Clinical Nurse Specialist - Medical Dermatology
Band 7
Main area: Medical Dermatology
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (4 days a week 08:00 - 18:00)
Job ref: 196-NM12781
Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Guys Hospital
Town: Great Maze Pond
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 p.a inc HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/04/2025 23:59
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Job overview
We are looking for a flexible, proactive individual who has a strong background in dermatology to join our friendly and driven Medical Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team at St. John’s Institute of Dermatology. Non-medical prescribing is a core component of the role but applications are welcomed from staff willing to imminently undertake the course if successful.
The successful candidate is expected to clinically lead on nursing care along the patient pathway. As a team, we provide a wide variety of services supporting both general and tertiary specialist dermatology clinics for adult patients with severe dermatological conditions. The service extends to provide support to dermatology in-patient admissions, day treatment admissions and medicines management nurse-led clinics.
Once competent, the successful candidate will work autonomously managing their own nurse-led clinics, initiating and monitoring patients on systemic and biological therapies. You will be required to act as a leader and role model providing clinical supervision, teaching and mentoring to junior colleagues and peers. There is an anticipation that you actively seek involvement in quality and improvement initiatives and undertake clinical audits.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for:
* Working autonomously and in a team managing a caseload of patients with dermatological skin conditions
* Facilitating Nurse-Led Clinics
* Delivering teaching, mentoring, assessing, including the supervision of others in the clinical setting
* Participate in quality improvements.
* Providing support, education and advocacy for patients.
* Delivering patient information and undertake care planning
* Providing leadership and innovation.
* To manage and educate on dermatology wound care and skincare.
* Working in accordance with the protocols and policies, peer review, audit and clinical governance.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
* Experience caring for patients with dermatological conditions
* Post registration qualification in appropriate area of specialty or equivalent post qualification experience.
* Leadership course
* RN1 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of specialty.
* To have or working towards a master's degree
* To have or working towards a non-medical physical assessment course
Skills
* Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills working in Dermatology.
* Proven listening/counseling skills with the ability to manage complex situations and appropriately formulate suitable care plans
* Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
* Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to manage their own medicine management nurse-led clinics
* Autonomous practitioner in managing a caseload of patients on systemic and biological therapies
* Knowledge of current clinical & nursing research
* Ability to carry out audit and research
* Ability to interpret and analyze complex data and findings
* Undertaken clinical & nursing research
Experience
* Extensive experience of working autonomously at a level within the specialist area delivering effective patient-focused care.
* Proven evidence of management and leadership skills
* Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education at undergraduate level
* Experience of delivering patient advocacy
* Experience of audit, research & evidence-based care- essential
* Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
Values & Behaviours
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
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