Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust / Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospital Town Halifax/Huddersfield/MidYorks Salary £64,455 - £74,896 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2025 23:59 Interview date 20/11/2025
Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner – Oncology
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visithttps://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
The Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) is a highly skilled clinician and manager responsible for leading the ACP workforce across the Calderdale, Huddersfield and Mid Yorkshire Non-Surgical Oncology Partnership. Ensuring safe, high-quality patient care. The post-holder will oversee the operational management of the ACP team, ensuring appropriate workforce planning, governance, and financial control to optimise service delivery.
The post-holder will drive service improvement, workforce development, and clinical excellence in line with national guidelines and NHS strategic objectives and local partnership strategic objectives across the Partnership. The Lead ACP will be based across both trusts, providing strong, visible leadership to ensure a high standard of advanced practice and professional governance across the organisations.
The Lead ACP will work across professional and organisational boundaries, supporting the integration of services, enhancing patient outcomes, and contributing to clinical governance, education, and research.
The postholder is expected to lead consensus-building discussions, drawing on a high level of specialist knowledge, clinical evidence, and national guidance to make decisions that support safe, effective care while balancing organisational objectives and professional standards.
Main duties of the job
Please see job description for further details.
* Clinical Leadership and Practice
* Patient Flow and Service Delivery
* Research and Quality Improvement
* Education and Workforce Development
* Governance and Compliance
* Budget and Financial Responsibilities
* Workforce and Staffing Management
Working for our organisation
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A more detailed description of the job description and main responsibilities is contained within the job description. Please refer for further details.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
* Registered Nurse or AHP
* MSc Advanced Practice
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Recognised teaching qualification
* Leadership/Management Qualification (e.g ILM Level 5, CMI,MSc) or willingness to undertake
* Non-medical radiology referral competence
* GCP Research Certificate
* PhD or working towards
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
* Demonstrable current experience and level of working mapped to consultant level of practice for ACCEND/RCN
* Significant Post registration experience in senior ACP Role
* Experience of managing and leading a multidisciplinary team
* Proven experience of service development, quality improvement
* Experience of Budget management, cost improvement and resource allocation
* Demonstrable ability to influence change and manage complex projects
* Operational management experience within Oncology service
* Awareness of own limitations
* Understand the national specialty and professional agenda
* IT literate and excellent presentation skills.
* Experience in delivering clinical education and supervision.
* Experience in developing new clinical pathways
* Experience of developing and implementing service-related policies for specialty
* Experience undertaking own caseload in clinic
* Audit / research experience – Associate PI or working towards
* Experience in developing business cases and service proposals
* Published research or conference presentations- or willingness to commit to yearly publication.
* Knowledge of current health issues which may influence role
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
* Excellent communication, organisation and negotiation skills
* Assertive, confident yet approachable
* Calm and objective
* Ability to motivate self and other
* Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
* Ability to manage complex professional relationships
* Demonstrable ability to influence change and manage complex projects
* Awareness of own limitations
* Flexible attitude to working
Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all.Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on theCheck if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.
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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.
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