Dermatology & Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Nurse

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Dermatology & Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist at a leading healthcare provider in London. The successful candidate will work autonomously, managing patient caseloads and providing high-quality clinical support within the dermatology team, including nurse-led clinics and vital patient education initiatives.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with advanced practitioner qualification.
• Experience in Dermatology is essential.
• Non-Medical Prescribing course or working towards is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients and provide expert nursing service.
• Carry out nurse-led clinics including acne clinics and photodynamic therapy.
• Support skin cancer patients as keyworker.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical governance

Risk assessment

Basic counselling

Education

Registered Nurse

Degree (BSc) in health-related subject

Advanced practitioner qualification

Job description

Go back St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dermatology & Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 30 June 2025

• The post holder will be expected to work as an autonomous, advanced practitioner and effectively deliver an expert nursing service within Dermatology.
• This includes effectively managing a caseload of patients and ensuring that patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support.

Main duties of the job

• Provide effective nursing expertise with in the dermatology team and ensure the provision of high quality care to patients and carers.
• Carry out nurse-led acne clinics and Systemic drug monitoring clinics including Biologics Clinics (St Georges' site).
• Systemic monitoring clinics have clinical supervision provided by Consultant or Registrar.
• Carry out virtual results clinics.
• Carry out skin education clinics for patients with chronic skin disease eczema, psoriasis, this will include adults and paediatrics.
• Conduct photodynamic therapy clinics for patients with non-melanoma skin cancer.
• The nurse may be asked to be involved in our newly launched Teledermatology service if the service needs require it.
• Support patients diagnosed with skin cancer as keyworker and attend skin cancer MDT.
• Ensure standards for skin cancer keyworker are adhered to.
• Carry out nursing keyworker skin cancer audits to meet national and local standards.
• Collect skin cancer data in line with trust and national skin cancer standards.
• Participate in Skin Cancer Well Being Events.
• Support the two Skin Cancer CNS's ensuring the Dermatology unit is compliant with Skin Cancer annual peer review.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

• Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
• This post is based at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton but the post holder will be expected to travel to the trust's other site.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• An advanced practitioner either through formal qualification (Degree) and/or extensive clinical experience pertinent to the area e.g Dermatology N25 Course
• Non Medical Prescribing course or working towards
• Degree (BSc) or equivalent in a health related subject, or working towards
• Phototherapy Course ( Gwent or St Thomas's) and relevant Phototherapy experience

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong leadership skills
• Up to date knowledge and understanding of local and national specialist guidelines
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to build up a rapport with patients and the MDT
• Ability to impart complex information to patients, relatives and carers, with different levels of understanding
• Clear understanding of safeguarding procedures
• Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
• Experience of running research and audit programmes

Other

• Basic Counselling skills
• Experience of delivering presentations

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.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£54,320 to £60,981 a yearper annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)