Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialist

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

The dermatology nurse specialist will function as part of the dermatology nursing team within the dermatology department under the supervision of a dermatology clinical nurse specialist. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment and delivery of care needs within the nurse-led services. The post holder will be required to teach, support and develop patients and junior staff as well as assist with the efficient running of the service. To ensure continuity of care, the post holder will follow-up patients in the outpatients’ clinics and where appropriate, refer into the community.
To undertake skilled and specialist support work with patients following guidelines which have been agreed and set by the British Association of Dermatology/ Royal College of Nursing in conjunction with the service management team.
To be responsible for own caseload (treatment/liaison/reports/MDT) progressing and amending treatment programs within agreed parameters as necessary. This may involve making clinical judgments.
Responsible for the assessment and delivery of care needs.
To make clinical decisions for a defined patient group
Be an independent prescriber for a defined patient group or undertake medicines management including use of a patient group directive and clinical Management Plans.
Required to teach, support and develop patients/parents/carers
Supervise and support junior nurses and Health Care Assistants.
Carry out other duties commensurate with the grade
To assume responsibility for their workload ensuring that they adhere to the Trusts policies and procedures
To work as part of a Multi-disciplinary team
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ over 4,000 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Please see the attached job description and person specification, available to download at any time

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