Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Children and Young People

Royal Marsden; London; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner at the Royal Marsden Hospital, specializing in paediatric oncology. The role requires expertise in delivering nursing care, clinical assessments, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, emphasizing the importance of patient care and professional development. The candidate will benefit from a supportive and dynamic working environment, with opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Personal professional development opportunities

Stimulating working environment

Wide range of staff benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in intravenous drug administration.
• Evidence of relevant teaching and leadership experience.
• Experience in Clinical Management.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams and coordinate patient needs.
• Undertake advanced clinical assessments of acutely unwell patients.
• Manage patients and ensure timely/safe discharge.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivation

Decision-making

Patient care initiatives

Leadership

Computer Literacy

Education

First level registration / degree in relevant subject

Cancer Specialist qualification

Paediatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner or PostGraduate Diploma

Non-medical prescriber qualification

European Paediatric Advanced Life Support Qualification

Leadership and management course/module

Job description

Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Children and Young People

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Haemato-Oncology Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 282-C558

Employer The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton Town Sutton Salary £59,490 - £66,239 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 17/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join an Advanced Nurse Practitioner team to deliver expert nursing care to children in a principle treatment centre for paediatric oncology.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated and committed to patient care and experience. The successful candidate will have completed formal ACP training and have experience working with children with a haematological diagnosis to enable them to work autonomously in the planning and delivery of care in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

The post will comprise of 75% clinical, 25% non-clinical hours to allow for service development, audit, research, teaching and professional development. We offer a friendly working environment and a commitment to personal professional development. Flexible hours will be considered.

Main duties of the job

The ANP role will work collaboratively with the clinical team caring for children and young people undergoing treatment for haematology malignancy. This post is aimed at developing ways of working for senior cancer nurses as an ANP within the Children and Young People’s inpatient, outpatient, and day unit; enabling them to take on roles and responsibilities that complement the current services delivered by medical teams.

The ANP practices both autonomously and in partnership with the multidisciplinary team, utilising their clinical and nursing experience, knowledge, and skills in haematology to develop and promote excellence in the delivery of medical and nursing care. The ANP plays a pivotal role in providing essential continuity of competent, comprehensive, and coordinated care for children, young people and their families from time of referral, through treatment and to long term survivorship 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 more information please refer to the job description and personal specification:

• To liaise and work closely with relevant multi-disciplinary team members, including medical colleagues, ANP and Clinical Nurse Specialists at Royal Marsden and surgical centres in the provision of professional cancer nursing service.
• Co-ordinate pre-treatment patients as their needs require; ordering investigations as an autonomous practitioner, such as laboratory tests, radiological tests, ECHO, imaging, etc
• Undertake advanced clinical assessments of acutely unwell patients to enable prompt assessment, diagnosis and treatment according to agreed policies, protocols and guidelines.
• The ANP will undertake routine management of the patient including regular monitoring where clinical concerns arise and participate in planning to ensure timely / safe discharge.
• Order and interpret blood tests and initiate appropriate action as required.
• Order diagnostic tests and imaging as appropriate

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• First level registration / degree in relevant subject
• Possess a Cancer Specialist qualification
• Paediatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner or PostGraduate Diploma
• Non-medical prescriber qualification, or willingness to complete
• European Paediatric Advanced Life Support Qualification, or willingness to complete
• Completed a Leadership and management course or module

Experience

• Experience in intravenous drug administration
• Evidence of relevant teaching and leadership experience
• Experience in Clinical Management
• Evidence of relevant teaching experience

Skills Abilities/knowledge

• Evidence of effective interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise with multidisciplinary team members
• Ability to demonstrate self-motivation
• Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
• Evidence of commitment to patient care initiatives
• Ability to require and interpret investigations such as scans and blood tests
• Ability to lead and motivate a team
• Knowledge and understanding of quality issues
• Computer Literacy (eg: Microsoft Word and Outlook)
• Cannulation skills, capnography skills, advanced paediatric airway management
• Ability to handle complaints and clinical incidences
• Experience of undertaking clinical audits and evaluations, disseminating and implementing the findings

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.

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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.