Advanced Clinical Practitioner SACT

Job summary

Velindre Cancer Centre are thrilled to announce they are looking to recruit a SACT Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join its expanding ACP team.

We are looking to recruit a qualified or trainee ACP with recent experience in oncology. If you are applying for this role as a Trainee band 7 ACP role, Annex 21 will be applied. The candidate will be offered 70% of the salary in year one and 75% in year 2. There will be an opportunity for the right candidate to progress to the ACP at 8a level once fully qualified and successful completion of the VUNHST ACP ratification process.

Are you on a Masters pathway as a trainee ACP? Or do you have relevant experience? there is a place for you here with the team and we welcome your application. We can support a training and development opportunity, providing you are able to undertake the essentials of advanced clinical assessment, diagnostic reasoning, planning care and prescribing.

Please note, the post holder will be required to cover both Velindre and Outreach clinics.

Main duties of the job

In this role, the successful applicant will work alongside the existing site-specific teams inclusive of Consultants, Registrars, SAS Doctors and the wider multi-disciplinary team including ANPs, AHPs and CNS's (not exhaustive) to support and deliver a streamlined pathway from pre assessment to SACT administration. Velindre Cancer Centre is entering a phase of transformation across the SACT pathway, and this role will play an integral part in the improvement and strategic development of SACT services.

With our New Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC) offering world-class NHS facility that delivers unrivalled care for cancer patients across southeast Wales. It will be an inspiring workplace for our dedicated staff to thrive and support internationally renowned cancer research and collaboration across the region. With robust resources and continuous support, we empower our staff to deliver outstanding patient care. Our clinicians and colleagues are encouraged to operate at the top of their licence and champion to be the best that they can be.

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/