Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialist - Lymphoma & Melanoma
Band 7
Main area: Cancer and dermatology
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8am - 18.00pm (one day off a week))
Job ref: 196-NM12692
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: 08/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 24/04/2025
Job overview
The St John’s Institute of Dermatology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has a long history in providing specialised Skin Cancer care for patients diagnosed with cutaneous Lymphoma and Melanoma. An exciting opportunity has arisen within the service. We are looking for an experienced and motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist (band 7) who is interested in joining our well-established team on a full-time basis. The successful candidate will work in close collaboration with the team to ensure that patients receive support during their treatment.
We are looking for an individual who is driven, flexible, dynamic, self-motivated, and reliable, with leadership qualities and evidence of continuing professional development. Patient experience will be key in your practice with emphasis on holistic, dignified, and compassionate care.
The post holder will work with a team of skin cancer professionals providing support, care and education to patients with cutaneous lymphoma and melanoma. You will be responsible for supporting patients through their diagnosis and treatment, facilitating their care pathway. You will also act as a key worker for patients and work with all multidisciplinary teams involved in their care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for:
* Managing a caseload of patients with a skin cancer diagnosis undergoing treatment, acting as an experienced and autonomous practitioner.
* Delivering teaching, mentoring, assessing, including the supervision of others in the clinical setting.
* Participating in quality improvements.
* Providing support, education, and advocating for patients through personalised care planning.
* Providing leadership and innovation in lymphoma and melanoma patients.
* Providing psychological support, carrying out Holistic Need Assessments (HNA) and demonstrating knowledge of survivorship initiatives.
* Working in the nurse-led clinics and being a non-medical prescriber (desirable).
* Having experience in dermatology and skincare (desirable).
* Performing in compliance with the protocols and policies, peer review and clinical governance.
The successful candidate will work autonomously as a clinical nurse specialist with the support of the team of consultants, clinical nurse specialists, Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Matron.
You will need to have a current NMC nursing registration with post qualification degree/experience caring for cancer patients in an acute or outpatients setting as a Band 7 or three years of experience as a Band 6.
A nurse prescriber and a candidate with previous oncology/dermatology/skincare experience would be desirable.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To work autonomously, managing a caseload of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
* Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the specialty. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
* Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient-oriented approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
* Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
* Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
* Actively engage service users through the facilitation of user groups and open days.
* Co-ordinate the provision of specialist services to patients, both within hospital and/or in the community setting, effectively liaising with multidisciplinary colleagues.
* Develop and run nurse-led clinics where the post holder will co-ordinate the treatment in conjunction with medical staff.
* Direct, support, encourage and advise clinical teams, by the provision of specialist knowledge and advice in the care of patients within the area.
* Participate in the promotion of patient-centred care, and establish and maintain a supportive relationship with the patient and their family during the period of assessment, treatment and after care.
* Support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions relating to their treatment and management.
* Promote high quality clinical care, and assist in the development of the specialist service, through the use of evidence-based practice and clinical standards.
* Provide professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the specialty and to act as a resource for education and clinical expertise in the hospital and community settings.
* Demonstrate appropriate expert practice and highly specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
Person specification
Qualification
* BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience.
* Your professional knowledge acquired at degree level will be supplemented by specialist training, experience and short courses to Masters level equivalent.
* 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 in specialty.
* Proven listening / counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situations and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes.
* Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
* Ability to clinically lead & influence staff.
* Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
* Sound knowledge of current issues in the profession and practice of nursing.
* Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to direct patient care.
* Time management and organisation skills.
* Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully.
* Demonstrate an understanding of: the National agenda for specialty. Knowledge of quality standards & NICE recommendations/NSF.
* Knowledge of current clinical & nursing research.
* Ability to carry out audit and research.
* IT Skills.
* Ability to interpret and analyse 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
* 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.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Claire Lusted
Job title: Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Email address: Claire.lusted@gstt.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0207 1884901
For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact
Informal visits are encouraged. For further details please contact ANP Claire Lusted via email @ claire.lusted@gstt.nhs.uk or Matron Manda Mootien via email manda.mootien@gstt.nhs.uk
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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