Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a strategic service improvement project focused on reviewing and enhancing the provision of oral Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) information and treatment support across Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre and Weston General Hospital.

Working collaboratively with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams, the post holder will undertake a comprehensive evaluation of current oral SACT services, mapping current provision and identifying risks and variation in practice. Key outputs include the development of a Trust guideline for oral SACT information and treatment support, and producing an options appraisal for future service development.

The post holder will provide leadership throughout the project, ensuring improvements are evidence-based, patient-centred and aligned to local and national standards. You will need to demonstrate specialist clinical knowledge in oral SACT administration, innovation, autonomous practice, and service development. The role reflects the four pillars of the ACCEND Framework: Clinical Practice, Leadership, Education, and Research and Quality Improvement.

Main duties of the job
Core aspects of the role include:

• Lead the Oral SACT information and treatment support project, identifying risks, service gaps, variation and unmet need, benchmarking against comparable centres
• Support delivery of the existing oral SACT service, acting as a specialist resource for oral SACT information
• Develop and improve patient information resources and educational materials
• Involve patients and carers in service development through structured interviews and surveys
• Contribute to policy, guidelines and service improvement
• Collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data
• Undertake literature reviews and evidence searches
• Develop an options appraisal for the future of the oral SACT information service, ensuring recommendations are evidence based

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential

• Active 1st Level Nursing registration with NMC
• Masters Level Study or equivalent experience
• Fully SACT trained with a completed passport and or/ completed SACT course
• Teaching/mentoring qualification or relevant experience

Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential

• Skilled in the delivery of pre treatment information for patients receiving SACT
• Thorough and up to date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice in the administration of SACT
• Highly effective communication skills- written and verbal
• Ability to lead, influence and collaborate with colleagues and key stakeholders, as well as the ability to work autonomously and take initiative

Experience
Essential

• Experience in the safe administration of a range of SACT regimens
• Experience in innovation, service improvement, project work or change management
• Experience of undertaking research or audit projects, critically analysing qualitative and quantitative data

Contract details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Closing date: 17 November 2026

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Apply through our website.