Job summary
Cancer Services across both organisations are collaborative, dynamic, and constantly evolving. With strong links to the Wessex Cancer Alliance and tertiary centres in Southampton, our teams are committed to delivering the very best in diagnostics, treatment, personalised care, and survivorship support. This joint initiative to embed Advanced Clinical Practice within tumour-specific teams marks a significant step forward in how we support our patients and workforce, working across traditional boundaries to strengthen resilience, reduce variation, and improve outcomes.
If you are passionate about improving cancer care and want to be part of a forward-thinking team driving change across systems, services, and lives we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
We are offering an exciting opportunity for dynamic, experienced, and motivated professionals to join a ground-breaking Advanced Clinical Practice workforce initiative across Cancer Services at PHU and IWT. In collaboration with the Wessex Cancer Alliance, we are recruiting Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) across key Cancer Pathways: Breast Services (2 Posts). These posts are a unique opportunity to embed advanced practice at the heart of service redesign and to improve cancer care across two NHS organisations.
The roles are advertised at Band 8a for qualified ACPs, or Band 7 trainee roles considered for applicants committed to progressing through the Advanced Practice Pathway. Successful trainee applicants will be supported through a structured, ACCEND-aligned development pathway, with academic funding, clinical supervision, and protected development time provided under PHUs AP faculty governance.
About us
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Each ACP will work as a clinical expert within their speciality, but with a broader mandate: to lead strategic change across cancer pathways. You will work across traditional organisational boundaries, influencing pathway development aligned with Faster Diagnosis Standards (FDS), Personalised Stratified Follow-Up (PSFU), and long-term pathway sustainability. Youll contribute to safer, faster, more personalised cancer care while being supported to grow as a leader in advanced clinical practice.
These roles are ideally suited to individuals passionate about improvement, capable of working autonomously, and excited by the opportunity to shape the future of advanced practice across Cancer Services. Youll join a growing ACP workforce and be a valued contributor to the wider clinical, research, and education mission of the organisation. Frequent cross-site working between IWT and PHU is expected, and you will play a key role in delivering expert clinical care, professional education, service evaluation, and strategic redesign.
Due to the cancer pathways across both organisations, this role requires cross-site working between PHU and IWT. The postholder will work across both PHU and IWT to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care within their specialist cancer pathway. Operating with an 80/20 split, 80% of the role will focus on direct clinical care, including autonomous patient assessment, diagnostics, treatment planning and evaluation. The remaining 20% will be dedicated to supporting professional activities such as service development, education, audit, supervision, and quality improvement initiatives aligned to the ACCEND framework and local strategic goals.
For a full list of roles and responsibilities, please see the attached job descriptions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Each ACP will work as a clinical expert within their speciality, but with a broader mandate: to lead strategic change across cancer pathways. You will work across traditional organisational boundaries, influencing pathway development aligned with Faster Diagnosis Standards (FDS), Personalised Stratified Follow-Up (PSFU), and long-term pathway sustainability. Youll contribute to safer, faster, more personalised cancer care while being supported to grow as a leader in advanced clinical practice.
These roles are ideally suited to individuals passionate about improvement, capable of working autonomously, and excited by the opportunity to shape the future of advanced practice across Cancer Services. Youll join a growing ACP workforce and be a valued contributor to the wider clinical, research, and education mission of the organisation. Frequent cross-site working between IWT and PHU is expected, and you will play a key role in delivering expert clinical care, professional education, service evaluation, and strategic redesign.
Due to the cancer pathways across both organisations, this role requires cross-site working between PHU and IWT. The postholder will work across both PHU and IWT to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care within their specialist cancer pathway. Operating with an 80/20 split, 80% of the role will focus on direct clinical care, including autonomous patient assessment, diagnostics, treatment planning and evaluation. The remaining 20% will be dedicated to supporting professional activities such as service development, education, audit, supervision, and quality improvement initiatives aligned to the ACCEND framework and local strategic goals.
