Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Skin Cancer Nurse Specialist/ Skin Cancer CNS to join our Dermatology Service at Waters Green Medical Centre - Macclesfield.
You will join an established team and become a key member of the wider Dermatology Department.
You will provide expert evidence-based practice and clinical expertise in caring for patients with dermatological malignancies including provision of cutaneous dermatological surgery.
The post will entail surgical duties and assessment and management of skin cancer patients.
This post would be supported as a trainee band 6 post with clear training competencies for any successful candidate.
Please note that there may be requirements to work across both Leighton Hospital and Waters Green Medical Centre in Macclesfield for training and joint working.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the Specialist skin cancer Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) caring in collaboration with Dermatology Consultants, cutaneous/plastic surgeons, clinical & medical oncology teams to provide a service to patients, carers & health professionals. The post holder will assess patients referred with a suspicion of skin cancer on the two-week pathway and newly diagnosed patients and follow up patients with a diagnosis of skin cancer in autonomous nurse-led clinics in order to ensure best possible patient outcomes and streamlining of the service.
Job responsibilities
A proficient health care professional who provides expert evidence-based practice and clinical expertise in caring for patients with dermatological malignancies including provision of cutaneous dermatological surgery. The post will entail fifty percent surgical duties and fifty percent assessment and management of skin cancer patients.
An experienced practitioner with decision-making autonomy, responsibility and accountability within agreed guidelines and protocols, who contributes to the leadership, development and supervision of others. The practitioner works collaboratively with others within the dermatology team or independently to meet the needs of the patients and their families. It is expected they will also participate in the education and development of other staff members and assist with the development of clinical services and enhanced practice across the Trust.
The post holder will provide a key supporting role for patients and their significant others.
Person Specification
Clinical
* Qualified and Registered Nurse
* Dermatology Experience
* Non-Medical Prescribing/ Imminent Non-Medical Prescribing
* Dermatology Qualifications
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.
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