Job overview

Macmillan AOS Lead Nurse Practitioner

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Cancer and Access

Band: 8A

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum

We are recruiting for a Macmillan AOS Lead Nurse Practitioner who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide advanced clinical skills, leadership and expert knowledge in clinical practice. It is envisaged that at least 80% will be spent working in the clinical area as part of an agreed job plan. The role contributes to leading service delivery, supporting quality improvement and providing safe and effective specialist level acute oncological assessments within the national tiers for review. 

The post will be characterised by the following four pillars of practice:

•  Clinical Practice

•  Leadership 

•  Facilitating Learning

•  Evidence, Research and Development

The post-holder will provide compassionate and credible professional specialist leadership and effective management of resources ensuring high standards of nursing care are delivered to all cancer patients.

Act as an advanced clinical expert and professional resource for patients, carers and health care professional Trust wide. 

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.