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Location

Sutton, Greater London | United Kingdom

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Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an advanced clinical practitioner to join the MDU/GI team. You will provide a dynamic link between clinical practice and service development to deliver patient care ensuring the best experience and health outcomes for patients.

With the increasing number of patients on SACT and longevity of treatment, the main responsibility of the role will be to organise and deliver multi-professional clinics for patients with GI cancer at Sutton. This role for 12 months will offer a wide experience of delivering SACT clinics, managing side effects of treatment and supporting the Medical day unit delivering a high degree patient satisfaction. The autonomous post holder will be fully supported in the role and practice within the multidisciplinary team.

We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic advanced clinical practitioner with excellent communication skills to undertake the role and to continue the development of services at the Royal Marsden.

This is a superb opportunity for the right person to refine practice skills as well as take ownership and responsibility of the Multi professional clinic SACT pathway.
• Clinical leadership to the teams, maintaining credibility through practice and provide a high quality and safe patient service, which exceeds patient expectations.
• Developing an oral therapies clinic across all sites to address the increased demand and complexity of the oral therapy pathway . This will include supporting a team of staff to implement the clinics on all sites and cross cover to ensure seamless care
• Routine management of the particularly oral agents day care patients assessing them for systemic anti-cancer treatments (SACT) and supportive
• Using advanced clinical decision making and assessment skills, prompt treatment plans or referrals will be initiated to effectively manage acute and chronic cancer-related complications and/or toxicities from systemic anti-cancer treatments and/or

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
• The ACP will order investigations (e.g. X Rays, blood tests) and interpret results and escalate concerns and abnormalities as appropriate to the Consultant or Outreach teams .
• Take responsibility for organising, undertaking and interpreting investigations as appropriate to ensure patients are fit as possible for treatment where necessary discussing with the
• To liaise with MDU lead, administrative staff and other members of the MDT to optimise the smooth transition for the patient throughout their treatment
• Review and prescribe medication in a timely manner ensuring it is within own level of knowledge and competence and within the scope of the Trust’s Policy for Non-Medical Prescribing qualification.
• Following protocol, ensure through good practice that customer care initiatives are improved and sustained. Act as a resource for expert advice to patients, relatives/carers and
• To lead the provision of care in accordance with the Trust Policies reflecting current trends and developments in

This advert closes on Tuesday 27 Feb 2024

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