For a full list of roles and responsibilities, please see the attached job descriptions.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current professional registration with a relevant regulatory body (e.g. NMC, HCPC).
- Significant post-registration clinical experience in cancer services, or breast cancer specialties.
- Evidence of working as a senior clinician (e.g.
- Band 6/7 or equivalent) with experience in autonomous decision-making.
- For qualified applicants: MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent Level 7 qualification endorsement (ePortfolio supported route), aligned to the NHSE Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Practice (2017).
- For trainees: A relevant undergraduate degree and demonstrable academic readiness to undertake a Level 7 ACP MSc pathway.
- Commitment to the 4 pillars of advanced practice (clinical, education, leadership, research).
- Immediate Life Support (ILS) certification.
Desirable
- Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (V300).
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification.
- Previous experience of working across organisational boundaries or within a networked service.
- Experience contributing to service redesign, research, education or clinical audit.
- Supervision or teaching qualification (e.g. PGCert in Education, Practice Assessor training).
Experience
Essential
- Proven clinical expertise in cancer care or a relevant speciality (e.g. breast cancer), with demonstrable understanding of cancer pathways and patient-centred care.
- Ability to work autonomously and manage complex clinical situations, demonstrating sound clinical judgment and decision-making.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary team working and effective communication across professional boundaries.
- Experience supporting service improvement, pathway redesign or quality initiatives in a clinical setting.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills to influence service delivery and patient outcomes.
- Understanding of clinical governance, risk management, and the principles of evidence-based practice.
- Commitment to personal and professional development aligned to the four pillars of advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research.
- Competence in physical assessment and clinical diagnostics (or willingness to develop under supervision).
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking or contributing to clinical audit, quality improvement projects or research activity.
- Evidence of teaching or mentoring others (students, peers, junior staff).
- Digital literacy including familiarity with electronic patient records, remote working platforms, and data reporting systems.
- Knowledge of ACCEND framework and/or HEEs Advanced Practice standards.
- Previous involvement in cross-site working, pathway development or strategic transformation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current professional registration with a relevant regulatory body (e.g. NMC, HCPC).
- Significant post-registration clinical experience in cancer services, or breast cancer specialties.
- Evidence of working as a senior clinician (e.g.
- Band 6/7 or equivalent) with experience in autonomous decision-making.
- For qualified applicants: MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent Level 7 qualification endorsement (ePortfolio supported route), aligned to the NHSE Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Practice (2017).
- For trainees: A relevant undergraduate degree and demonstrable academic readiness to undertake a Level 7 ACP MSc pathway.
- Commitment to the 4 pillars of advanced practice (clinical, education, leadership, research).
- Immediate Life Support (ILS) certification.
Desirable
- Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (V300).
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification.
- Previous experience of working across organisational boundaries or within a networked service.
- Experience contributing to service redesign, research, education or clinical audit.
- Supervision or teaching qualification (e.g. PGCert in Education, Practice Assessor training).
Experience
Essential
- Proven clinical expertise in cancer care or a relevant speciality (e.g. breast cancer), with demonstrable understanding of cancer pathways and patient-centred care.
- Ability to work autonomously and manage complex clinical situations, demonstrating sound clinical judgment and decision-making.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary team working and effective communication across professional boundaries.
- Experience supporting service improvement, pathway redesign or quality initiatives in a clinical setting.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills to influence service delivery and patient outcomes.
- Understanding of clinical governance, risk management, and the principles of evidence-based practice.
- Commitment to personal and professional development aligned to the four pillars of advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research.
- Competence in physical assessment and clinical diagnostics (or willingness to develop under supervision).
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking or contributing to clinical audit, quality improvement projects or research activity.
- Evidence of teaching or mentoring others (students, peers, junior staff).
- Digital literacy including familiarity with electronic patient records, remote working platforms, and data reporting systems.
- Knowledge of ACCEND framework and/or HEEs Advanced Practice standards.
- Previous involvement in cross-site working, pathway development or strategic transformation.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
