Cancer Care Ambulatory Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Main area Oncology Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Department name 01. UHD - General Recruitment Site Bournemouth Town Bournemouth Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 22/10/2026

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitione Documents r to establish a new service for an oncology and haematology ambulatory care within cancer care at UHD.

The service will support a variety of pathways for patients with a diagnosis of cancer, and support the inpatient and SDEC services to prevent unnecessary admissions.

As a successful candidate you will have experience in the management of patients with a variety of oncology and haematology malignancies requiring timely intervention. You will have excellent communication and leadership skills which will be essential for service development and team support.

Professional registration with relevant professional body.

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Location:

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Interview Date: 22nd October

To be responsible for the assessment and treatment of individuals for the cancer care ambulatory service using an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by Masters level theory and experience. This includes highly complex decision-making across a broad range of differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.

To provide direct clinical leadership to the ambulatory nursing team. To work with others within the directorate to determine the priority workload of the team across the directorate.

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