Clinical Nurse Specialist
| Posting date: | 10 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,180.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47180.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9339-25-0430 |
Summary
Provide skilled assessment of patients with inflammatory skin disease including history taking, physical assessment, and requesting, interpreting and acting on appropriate tests and investigations in a timely manner. Using expert and specialised clinical and theoretical knowledge in order to safely and appropriately assess and diagnose patients in their care. Act autonomously within evidenced based guidelines to plan and implement individualised management plans. Formulate clinical decisions and often complex treatment plans to manage skin disease. Demonstrate competence, knowledge and skills in a wide range of practical procedures Prescribe as an Independent Prescriber, assessing and prescribing appropriate medication within appropriate specialty guidelines using the British National formulary To delegate/refer to other practitioners when this will improve health outcomes or when risk and needs are beyond own competence and scope of practice. Provide specialist advice and support to colleagues within the organisation. To actively take part in planning, developing and improving services in order to be responsive to patient needs as well as well as Directorate, Trust and National Health Service needs Take a key role in the development of the North Bristol Trust Dermatology biologics service Participate in implementing national standards and frameworks at a local level within the speciality. To be responsible for identifying and addressing his/her own professional, training and development needs in light of developments in service in the specialty. To promote and implement change within the clinical service and to measure outcome