Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
About
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire.
We brought together Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to create Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2014
Our aim is simple. We want to provide the highest quality healthcare possible to you.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. Sometimes it’s easier for you if we come closer to home so we run outpatient clinics and diagnostic services from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Windsor, Maidenhead, Bracknell and Chalfont St Peter.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other. So whether you use our services or are just visiting you can expect us to b Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Futuree .
We are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
We have strong links to our communities through our 24,000 foundation trust members representing patients, partners and staff, making sure we stay connected to what is important to you.
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Key details
Location
SiteFrimley Park HospitalAddressFrimley Park HospitalTownFrimley, CamberleyPostcodeGU16 7UJMajor / Minor RegionSurrey
Contract type & working pattern
Contract2 years (Fixed Term)HoursFull time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary£55,877 - £62,626 per annum incl HCASSalary periodYearlyGrade(Band 8a)
Specialty
Main areaOncology -Chemotherapy
Job overview
We are pleased to invite applications to this new created post within our Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment services. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner who is passionate about SACT and its management. This is a 2 year fixed term 8a post and is 37.5 hours per week. This is a Surrey & Sussex Cancer Alliance funded post with access to support and educational opportunities.
Applications for this post are invited from nurses who have had recent senior experience in SACT. We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking individual who is flexible, self-motivated, and reliable plus a good team player and leader. The successful candidate should have a degree and advanced clinical practice skills and expertise. They should have excellent communication skills both verbal and written. They will play an active part in clinical practice, education, research/audit and the implementation of national guidelines and transformative services. The successful applicant will work as part of a well-established dynamic SACT team who provide specialist treatment, advice, holistic care and support to patients, relatives and members of the health care teams. They will be required to support the further development and delivery of SACT services to improve and maintain standards of patient care.
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We are looking for an innovative nurse who is highly motivated to improve practice for patients receiving SACT.
To provide specialist support and advice to cancer patients who receive SACT. They will work alongside the Lead Chemotherapy Nurse, the site specific Cancer Nurses and the AOS Team to develop and transform services.
The post holder will use collaborative and independent judgement to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement, manage and evaluate clinical nursing care and management of patients. The ACP will provide clinical management including on-going assessment, investigations, procedures, treatment and management of patients in SACT services.
The ACP takes a lead on audit, research and development initiating the implementation, evaluation and development of multidisciplinary guidelines and protocols, incorporating current best evidence in consultation with medical and nursing staff for the care of patients across the Trust.
The post holder will promote the concept of clinical governance and facilitate the implementation of the nursing/midwifery/AHP Strategy and work within agreed Trust/Unit protocols and guidelines
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy and the Addendum for this post.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment .
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future .
Applicant requirements
warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
* Degree in Nursing, Masters or equivalent qualification
* Post Registration Oncology qualification
* Mentor Prep/Teaching & Assessing qualification
* Advanced Physical Assessment skills
* SACT qualified
* Registered Independent Prescriber
Desirable criteria
* Project Management qualification
* Leadership and Management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience working with cancer patients receiving SACT
* Experience of developing a new service/initiative
* Experience of working with Patient groups to improve services
* Ability to work independently
* Excellent Time Management and prioritisation skills
* Minimum of 5 years post registration experience
* Minimum of 2 years experience in Oncology/SACT
* Evidence of delivery of education and training
Desirable criteria
* Report writing
* Awareness of the national Cancer and SACT agenda
* Cancer clinical trials experience
* Management and Leadership experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Management and Leadership experience
* Knowledge of SACT, side effects and management
* Good communication skills orally and written
* Knowledge of management and leadership models
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Skills in critical analysis and application of research to practice
* Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries, to negotiate effectively and resolve complex problems
Desirable criteria
* Budgetary Management knowledge
* Leading a project
Documents
* Band 8a SACT ACP - JD/PS (, 608.3)PDFKB
* Band 8a SACT ACP - Addendum (, 272.4)PDFKB
* Band 8a (, 143.6)PDFKB
* Trust Values (, 577.9)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
NamePhillipa HootonJob titleHead of Nursing General MedicineEmail address [email protected]Telephone number07884116423Additional information
Candidates are encouraged to come for Informal visits and can also contact Mary Hayes, Head of Nursing for Cancer
email: [email protected] or phone 07795318375
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