Wye Valley NHS Trust

SACT Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 25 May 2025

Job summary

Would consider a developmental post if not all criteria is met.

To act as an autonomous practitioner within the Macmillan Renton Unit clinics, making critical clinical decisions independently when diagnosing, monitoring and managing patients with a malignancy. To include prescribing and confirming patients for anti-cancer treatments.

Macmillan Renton Unit is a satellite site for Cheltenham and Gloucester hospitals foundation Trust, Oncology Centre. The unit is open 5 days per week, with site specific Oncologists visiting on specific days. We assess and treat for SACT. We work very closely with the Oncology Centre and Cheltenham nursing teams. There may be times where cross cover between sites is required, but all training on systems will be provided and you would be fully supported.

Main duties of the job

  • To improve outcomes for patients by improving cancer services and quality of cancer care
  • To act as a resource for junior doctors and registered nurses requiring specialist support and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of quality nursing care.
  • To act as an interface between medical practitioners, nursing staff, the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers
  • To organise own time, caseload, cover, educational training and teaching sessions
  • To support medical staff in the management of patients with a known or suspected malignant diagnosis.
  • To plan and participate in the education of other staff as appropriate.
  • The review unwell patients in MRU and act accordingly, particularly prescribing and requesting tests.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Details

Date posted

09 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

229-CS-7193276

Job locations

Macmillan Renton Unit

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see full Job Description and Personal Specification for full details. Or alternatively I would welcome an informal discussion, please do contact me.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see full Job Description and Personal Specification for full details. Or alternatively I would welcome an informal discussion, please do contact me.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered First level Nurse
  • SACT Qualification with proven experience of administering anti-cancer treatments.

Desirable

  • Teaching certificate or equivalent (or working towards)

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

  • Extensive post registration experience in the NHS
  • Proven experience working at band 6 within an Oncology / Haematology area or able to demonstrate transferrable skills
  • Advanced knowledge of anticancer treatments, side effects and patient assessment skills - accredited assessment qualification
  • Independent nurse prescriber or willingness to complete within first year of post
  • Advanced communication skills where the topics may be highly sensitive and complex in nature
  • Knowledge and experience of developing, implementing and reviewing policy and guidance.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience with time management skills responding to and prioritising work as necessary

Desirable

  • Experience with service development / improvement
  • Experience of attending relevant local, Network, National meetings/ forums relevant to oncology / SACT / CUP / Haematology/ AOS
  • Experience of developing and working within outpatient clinics and acute oncology services
Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered First level Nurse
  • SACT Qualification with proven experience of administering anti-cancer treatments.

Desirable

  • Teaching certificate or equivalent (or working towards)

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

  • Extensive post registration experience in the NHS
  • Proven experience working at band 6 within an Oncology / Haematology area or able to demonstrate transferrable skills
  • Advanced knowledge of anticancer treatments, side effects and patient assessment skills - accredited assessment qualification
  • Independent nurse prescriber or willingness to complete within first year of post
  • Advanced communication skills where the topics may be highly sensitive and complex in nature
  • Knowledge and experience of developing, implementing and reviewing policy and guidance.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience with time management skills responding to and prioritising work as necessary

Desirable

  • Experience with service development / improvement
  • Experience of attending relevant local, Network, National meetings/ forums relevant to oncology / SACT / CUP / Haematology/ AOS
  • Experience of developing and working within outpatient clinics and acute oncology services

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Macmillan Renton Unit

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Macmillan Renton Unit

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Nurse Cancer Services

Natalie Simcock

natalie.simcock@wvt.nhs.uk

01432355444

Details

Date posted

09 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

229-CS-7193276

Job locations

Macmillan Renton Unit

Hereford

HR1 2ER


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