# ACP Academic Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/acp-academic-lead/5434ce3b-6e76-49d7-a9a4-8e2fae1c27dc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/acp-academic-lead/5434ce3b-6e76-49d7-a9a4-8e2fae1c27dc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Royal Marsden, Chelsea - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £75,328 - £86,114 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months) - **Employment type:** 30 hours per week (Part time - 30 hours per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T12:02:09.953Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Chelsea/The_Royal_Marsden_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8268102 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8268102?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ACP Academic Lead – The Royal Marsden School Band 8b | 1 Year Fixed-term | Part-time (0.8 WTE) Location: Chelsea/Sutton As part of one of the world’s leading cancer centres, our School delivers specialist postgraduate and professional education that combines academic excellence with real-world clinical insight. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced academic or clinically active professional with a passion for advanced clinical practice and a flair for innovative teaching. If you are ready to influence cancer education, we would love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job We are seeking a passionate and dynamic individual to bridge the gap between academic excellence and clinical innovation, helping to drive forward The Royal Marsden School's vision to transform cancer care by inspiring, challenging and developing innovative health professionals through outstanding education and clinically informed practice. The Advanced Clinical Practice Academic Lead will provide strategic leadership for the development, delivery and continuous enhancement of Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) education across The Royal Marsden School. Working at the interface between academia and clinical practice, the postholder will ensure that ACP education remains relevant, evidence-based and responsive to the evolving needs of cancer services, patients and the advanced practice workforce. The postholder will lead the ongoing development of the School's ACP educational portfolio, ensuring alignment with local workforce priorities, contemporary models of care and national frameworks for advanced practice. Through curriculum leadership, educational innovation, scholarship and quality enhancement, they will contribute to the preparation of ACPs who are equipped to meet the complex challenges of modern cancer care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification - Contribute to the ongoing development of Advanced Clinical Practice across the Trust, ensuring alignment with relevant national and regional frameworks. - Contribute to the delivery of the Royal Marsden School’s strategic vision by supporting the development of innovative, evidence-based education that transforms cancer care. - Maintain, monitor and develop academic and educational excellence for the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice in Cancer Care programme. - Lead on the audit and evaluation of Advanced Practice roles in the Trust. - Maintain and develop personal clinical expertise, credibility, and professional development in line with requirements of relevant professional body and the NHS England Multi professional framework for advanced practice. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge/experience of teaching/supervision in a variety of settings - Experience of strategic educational development - Knowledge of research methods and processes - Current knowledge of health/education policies/standards and requirements from Professional bodies. - Knowledge of HEE ACP multi professional framework - Knowledge of workplace clinical supervision for ACP - Knowledge of health care/educational leadership - Knowledge of clinical assessment and decision making. **Desirable** - Knowledge of current care of individuals with cancer ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of teaching and supervising learning in higher education or in a formal practice setting. - Recent expert clinical practice. - Experience of clinical leadership role during career. - Substantial post registration experience and be able to demonstrate significant experience as a qualified ACP. - Experience of research and quality improvement. - Evidence of leading change across at organisational level. **Desirable** - Experience of SACT - Experience of acute oncology - Experience of curriculum development and preparing for validation events - Experience of quality assurance processes in higher education and for HEE ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Ability to deliver innovate and creative educational activities. - Excellent communication skills – able to influence and communicate with people at all levels. - Strategic knowledge of local and national issues facing Advanced Practice. - Able to work autonomously and set own objectives. - Flexible – willing and able to embrace new ideas and change. - Highly developed problem-solving and change management skills. - Sound administrative/organisational skills. - Ability to work as a team player and good communicator. - Ability to act as a role model to all staff. - Computer literate using Outlook, Word, and Power Point. **Desirable** - Knowledge of technological approaches for online teaching & learning ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Genuinely committed to upholding the Royal Marsden Values - Compassionate, kind and caring. - Able to be self- directive in day-to-day work and act as autonomous practitioner. - Able to reflect on own and others’ practice. - Ability to liaise and work with other organisations and professional groups. - Possess highly developed negotiation skills. - Considering others’ and own physical, psychological, and emotional needs. - Able to adapt to a constantly changing environment and new demands. ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Health Care Professional. - MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent clinical experience. - Evidence of ongoing professional development to demonstrate advanced clinical decision making. - Qualified Non-Medical Prescriber - Cancer Specialist Qualification **Desirable** - Recognised Teaching Qualification recordable with NMC or other professional body - Fellowship of HEA Clinical Supervision or coaching qualification - Leadership and/or management qualification ## Documents - [282-od1795-jd&ps (pdf, 444.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10582929) - [royal marsden trust values (pdf, 715.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2360) - [workplace wellbeing and rewards guide (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2580) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.