Haematology Nurse Consultant (NHS AfC: Band 8b) - Haematology - Great Western Hospitals NHS Fou[...]

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare organization is seeking a Consultant Nurse for Haematology to lead patient care innovations and provide strategic clinical leadership. You will play a crucial role in delivering safe and effective treatment while mentoring nursing staff. Ideal candidates should have an MSc in Advanced Practice and significant experience in Haematology care. This role promotes advanced nursing practices in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Support for continuous professional development

Disability Confident Employer benefits

Qualifications

• NMC Registered nurse or HCPC registered.
• Significant experience in care of Haematology patients.
• Clear and demonstrable evidence of advanced, autonomous practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced clinical care for adults with Haematology malignancy.
• Support safe, evidence-based practice across departments.
• Create a learning culture that supports professional development.

Skills

Advanced clinical reasoning

Expert clinical skills

Leadership

Mentorship

Research and innovation

Education

MSc in Advanced Practice

Teaching and mentoring qualification

Consultant practice competence portfolio

Job description

Employer Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Great Western NHS Trust Town Swindon Salary £64,455 - £74,896 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 09/10/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.

Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.

We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.

If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Job overview

As Consultant Nurse for Haematology, you will be responsible for supporting, leading, and developing advanced nursing practice. Working at a strategic level, you will collaborate across the Trust and Acute Hospital Alliance to ensure delivery of safe, effective, and person-centred care.

You will lead on clinical innovation and excellence in patient care, provide strategic and operational leadership. You will spend at least 50% of your time in direct autonomous clinical practice, with clinical responsibility for a defined cohort of patients and their carers' and will provide leadership for clinicians within Haematology. You will also champion best practice through audit, research, the application of national policy, and act as a key clinical leader and role model for staff across the service.

Main duties of the job

Advanced and Expert Level Practice

Lead advanced, autonomous clinical care for adults with a Haematology malignancy, including assessment, prescribing, and care planning.

Maintain expert clinical skills and provide direct patient care (minimum 50% of time).

Support safe, evidence-based practice across departments and promote patient-centred care in partnership with families and carers.

Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings and apply advanced clinical reasoning in complex cases.

Consultancy and Leadership

Lead the development and implementation of innovations in Haematology.

Apply expert knowledge and lead change strategically across whole systems in their everyday practice.

Act as a senior clinical leader, offering expert advice, driving quality improvement, and promoting patient safety.

Represent the service in internal and external reviews, and trust-wide initiatives.

Provide compassionate leadership, coaching, and mentorship to support team development and workforce sustainability.

Education and Training

Create a learning culture that supports professional development for nurses and students.

Collaborate with education providers to develop and deliver training on Haematological care.

Promote evidence-based practice and enhance the clinical competence of staff.

Research

Generate new knowledge through research.

Working for our organisation

Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be an expert practitioner in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and case management of their patient group, employing a high degree of autonomy.

Make decisions where precedents do not exist, where appropriate without recourse to others, advising and supporting colleagues in the management of patients where standard protocols do not apply.
To undertake a specified clinical case load for assessment and treatment of patients using advanced clinical reasoning skills to determine clinical diagnosis and treatment. Normally 50% of time will be directed to clinical workload.
To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records, using paper and electronic technology e.g., electronic patient records (EPR) in line with legal requirements, local and national policies, guidelines, and standards of practice. To be responsible for ensuring other staff maintain standards.

To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and can work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment and support other staff to do likewise.

Draw on advanced knowledge and exercise professional skills, working across traditional professional and service boundaries to expedite assessment and decision making in relation to the management of patients throughout the patient pathway.

Person specification

Education

• NMC Registered nurse or HCPC registered
• MSc in Advanced Practice.
• Doctorate Level 8 education or working towards
• Consultant practice competence portfolio or working towards.
• University accredited DPS/DPP supervision for independent prescribing.
• Clear and continued evidence of CPD
• Non-Medical Referrals Ionising Radiation Medical Exposure Regulations (IRMER) Trained
• Teaching and mentoring qualification.
• Clear and demonstrable evidence of advanced, autonomous practice.

Experience

• Significant experience in care of Haematology patients
• Demonstrable work at a strategic level.
• Experienced in communicating highly complex, sensitive and upsetting news to patients, family and colleagues.
• Able to demonstrate strong influencing and negotiation skills being able to present credible and compelling arguments to senior teams.
• Clear and demonstrable evidence of advanced, autonomous practice in the management of Haematology patients.
• Evidence of research, either individual or as part of a team.
• Evidence of multi-professional, cross boundary, working.
• Evidence of publication.
• Presentation at international level
• Broad clinical or directorate experience
• Peer reviewed publications (D)

Thank you for expressing interest in this role. For further employer guidance, please review the attached supplementary applicant information.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications, subject to eligibility of the role for a skilled worker visa and salary requirements. Not all roles in the Trust are eligible for sponsorship.

Eligibility for this role requires:

• Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.
• Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria

Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection.

Candidates are responsible for covering the cost of their own DBS check if required: £21.50 for a Standard DBS check, recoverable from the first pay, or £49.50 for an Enhanced DBS check, divided and recoverable over the initial two pay periods. Payment for DBS checks for bank posts must be settled prior to commencement. Apprentices are exempt from DBS payment.

We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.

Upon acceptance of a job offer, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System. All communication regarding your application will be conducted via email; please ensure to check your junk/spam folders as emails may occasionally be filtered there.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.