Band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) has a history of developing their Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) with 140 ACPs currently working within Trust. The Haematology and Oncology department is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic ACP to join our existing team, providing excellent clinical care to our patients.

UHB consists of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital, Solihull Hospital and Birmingham Chest Clinic. As the lead regional centre for Cancer care and Bone Marrow Transplants, the Haematology service offers specialised services including Level 3 and 4 Stem Cell Transplantation, CAR-T cell therapy, teenage and young adults (TYA) cancer care, apheresis, Comprehensive Haemophilia Centre, specialist integrated haematological malignancy diagnostic service (siHMDS) and a nationally recognised academic programme. The Oncology service delivers specialist Systematic Anti-Cancer Treatment and covers an extensive range of tumour sites. Outpatient treatment is delivered via bespoke Day Units, whilst inpatient treatment is delivered via dedicated inpatient wards and a specialist Young Persons Unit. Emergency for both services are managed by the Acute Oncology Service (AOS).

Haematology and Oncology services are supported by clinicians, junior doctors, CNSs, AOS, ACPs and specialist nurses. Inpatient wards and the Young Persons Unit for TYA care are based at QEH and all sites have bespoke Day Units, procedure areas and clinics.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder will support the development of high quality clinical practice within Oncology and Haematology. Working autonomously, they will be expected to provide effective care and manage a caseload of patients. Given the sensitive nature of the specialities, the department are seeking a candidate who can communicate complex information to patients and their relatives/carers. The post holder should be proficient in bone marrow aspirates and biopsy, PICC line insertions, skin biopsies, and independently reviewing patients with haematological and oncological abnormalities.

Working alongside the existing ACPs within the speciality, the post holder will demonstrate expert knowledge and standards of clinical practice. Ideally, the post holder would have competed their Non-Medical Prescribing training.

Teamwork is essential within our specialties. The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively with a range of healthcare professionals, whilst being supported by a dedicated administrative team. They should be flexible to the service needs and delivery, being able to work across sites.

Consideration will be given to partially trained ACPs who have commenced their MSc with HEE funding.

Kirsti Soanes (Lead Consultant ACP) Kirsti.soanes@uhb.nhs.uk

Karen Sheldon (Lead Haematology and Oncology ACP) Karen.Sheldon@uhb.nhs.uk

Dr Paul Ferguson (Clinical Service Lead and Consultant Haematologist) Paul.Ferguson@uhb.nhs.uk

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Healthcare Registration with a UK Regulatory Body ( NMC / HCPC / GPC)

Post Graduate Qualification in specific speciality or equivalent experience

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice/ Level 7 equivalent portfolio or minimum of 120 CATs and working towards full MSc (must cover all 4 Pillars of advanced clinical practice )-- Portfolio must include evidence of health assessment module at Level 7

Non -- Medical Prescribing Course -- where applicable to registration

Advanced Life Support Qualification

Recognised Teaching & Assessing/ Mentoring Qualification / Course

Experience

Essential

Extensive post registration experience at a senior level (Band 7 or above) in specialty area including significant and relevant senior clinical and leadership experience

Evidence / experience of working in an MDT within a health care provider service

Evidence of on-going CPD

Evidence of teaching in a variety of environments

A sound knowledge of professional priorities and issues relating to NHS care provision

A knowledgeable clinician with ability to ensure clinical governance is embedded in practice

Sound understanding of evidence based practice and its application

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Karen Sheldon 

Karen.Sheldon@uhb.nhs.uk 

07917517101