Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Cancer Rapid Diagnostic Pathway)

Job summary

Advanced Nurse Practitionerfor the Rapid Diagnostic Assessment Centre (for Cancer)

Band 8a, Full-time 37.5 hours per week (15 month fixed term contract or end of March '25)

Full time/part time/job share will be considered - please do ask

We have an exciting opportunity for a Nurse with Advanced Clinical practice skills, and the ability to work independently, to join our team!

As the ANP, you will provide expert, evidence based advice and clinical expertise within cancer services.

Do you have the skills and enthusiasm to lead and support the rapid diagnostic pathway? In this role you will help lead the service as well as have your own clinics, virtually and face to face...

This role may suit a nurse who has worked in either acute, Cancer or Primary care, with confidence in assessing and carrying out diagnostic tests, with the full support of the GP's within the service.

The successful applicant will lead the Non site Specific (NSS) Cancer pathway for Croydon, providing specialist nursing support, treatment and leadership as part of the management and consultant team. Good working knowledge of cancer is advantageous but not a must.

This will include autonomous practice, assessment and treatment of patients and developing new areas of practice ensuring all quality standards are met.

The RDAC clinics run on the main site at Croydon Hospital and also at Purley War Memorial.

If this sounds like the ideal next step in your nursing career, apply now!

Main duties of the job

The clinical workload primarily covers all the rapid diagnostic vague symptoms pathway, from triage assessment to clinical reviews and onward referrals, or discharging back to primary care including telephone assessment clinics to determine suitability for straight to diagnostic tests or face to face nurse led clinics.

The ANP will work with a CNS and x 2 GP's in clinics within the acute trust, running your own patient assessment clinics or follow up clinics.

They will be responsible for:

• Triaging patients referred on to RDAC,
• Support outpatient clinics and telephone clinics
• Follow up with clinical reviews, and referring patients onto appropriate pathways
• Involving patients and their families in the planning and development of the Rapid diagnostic pathway
• Attending MDTs
• Leading the service

They must therefore be:

• An excellent communicator, with highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, committed to collaborative working with other health and social care professionals
• Experienced in Cancer nursing, diagnostics and advanced assessment skills ideally educated with MSc or working towards.

Some experience in setting up services and understanding cancer pathways is advantageous but not essential.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.

The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust.

Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London.

We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes.

Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. And with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve.

Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff, as well as offering access to a wide range of core skills training and professional development.