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Medical Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job details
Posting date: 19 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £35,392 - £42,618 pa pro rata
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 19 May 2024
Location: Bristol, BS2 8HW
Company: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6243287/387-M-2921-EP

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Summary

A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.


Medical Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialist 1 WTE band 6.

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse with an enquiring mind and a passion for patient-centred, evidence-based care to join our Medical Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialist team. We are a close-knit medical team who are committed, driven individuals and are passionate about ensuring outstanding patient care.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing service. Our patient cohort is mainly comprised of people with complex or challenging inflammatory skin disease on systemic and biologic medication, requiring expert monitoring and supervision.

The successful candidate will provide advice, support, and information from the time of diagnosis and throughout the patients care pathway through consultation, treatment, aftercare, education and training.

The successful candidate will work closely with the team in the hospital and consultants at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Trust, North Bristol Trust, and collaboratively with the dermatology team at Taunton and the Community Dermatology team. They will act as a role model to ensure a co-ordinated quality service, being actively involved in education, audit, research and development.

The successful candidate will be joining our team at an exciting time of change and engagement in specialist roles. We can support them to complete competencies and further training, through attendance at conferences and educational courses, in order to develop the knowledge and skills they would need in this role and towards their future personal and professional development.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.


This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024

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