Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust seeks an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Clinical Research to provide high-level clinical autonomy for cancer patients, guiding them through trial participation and standard care within national guidelines. You will assess, counsel and consent patients, prescribe trial drugs, and monitor toxicities in collaboration with the research team.

Applicants should hold NMC registration with acute care and clinical research experience, and be committed to ongoing MSc

Qualifications

• First level NMC registration or equivalent degree.
• Post-registration experience in acute care and clinical research nursing.
• Willingness or delivery of MSc/Level 7 study and CPD commitments.
• Teaching qualification or experience is desirable.
• Non-medical prescribing or willingness to undertake.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Act as key worker to cancer patients, ensuring continuity throughout their journey.
• Counsel patients and explain rationale for clinical trials and expectations.
• Consent patients to clinical trials per delegated authority and protocols.
• Prescribe trial drugs and supportive meds within approved scope.
• Assess treatment toxicities and grade per Common Toxicity Criteria.
• Demonstrate leadership and work autonomously within a team.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Autonomy

Communication skills

Research governance

Project management

Teaching ability

Non-medical prescribing

CPD

Teamwork

Decision making

IT skills

Education

First level NMC registration

Degree in nursing/related subject

MSc Advanced Practice or Level 7 study

Teaching qualification/experience

Non-medical prescribing or willingness

Continued professional development

Tools

MS Word/Excel

Clinical research data systems

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken and to practice at an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability that is within national guidelines, Royal Marsden Trust policies, GCP and NMC Codes of Conduct.

To act as a key worker to patients with cancer, providing continuity throughout the patient journey, both within the Royal Marsden and the wider referral network.

To perform health assessments including obtaining a clinical history, conducting the physical examination and assessment of psychological well-being.

To counsel patients, explain the rationale for clinical trials as well as the structure and the expectations required of patients entering clinical trials.

To have knowledge and understanding of alternative non-trial treatments, facilitating the informed consent process.

To consent patients to clinical trials, including non-CTIMP trials and selected CTIMP trials as delegated by the Principal Investigator and with the approval of the trial sponsor.

To have adequate knowledge of trial and other supportive drugs pharmacology and be aware of possible drug interactions and contraindications, paying close attention to the inclusion and exclusion criteria for clinical trials.

To review the inclusion and exclusion criteria for clinical trials, in conjunction with the principal and co-investigators, to ensure that patients entering clinical trials are eligible to do so.

To prescribe trial drugs and supportive medications according to your approved scope of practice, as delegated by the Principal Investigator, with appropriate permission of the trial sponsor and in accordance with the clinical trial protocols, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's (RPS) Single Competency Framework for All Prescribers (2018), the BNF and the RMH non-medical prescribing policy.

To assess patients for treatment toxicities and grade appropriately according to the Common Toxicity Criteria.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First level NMC registration / Degree in relevant subject
• Relevant experience post First Level Registration in an acute setting and clinical research nursing
• MSc Advanced Practice or Evidence of Level 7 study working towards MSc in Advanced Practice and willingness to undertake required study to complete MSc studies.
• Teaching qualification/Experience
• Non - Medical prescribing or willingness to undertake
• Evidence of recent continued professional development

Desirable criteria

• Current ICH GCP Certificate
• Advanced Life Support/Immediate Life Support

Skills Abilities / knowledge

Essential criteria

• Clear understanding of the role of Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Clinical Research and the associated responsibility and accountability.
• In depth knowledge of clinical research processes and governance.
• Experience of assessing and managing acute medical problems.
• Evidence of clinical leadership.
• Clear understanding of the role of Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Clinical Research and the associated responsibility and accountability.
• Experience of working autonomously and as part of a team.
• Evidence of project management skills and ability to develop a service.
• Evidence of commitment to customer care initiatives
• Ability to communicate with others at all levels in the organisation
• Experience in delivering teaching programmes
• Evidence of negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Ability to work across professional boundaries
• Evidence of commitment to customer care initiatives and incorporation of cultural values into practice.
• Good interpersonal skills with particular ability to show empathy and consideration for others.
• Good organisational and time management skills Evidence of innovative practice.
• Ability to make decisions, prioritises, and works under pressure.
• Ability to set and monitor standards.
• Well developed IT skills in word processing/data collection/internet.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in nurse led research.
• Experience in undertaking audit and management of change in practice related to audit results

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Flexibility of working hours in order to meet service needs.

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. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application

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.