Band 8b/8C Lead Specialist Dermatology Nurse -Depends on experience

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Hampstead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is looking for an experienced Lead Dermatologist Nurse to oversee specialist nurse dermatology services. You will coordinate care across sites, ensure high-quality standards, and lead a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates should have strong clinical skills, a commitment to patient care, and experience in leading nursing teams. Join us to make a significant impact on patient outcomes while working in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading a team of nurses within a clinical setting.
• Ability to manage complex dermatology conditions.
• Expertise in evidence-based practice and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Line manage and lead Dermatology Nursing across all sites.
• Provide expert nursing care, advice, and treatment to patients.
• Enhance joint working between hospital and community healthcare.

Skills

Leadership

Patient care

Clinical decision making

Education and support

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

A Vacancy at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and dynamic Lead Dermatologist Nurse to join our progressive and multidisciplinary Dermatology team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated professional to take a leadership role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to people living with dermatology conditions across our diverse North London population.

As the Nurse lead, you will be responsible for the coordination and development of specialist nurse dermatology services across all RFL sites, providing expert clinical care, education, and support to patients, families, and healthcare professionals. You will play a key role in service innovation and quality improvement, working closely with consultants, GPs, primary care teams, and community partners to ensure seamless, evidence-based care across the patient pathway.

• To line manage and lead Dermatology Nursing across the 4 sites of the RFL Trust and to support integrated care teams with specialist advice
• To enhance joint working between hospital and community to enable patients to access their care seamlessly close to home from diagnosis to lifelong management
• To provide expert autonomous nursing care, advice and support to dermatology patients providing advanced assessment, complex clinical decision making, diagnosis and treatment including non-medical prescribing for patients referred
• To manage patients appropriately through the specialist patient pathways supporting inpatient services, outpatient and telephone clinics and MDT review
• To undertake nurse led clinics and to be responsible for excellent standards of care to patients through the planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating clinics and services including complex dermatology conditions
• To take responsibility for own evidence-based practice
• To develop and work inside clear advance practice policies and evidence-based guidelines to support the service
• To lead the multi-disciplinary team, providing specialist education and advice to patients ensuring provision of NICE recommended structured education to support safe diabetes care and self-management programmes.

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026