Acute Oncology ACP / ANP
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
Acute Oncology ACP / ANP
Salary Not Specified
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, City of Westminster
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 6 days ago, 29 Jun | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: c461248f66924ce6a68467cd88066384
Full Job Description
As the 8a AOS post holder you will provide direct care, advice, management, leadership, and supervision of high-quality patient focused services for patients referred into the Acute Oncology Service. These patients include those with complications arising from cancer or cancer treatment, or those patients where a new diagnosis of cancer is suspected.
The post holder will provide professional, supervisory, and managerial leadership, ensuring the provision of a high quality, responsive service with the needs of the patient at the centre of care delivery.
The post holder will take responsibility for autonomous clinical decision making beyond the scope of normal levels of nursing practice.
The post holder will undertake triage of the patient after referral from medical colleagues across the Trust. You will advise and support clinical colleagues on the investigation, care, and management of this group of patients affording a ccess to faster and better care of patients with complications of cancer (early recognition, better treatment, rapid referral to other specialist teams as appropriate including oncology and palliative care).
The post holder will lead the AOS CNS team and provide line management and team leadership.
The post holder will collate and present service data at local and national meetings. They will be responsible for the establishing, delivering and leading a comprehensive AOS within the Trust in line with the National Cancer Peer Review Programme (2011).
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the countryâs top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
St Markâs Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.