SACT Nurse Practitioner

NHS; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced SACT Nurse to progress into a Nurse Practitioner role. This senior position requires significant experience in Oncology/Haematology, with responsibilities including staff education, assessment, and administrative duties. The ideal candidate will possess a UKONS SACT Passport and be skilled in managing and supporting clinical teams. This role promotes both professional development and high-quality patient care within a dedicated, flexible working environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Oncology and/or Haematology.
• UKONS SACT Passport required.
• Experience administering SACT currently.
• Practice Supervisor and Assessor/Mentorship experience.
• IV Drug Competent.
• Venepuncture Skills.

Responsibilities

• Support and educate staff nurses through direct clinical supervision.
• Lead education and training sessions for nursing team.
• Non-Medical Authorisation of blood products.

Skills

Oncology experience

Haematology experience

Teaching skills

Clinical skills

Education

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Degree in health-related subject

Recognised specialist qualification in SACT administration

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced SACT Nurse to progress into a role of a Nurse Practitioner - Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT). This role is a senior position working clinically within SACT day units to support, educate and develop staff nurses within the role.

You will be expected to lead on education and training, supporting new staff and existing staff to enhance their knowledge within the speciality of Oncology/Haematology and more specifically in SACT administration.

The closing date is 01 February 2026

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role are to support and educate staff nurses within the department through regular direct clinical supervision and hands on clinical working to develop their competence in all clinical skills and SACT administration. Additionally, it is expected that you will lead on providing teaching and education sessions to the nursing team weekly.

Other aspects of the role include:

• Teaching and liaising with external providers/representatives to develop training for staff
• Utilising clinical skills to assess patients
• Non-Medical Authorisation of blood product

We would welcome applications with current working experience in SACT.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Significant experience in Oncology and/or Haematology
• UKONS SACT Passport
• Significant experience administering SACT currently
• Practice Supervisor and Assessor/Mentorship
• IV Drug Competent
• Venepuncture Skills

DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

• Accredited SACT course
• Teaching qualification/course
• Evidence of audit/service improvement
• Non-Medical Authorisation of blood products or willingness to undertake
• IRMER trained or willingness to undertake
• Clinical Skills Course or willingness to undertake

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse practitioner as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to perform a specific technological procedure/s e.g., endoscopy, ultrasound in a defined patient group and/or advanced patient assessment and clinical decision making in a broad patient group.

To work towards the role of an independent nurse practitioner, contributing towards the delivery of a quality service matching clinical need to available resources within the focus of specialist nursing practice:

• To ensure that the patient is the central focus of a streamlined patient journey ensuring optimal quality of care.
• Will provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritising importance and clinical need.
• Supports the clinical team to manage a defined caseload, activity to include assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined protocols and training.
• Provide immediate care management of patient including communication of plan to patients and significant others.
• Review and refer to appropriate person, e.g., AHP, resident medical staff, specialist registrar or critical care outreach team.
• Liaises with Patient Services Coordinator.
• Communicate within multidisciplinary team, ward/departmental staff and/or out of hours team.
• Contributes to specialist education and training to ward departmental staff, nursing and medical students.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
• Current NMC registration
• Diploma plus specialist qualifications / experience within specialist area; prepared to take degree level study
• Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship) if relevant to role
• Recognised specialist qualification in SACT administration
• Degree in health-related subject
• Working towards or educated to Master\'s level
• Clinical Skills Course or willingness to undertake
• Non-medical authoriser of blood products competence or willingness to undertake
• Non-Medical prescribing if relevant to role
• IRMER competence or willingness to undertake

Knowledge & Experience

• Some post registration experience within related specialist area of practice
• Extended clinical practice underpinned by training and assessment e.g., venepuncture, cannulation skills and intravenous drug administration
• Audit / research experience
• Evidence of on-going continuous professional development
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
• Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
• Research or audit experience
• Evidence of contribution to education programmes and / or training
• Evidence of developing and leading programmes of education and or training

Skills & Abilities

• Able to work independently and across disciplines as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Effective organisation and time management skills
• Current driving licence if relevant to role
• Change management skills and involvement in project work
• Evidence of practice development
• Competent in extended clinical skills (such as Bone Marrow Biopsy)

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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle and North Cumbria

Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle and North Cumbria