Trainee Advance Clinical Practitioner SACT Lung Cancer

SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the lung cancer team at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough. The ACP will provide autonomous clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment for cancer patients, monitor systemic therapies, and refer to relevant specialties for investigations as needed.

The post holder will also support the assessment unit and inpatient ward, reviewing patients who are unwell due to malignancy or treatment, and

Job description

The applicant will work within the lung cancer team seeing new patients and reviewing existing patients on SACT. The postholder will also support the assessment unit and the inpatient ward reviewing patients who are unwell due to their malignancy or systemic treatment.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will use specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare autonomously to patients within their sphere of practice. The ACP is accountable for independent clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients diagnosed with cancer, monitoring their systemic treatment (cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy and other directed treatment), assessing and treating complications of treatment and also the cancer itself. In addition to this the ACP is also responsible for appropriately referring patients to relevant specialties for any necessary inpatient or outpatient investigations.

The post will be based at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, but will support the "hub and spoke" network of oncology services in neighbouring Trusts., South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.