Anthony Nolan Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks an Advanced Clinical Practitioner for the Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre in Nottingham. The position requires strong clinical and decision-making skills, with a focus on donor evaluations and care. The ideal candidate should be an independent Non-Medical Prescriber with advanced assessment skills. Join a diverse team dedicated to transforming lives through healthcare. Opportunities for personal development are plentiful, making this role a career path for passionate professionals.

Benefits

Personal development opportunities

Welcoming team environment

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience as Advanced Clinical Practitioner with independent prescribing capability.
• Ability to perform advanced physical assessments and donor evaluations.
• Familiarity with stem cell collection procedures and healthcare delivery.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical assessments and decisions for stem cell donors.
• Participate in apheresis clinical procedures for cell collection.
• Support nurse-led procedures and ensure donor stability.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Advanced physical assessment

Decision-making skills

Independent Non-Medical Prescriber

Education

Registered with professional body

Job description

Job Summary

We are proud to announce that Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Anthony Nolan have joined forces to facilitate the UK's first Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre. Our new partnership enables the expansion of life-saving stem cell collection services in the UK and creates opportunities to develop research programmes in the future.

This is a unique and rewarding opportunity for a passionate, experienced, and enthusiastic Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our welcoming team at the Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre (CCC) as we launch this vital new service. Based at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham and hosted by the Clinical Research Facility, you’ll play a key role in helping to transform lives through stem cell donation.

>Main Duties of the Job

As the dedicated ACP for the CCC, you will be pivotal in the clinical delivery of the CCC’s healthcare provision. You will deliver through credible clinical expertise, skilled decision‑making and safe evaluation of donors, ensuring clinical stability and readiness for donation. This position provides opportunity to ensure long‑term continuity and consistency in the medical assessment process, applying evidence‑based practice and developing service improvement initiatives, all of which are key drivers of quality, safety, and innovation.

You will provide healthcare autonomously. You will be an independent Non‑Medical Prescriber with advanced physical assessment and decision‑making skills, registered with the appropriate professional body. Practising at an advanced level, you will undertake additional training in post specifically focused on the care of stem cell donors, you will carry out donor medical assessments and reviews for Donor Lymphocyte Collection (DLC) and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) collection.

You will support nurse‑led cell collection procedures and review donors on day of donation who may require additional treatment, and to support and enhance service delivery, you will become proficient in cell collection, including the apheresis clinical procedure, as part of your scope of practice in this role. This advanced clinical skill will extend your expertise and strengthen the resilience and flexibility of the CCC team.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Contact Information

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Laura Dalling
Job title: Apheresis Ward Manager
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07803723262

Dr Chloe Anthias
[e-mail]

James Pratt
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Joseph Parker
joseph.parker10:nhs.net