Oncology Trainee/Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Preston

We are thrilled to offer an opportunity for a qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner or a trainee ACP to become an integral part of our expert multi-professional Oncology team. This is your chance to make a difference while advancing your professional journey with specialist training, mentorship, and academic development.

Collaborative Environment – Work alongside experienced Oncologists, nurses, pharmacists, and other specialists in both ward reviews and outpatient clinics.

Exceptional Training & Support – Trainees will be supported through a master’s degree and a structured, competency-based portfolio, with placements across medical and surgical teams.

In-House Teaching & Education – Benefit from regular teaching sessions, clinical supervision, and access to modern simulation facilities.

Career Progression – Trainee ACPs will be appointed at Band 8a (Annex 21), with review and full Band 8a upgrade upon MSc and competency completion.

Main duties of the job

Who We’re Looking For:

• Experienced clinicians with a background in Oncology and acute/general medicine
• Committed to advanced clinical practice, education, and service development
• Passionate about delivering outstanding patient care and driving innovation in cancer services
• Either a qualified ACP or someone ready to train and grow into the role
• NMP is an essential criteria for this role, due to the ward based activity and ACP led clinic. The successful candidate would need to be able to be a prescriber or be able to undertake the qualification

We are nationally recognised for excellence in teaching and clinical research, with a strong focus on nurturing professional development. Our Cancer Centre is home to cutting-edge facilities, and our teams are proud to lead innovation in cancer care.

Working for our organisation

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care, demonstrated through a portfolio of evidence and clinical competence relevant to the role and supported with an appropriate MSc programme. The role will be required to undertake procedures autonomously, run clinics, prescribing chemotherapy, reviewing patients presenting unwell and function at an advanced level within the oncology MDTs at Trust, ICS and L & SCCA levels. The role supports the Hospital Trust in achieving Cancer Waiting Times.

You will monitor and lead improvements to standards of care and the adherence to oncology guidelines through supervision of practice, clinical audit, and evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership.

You will lead the implementation of relevant research into practice contributing to the further development of the evidence base through research and audit. You will contribute to clinical governance within the service by leading audit and research as part of the MDT within the area of expertise.

NMP is an essential criteria for this role, due to the ward based activity and ACP led clinic. The successful candidate would need to be able to be a prescriber or be able to undertake the qualification.

Person specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential criteria

• Current professional Body registration ie NMC / HCPC.
• Professional clinical qualification or Working towards a specialist qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development education at degree level, ideally evidence of masters level study
• Non-medical Prescribing Qualification where professionally able to or commitment to complete when in post
• BSc in appropriate clinical field or commitment to complete when in post
• Masters level study in advanced clinical practice or working towards this and commitment to complete when in post

Desirable criteria

• Teaching Qualification (7307/Certificate in Education/equivalent) or willing to undertake.
• Advanced Life Support Qualification
• Leadership/Management qualification or willingness to undertake.
• Accredited education and competency in oncological malignancies

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Highly motivated and experienced practitioner with substantive range of experience within a relevant clinical setting.
• Broad & advanced knowledge of clinical pathophysiology
• Sound level of knowledge in relation to relevant invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Has the knowledge and competence to support safe clinical decision making by interpreting multiple sources of complex information
• Broad and advanced knowledge and experience in Urology conditions and management
• Knowledge of local and national guidelines and agendas relevant to role
• Proven leadership experience including delivering to targets and service improvement.
• Ability to work autonomously
• Ability to manage conflicting pressures to maintain streamline service delivery
• Leadership of teams or change initiatives
• Demonstrates current knowledge of professional and NHS issues and the implication for clinical environment.
• Enthusiasm and drive to improve practice through education and training
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Committed to continuing professional development of self and others.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in managing chronic health issues
• Knowledge of more than one area of clinical practice – i.e surgery, medicine, orthopaedics, ITU
• Experience in a senior nursing/AHP position in Oncology