SACT Nurse Practitioner

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking an autonomous nurse for the Macmillan Renton Unit, focusing on critical clinical decisions in oncology. Responsibilities include managing treatments and improving patient outcomes while supporting junior staff. Candidates must have NMC registration and SACT qualifications. A positive working environment is ensured with professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a valid NMC license.
• SACT qualification with relevant experience.
• Teaching certification or currently pursuing one.

Responsibilities

• Act autonomously in clinical decisions regarding oncology patients.
• Support and educate other staff in cancer care.
• Review and manage patients with malignant diagnoses.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Knowledge of anticancer treatments

Time management skills

Experience in Oncology / Haematology

Education

NMC Registered First level Nurse

SACT Qualification

Teaching certificate or equivalent

Job description

Would consider a developmental post if not all criteria is met.

To act as an autonomous practitioner within the Macmillan Renton Unit clinics, making critical clinical decisions independently when diagnosing, monitoring and managing patients with a malignancy. To include prescribing and confirming patients for anti-cancer treatments.

Macmillan Renton Unit is a satellite site for Cheltenham and Gloucester hospitals foundation Trust, Oncology Centre. The unit is open 5 days per week, with site specific Oncologists visiting on specific days. We assess and treat for SACT. We work very closely with the Oncology Centre and Cheltenham nursing teams. There may be times where cross cover between sites is required, but all training on systems will be provided and you would be fully supported.

Main duties of the job

• To improve outcomes for patients by improving cancer services and quality of cancer care
• To act as a resource for junior doctors and registered nurses requiring specialist support and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of quality nursing care.
• To act as an interface between medical practitioners, nursing staff, the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers
• To organise own time, caseload, cover, educational training and teaching sessions
• To support medical staff in the management of patients with a known or suspected malignant diagnosis.
• To plan and participate in the education of other staff as appropriate.
• The review unwell patients in MRU and act accordingly, particularly prescribing and requesting tests.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

Please see full Job Description and Personal Specification for full details. Or alternatively I would welcome an informal discussion, please do contact me.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• NMC Registered First level Nurse
• SACT Qualification with proven experience of administering anti-cancer treatments.
• Teaching certificate or equivalent (or working towards)

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Extensive post registration experience in the NHS
• Proven experience working at band 6 within an Oncology / Haematology area or able to demonstrate transferrable skills
• Advanced knowledge of anticancer treatments, side effects and patient assessment skills - accredited assessment qualification
• Independent nurse prescriber or willingness to complete within first year of post
• Advanced communication skills where the topics may be highly sensitive and complex in nature
• Knowledge and experience of developing, implementing and reviewing policy and guidance.

Experience

• Experience with time management skills responding to and prioritising work as necessary
• Experience with service development / improvement
• Experience of attending relevant local, Network, National meetings/ forums relevant to oncology / SACT / CUP / Haematology/ AOS
• Experience of developing and working within outpatient clinics and acute oncology services

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.