Lead ACP for Cancer and Oncology/Consultant Practitioner - London

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the cancer and oncology department for a substantive Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

Responsibilities

• Support the wards/units, nursing staff, and trainee/qualified ACPs to promote excellence in care to maintain and improve clinical standards and support the flow of patients across the directorate.
• Ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect placing value on the diversity of the local community and beyond.
• Promote best practice in the prevention of infection through ensuring a clean and safe environment, and that clinical practices are in accordance with Trust policy and best practice guidelines to minimise the risk of infection.
• Ensure that the patient experience is of the highest quality, inspiring patient and public confidence.

Qualifications

• Direct responsibility for the management of patients within own case load and supervision/development of junior members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose and treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations.
• Order & interpret investigations, laboratory tests, x-rays and act on results as appropriate, with supervision as required, as a trainee.
• Initiate drug therapy/medication within the parameters of agreed clinical guidelines and in accordance with present legislation, supply and prescribing of medicines in line with non-medical prescribing qualifications.

Skills

• Contribute to the development and improvement of systems and processes that facilitates patient flow.
• Maintain own clinical development by keeping abreast of new treatments and technologies within emergency and unscheduled care.
• Improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients.
• Contribute to the review and development of integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines to ensure a standardised approach to emergency care.

Benefits

• Our People Are Our Greatest Asset.
• When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients.
• Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement.

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