Trainee ACP Teenage and Young Adult Team (Haematology & Oncology)

• Develop towards providing advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management for a diverse caseload of TYA oncology, haematology and transplant patients.
• Develop highly specialist knowledge and clinical examination skills to manage patients with malignancies, including the acute care of patients receiving SACT.
• Develop towards providing expert clinical support across inpatient, day unit and ambulatory care services.
• Develop towards independently request and interpret investigations, undertake procedures, make appropriate referrals and maintain high-quality clinical records.
• Develop towards providing utilising Non-Medical Prescribing, which is fundamental to the role, to support timely and effective patient care.
• Develop towards providing providing clinical expertise to develop and enhance TYA oncology, haematology and transplant services.
• Work collaboratively across medical, nursing and AHP teams, promoting effective multidisciplinary communication and continuity of care.
• Act as a highly visible and approachable role model, promoting and disseminating evidence-based best practice.
• Develop towards providing demonstrating advanced practice across the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice: Clinical Practice, Leadership and Management, Education, and Research.

Essential

• Registered professional, (e.g., NMC/HCPC)
• Educated to MSc Degree Level 7 in advanced practice or equivalent, with NHSE Digital Staff badge demonstrating AP accreditation with The Centre for Advancing Practice
• IRM(E)R trained (where relevant to professional background and role)
• Blood product prescriber (where relevant to professional background and role)
• Non-medical prescriber (where relevant to professional background and role)

Desirable

• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Relevant research qualification - e.g., Good Clinical Practice
• Recognized leadership and management course
• Completion of relevant extended role scope competencies

Essential

• Experience of a senior professional role in relevant clinical specialty
• Enhanced clinical skills relevant to area of clinical practice
• Experienced in managing own caseload of patients as an independent practitioner
• Experience of implementing evidence-based practice
• Experience of working in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience in undertaking audit, quality improvement and service evaluation

Desirable

• Experience of teaching and supervising undergraduate students and registered staff
• Experience of teaching and presenting at conference or other external meeting
• Experience of analysis and reporting of data
• Clinical experience of leading health care services within specialty
• Experience of research and implementation of evidence-based practice in relevant clinical specialty
• Experience in undertaking research projects and publishing articles
• Experience of inter-agency working and system delivery

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, to enable communication with a wide range of stakeholders and for clinical purposes, negotiation, leadership, and influence. This includes managing highly complex communications where there may be barriers to understanding
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, with meticulous attention to detail
• Complex planning and organisational skills
• Evidence of autonomous decision making
• Evidence of problem-solving skills
• Evidence of practice innovation and quality improvement
• IT skills for data management, reporting, presentation, and communication
• Evidence of enhanced clinical skills
• Self-motivated and able to prioritise within a large and varied workload
• Ability to identify and optimise learning opportunities
• Ability to work as part of a team and ability to command respect of the multi-disciplinary team
• Self-motivated, self-starter, and organised
• Flexible and adaptable at work to meet competing priorities
• Able to respond and prioritise unpredictable health presentations and ensure effective interventions are actioned
• Able to work in unpleasant working conditions on occasions, i.e., bodily fluids
• Enhanced knowledge of the multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice (2025

Essential

• Enhanced knowledge relevant to the specialty area
• Knowledge of Quality Improvement methodologies and experience of successful delivery in practice
• Knowledge of leadership strategies, personal leadership and how to lead successful change in an organisation
• Knowledge of teaching and learning styles
• Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
• Advanced knowledge of government strategies and policies relating to service and clinical leadership role
• Working knowledge of safety and governance frameworks and standards (including confidentiality/freedom of information/Caldicott regulations/CQC essential standards)
• Working knowledge of nursing, AHP and medical professional issues and developments