Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join the Breast Services team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We welcome applications from experienced ACPs, including those with a Surgical Care Practitioner background, who are looking to develop their expertise within a dynamic and progressive breast service. Applicants should demonstrate advanced autonomous clinical practice, sound clinical judgement and a strong commitment to delivering safe, compassionate and patient-centred care.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality care across both symptomatic and cancer pathways. The successful candidate will play a key role in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and ongoing management of patients with breast conditions, working autonomously within their scope of practice.

You will work closely with Consultant Breast Surgeons, Radiologists, Breast Care Nurses, Oncology colleagues, Allied Health Professionals and administrative teams to deliver safe, effective and timely care. You will also contribute to service development, quality improvement and innovation, helping shape the future of our breast services.

If you are passionate about specialist patient care and keen to develop your ACP role, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Details
Date posted: 14 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 214-SRG-8192967
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential

• Post registration MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (or working towards completion).
• Previous experience working as a Surgical Care Practitioner (SCP) or completion of an accredited Surgical Care Practitioner programme.
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber (or willingness to undertake).
• Significant post-registration clinical experience in breast services.
• Demonstrable experience working autonomously.
• Excellent communication and clinical decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to continuous professional development
• Evidence of teaching, supervision and assessment skills
• Proven management skills- effective organisational abilities, supervisory skills, leadership skills, change management skills. Clinical governance, current health service priorities. National and local nursing agenda.
• IT literate
• Registered healthcare professional (NMC or HCPC)

Desirable

• Experience in clinical governance, including clinical audit, quality improvement, incident investigation, risk management and implementation of learning to improve patient safety.
• Experience leading or contributing to service development and pathway redesign.
• Participation in research or service evaluation projects.
• Health and safety

Qualifications- Academic/ Craft/ Professional
Essential

• Registered with relevant healthcare professional body (NMC / HCPC / GPC etc)
• MSc in advanced clinical practice.
• Meet the criteria as outlined by the relevant specialty college or faculty (where applicable)
• Evidence of on-going personal and professional development.
• Non-medical prescriber

Desirable

• Relevant teaching qualification
• Evidence of research and audit

Experience
Essential

• Significant post registration experience, most recent of which should be in a senior position OR experience as defined by specialty college/faculty
• Direct supervision of junior staff
• Evidence of contribution to audit programmes within practice
• Evidence of managing complex patients in stressful and emotional situations where life-changing events are being communicated and clinically managed
• Relevant teaching/supervising/mentoring experience
• Professional and patient focused, with a strong commitment to providing high quality care
• Supervision of students

Desirable

• Project management

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• Ability to work flexibly within working hours of ward/department

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).