Registered Nurse - Dermatology | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust in the United Kingdom is seeking Registered Nurses to specialize in dermatology. The role involves providing comprehensive care for patients with skin conditions, ensuring adherence to professional standards, and maintaining high-quality nursing practices. Benefits include flexible working hours, access to a physiotherapy service, and support for career development. This is an excellent opportunity to join a friendly, collaborative environment focused on patient care and professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Discounted gym memberships

Excellent pension scheme

Career development support

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse licensed to practice.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to professional conduct.
• Experience in utilizing information technology for patient care.

Responsibilities

• Ensure nursing practice meets standards of the NMC Code.
• Maintain high nursing care standards using evidence-based practice.
• Conduct assessments and evaluations of patient care.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Clinical skills in dermatology

Education

Nursing degree

Completed preceptorship programme

Job description

Dermatology Outpatients are seeking Registered Nurses looking to specialise and begin a career in caring for individuals with acute and chronic skin conditions. Being a Dermatology Nurse is incredibly rewarding – the skin is not only our largest organ but also our most visible. The Dermatology Nurse can support, educate and help to manage the patient sometimes to a full resolution and in a chronic condition provide ongoing support and education.

Dermatology is a welcoming friendly team, and the successful applicant will receive a dermatology nursing competency pack and support from a dedicated clinical educator and nurses and doctors with many combined years of dermatology experience.

Dermatology is a varied specialty with a mixture of surgical, general and nurse led clinical areas. Once competent you would be expected to scrub and assist in surgical procedures ranging from a biopsy, to flaps, grafts and micrographic surgery. You would support doctors and nurse consultants with general dermatology and urgent suspected skin cancer clinics, ensuring the patient is supported throughout the consultation and their outcome paperwork reflects the clinician’s next steps.

Once you had a sound grasp of surgical and general clinics registered nurses in dermatology progress to develop skills assisting in a variety of clinical areas and nurse led clinics, including admission avoidance for acute dermatological conditions, post operative wound care, educational input, severe acne, phototherapy, biological medication, paediatrics, allergy testing and teledermatology, There are many areas within the specialty to learn and develop with guided support, specific competencies and at an agreed pace.

Dermatology has clinics at NNUH and Cromer, though these roles would be primarily based at NNUH as we have a dedicated Cromer nursing team, there may be an occasional requirement to cover clinics at Cromer during staff holidays.

If Dermatology sounds like an area you would like to be involved in, please contact us to discuss further, consider an informal visit and apply.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first‑class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state‑of‑the‑art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24‑hours confidential counselling support
• On‑site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On‑site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Responsibilities & Expectations

• Ensure practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and work within limits of competence.
• To have successfully completed the Trust’s preceptorship programme.
• Maintain a high standard of nursing care applying evidence‑based practice.
• Carry out assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care without supervision.
• Carry out the daily personal care of patients.
• Maintain accurate records of all care given.
• Update patient administration systems e.g. PAS to ensure real time data collection and confidentiality.
• To effectively use information technology for the benefit of patient care in accordance with the Trust’s Cyber Code of Conduct.
• To maintain confidentiality of information (written, verbal, electronic), whilst being aware of the Freedom for Information Act.
• To promptly and effectively communicate relevant changes in patient status to the multi‑disciplinary team.
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, carers, significant others, the multi‑disciplinary team and support services.

Please see the attached job description for full details.

This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025.