Advanced Practitioner | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 07 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 per annum, pro rata for part time roles |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 February 2026 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS2 8ED |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7716112/387-SPS6112-NG |
Summary
We are looking for a motivated, skilled, autonomous Practitioner to work as a core member of the multidisciplinary team in BHOC SDEC, to deliver high quality care to patients. You will possess the skills, competence, expertise and clinical decision making abilities required to triage, plan, co-ordinate, prescribe and deliver treatment for patients requiring urgent care, following complications of oncological/ haematological diagnoses, or for those patients who are post SACT therapy, stem cell transplant or cellular therapy treatment. Supporting patients to stay at home is a key component of this role.
This role will be based in the SDEC at BHOC and cover the core hours of Monday – Friday 9-5pm, although flexible working to also include some weekends, early starts and late finishes will be considered.
You will provide clinical decision making and patient reviews to support triage and assessment of patients self referring to the unit via the BHOC SDEC helpline and attending the unit with urgent care issues relating to malignant and haematological treatments and diagnoses. A key component of this role is hospital avoidance and safety netting along with delivery of acute management of complications of treatments.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. 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. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. 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.
Practice at a high level of clinical expertise in assessing and diagnosing patients who present to the BHOC SDEC service
Demonstrate a critical understanding of your broadened level of responsibility and autonomy Use expertise and decision making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate evidence based judgements and diagnoses
Role model the values of the organisation
Evaluate your own practice and participate in MDT service and team evaluation
Lead new practice and service redesign solutions
Critically apply advanced clinical expertise in appropriate ways to provide consultancy across professional and service boundaries,
This advert closes on Wednesday 21 Jan 2026
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