referral and throughout their treatment.
• To deliver expert specialist evidence based care including: development, assessment, planning, implementing, evaluating programmes of evidence based nursing care for a defined caseload.
• To make appropriate referral to consultants/other specialist/members of the multidisciplinary team in primary, secondary or tertiary care settings.
• To be aware of risk management issues both locally and nationally and develop strategies to address identified issues.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
• Masters Degree or equivalent in relevant discipline
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Nurse Prescriber
• Evidence of participation in audit and research

Experience

• Demonstrable relevant experience within the speciality
• Evidence of effective management
• Evidence of effective leadership skills
• Evidence of staff development
• Evidence of change management
• Evidence of application of current nursing issues and developments

Knowledge

• Understanding and application of healthcare governance

Skills

• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care
• Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing

Other

• Supportive of colleagues
• Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate the team
• High level of personal and professional credibility
• Act as role model for nursing staff

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust