An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior nurse to take on a clinical and professional leadership role at the Dowling Phototherapy Unit, part of the internationally renowned St. John’s Institute of Dermatology.
We are seeking a dynamic individual with proven experience in a senior clinical leadership role, who can demonstrate a track record of enhancing both patient and staff experience within a complex healthcare environment. If you are passionate about advancing Phototherapy services and leading the professional and clinical development of nursing teams, we invite you to join us.
The Dowling Phototherapy team delivers a range of treatments—including Narrowband UVB, PUVA, and UVA1—to adult and paediatric patients referred from general and specialist dermatology clinics. The service also supports the Patient-Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU) pathway, including nurse-led clinics focused on prescribing phototherapy and medicines management for conditions such as vitiligo and photobiology.
You will be expected to deliver compassionate, visible leadership and foster a culture of excellence. Your ability to drive service improvements while maintaining a strong focus on patient-centred care is essential. Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across multi-professional boundaries are key.
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Closing date: 27/04/2025
Interview date: 05/05/2025
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the Dowling Phototherapy team
• Clinically lead nursing care throughout the various patient pathways
• Provide education and support throughout the junior doctor rotation
• Provide education to the nursing teams, responsible for the education pathway of staff
• Enable collaboration across the multi-disciplinary teams through complex decision making
• Manage risk thus enabling the services to meet changing population,
patient, and service delivery needs.
• Transformation, quality and improvement initiatives to develop the services.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, and neighbouring NHS organizations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We are looking for a motivated, ambitious, and flexible nurse—ideally with experience in Phototherapy. Non-medical prescribing is a key aspect of this role. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership throughout the patient pathway and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team on service transformation, quality improvement, and innovation initiatives. You will also run nurse-led clinics and actively contribute to multidisciplinary clinics, audits, and operational meetings. Opportunities to participate in teaching and research are strongly encouraged.
Applicants must have experience in leading nursing and clinical services, with a proven commitment to prioritising safety, quality, and patient experience in all aspects of care.
The successful candidate will work autonomously but will have the support of the team of consultants, clinical nurse specialists, advanced nurse practitioners and matron.
This advert closes on Sunday 27 Apr 2025