Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon is seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner with expertise in oncology to join their SACT services team. The role involves providing clinical expertise, leadership, and education in oncology within both inpatient and outpatient settings. The position requires autonomous practice, collaborative teamwork, and accountability, emphasizing excellent patient experience and care quality.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing patients undergoing Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) independently, utilizing advanced clinical skills.
- Conducting comprehensive assessments through history taking, physical examinations, and diagnostic tests.
- Demonstrating advanced clinical judgment and diagnostic reasoning to develop and implement management plans.
- Prescribing medications (where legally permitted) and monitoring treatment effectiveness.
- Engaging in value-based decision making and challenging existing protocols when necessary.
The ideal candidate will possess specialized knowledge in oncology diseases and treatments, with a focus on Immunotherapy. They will work in a high-pressure environment and uphold professional conduct standards.
We are currently looking to recruit an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, with demonstrable experienced in autonomous practice, to work across our SACT services. The post holder will provide expertise in their area of clinical practice, professional leadership and education in the field of Oncology
Thisnew roleforms part of our development of SACT services in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
You will be joining a forward thinking and dedicated team where patient experience and excellence in care is our priority.
As part of a multi - professional team the post holder will work at advanced level clinical practice, operatingautonomously and practicing collaboratively whilst demonstrating accountability and self-direction in line with the relevant code of professional conduct.
The post holder will be a clinical leader in their sphere of practice over a predefined period, enabling innovative solutions to the care and experience of practice. The post holder will ultimately demonstrate advanced levels of clinical judgement and diagnostic reasoning in order to provide a differential diagnosis.
The post holder will be able to work within a high-pressured environment.The post holder will have knowledge and skills within oncology diseases and treatments, within a specified area, enabling them to undertake advanced practice supported by a clinical supervisor. Additional skills and knowledge will be attained within their specialist area enabling the post holder to review patients receiving Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) with a lead role in Immunotherapy treatments.
About us
- To take responsibility to autonomously manage patients, utilising specialist skills and knowledge as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to manage patients undergoing SACT in all clinical environments.
- Will have skills and knowledge to be able to assess individuals and families using person-centred approaches and a range of assessment methods including history taking, physical examination, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests or conducting health needs assessment.To use their clinical-reasoning skills to undertake an in-depth assessment of the presenting problem, interpret findings, develop working and differential diagnoses, formulate, communicate, implement, and evaluate management plans.
- To use a diverse range of knowledge to become competent in evidence based therapeutic interventions, which will include prescribing medication (where legally allowed) and actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.
- To promote value-based decision making, critically evaluating and appropriately applying, their knowledge and skills in a person-centered way, challenging predetermined protocols or workplace imperatives where necessary.
Please see attached Job Description for full details.
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