Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) Specialist Nurse
Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, London SW5 0TU
Permanent | Full Time | 37.5 Hours per Week
Monday to Friday | 5 x 7.5 Hour Shifts
Salary from £56,005 per annum

We make health happen
At Cromwell Hospital, we're committed to delivering exceptional cancer care through clinical excellence, innovation and a truly patient-centred approach. As our SACT Specialist Nurse, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering specialist oncology services, ensuring patients receive safe, effective and compassionate care throughout their treatment journey.

This is a highly autonomous advanced practice role, offering the opportunity to work across our Oncology Ward and Chemotherapy Day Unit, supporting patients receiving Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT). You'll work alongside consultants, pharmacists, nursing teams and the wider multidisciplinary team to drive clinical excellence whilst improving patient outcomes and experience.

How you'll help us make health happen
As our SACT Specialist Nurse, you'll be the clinical expert supporting the safe delivery of systemic anti-cancer treatments and advanced oncology care.

You will:

• Conduct comprehensive assessments for patients commencing SACT treatment, particularly Day 1 Cycle 1 patients.
• Provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing evaluation of oncology patients.
• Independently prescribe within your scope of practice and order appropriate investigations to support patient care.
• Manage acutely unwell oncology patients, escalating concerns appropriately and working closely with consultants and the wider MDT.
• Lead and champion best practice in the safe administration of SACT across inpatient and day unit services.
• Act as an expert clinical resource for nursing colleagues, providing mentorship, supervision and support.
• Deliver education, competency assessments and training programmes to nursing teams, including SACT competency development and UKONS passport standards.
• Support clinical governance, quality improvement initiatives, audits and service development projects.
• Collaborate with clinical leaders to develop and embed policies, protocols and pathways that enhance patient safety and care quality.
• Be a visible clinical leader who promotes continuous improvement, evidence-based practice and outstanding patient care.

Key Skills / Qualifications
Essential:

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Non-Medical Prescribing (V300) qualification.
• Post-registration qualification in Oncology, Haematology, SACT administration or equivalent experience.
• UKONS Passport or willingness to complete.
• Teaching, mentoring or assessing qualification/experience.
• Minimum three years' experience within an acute oncology setting.
• Experience prescribing and managing complex oncology patients autonomously.
• Current experience working within oncology or haematology services.
• Experience of administering SACT.
• Strong knowledge of SACT protocols, toxicities and cancer standards.
• Chemotherapy assessment and triage skills.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently while building effective multidisciplinary relationships.

Desirable:

• ALS Instructor qualification.
• Experience within private healthcare.
• Experience leading quality improvement or audit projects.
• Previous leadership or team development experience.

Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available.
• Various other benefits and online discounts.

Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you would like more information on the role or would like to discuss other opportunities suited to your skills and experience, please contact rachel.sharp@bupa.com.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.