Job summary
- Main area
- Dermatology
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 203-EL836
- Employer
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Warwick Dermatology Centre
- Town
- Warwick
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Speciality Nurse for Dermatology
6
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nurse with dermatology experience to join our team as a Band 6 Speciality Nurse delivering high quality service to patients in Warwick.
We have recently located to a new premises in the centre of Warwick, this a newly refurbished unit which houses our dermatology team including consultants and secretaries.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a clinically based practitioner who will take a supportive role in strengthening the nursing contribution to patients and service users within Dermatology.
In partnership with the mutli-disciplinary team (MDT), the post holder will assist develop, implement and evaluate a seamless specialist service.
Using specialist nursing skills, contributes to the management of a caseload of patients referred for specialist intervention, care and support.
The post holder will contribute to the ongoing development of innovative practice, standards of care and strategies to ensure practice development and education for other professionals caring for patients within Dermatology.
Working for our organisation
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Result Areas:
Expertise & Excellence in Clinical Practice
Contribute to the delivery of evidence-based personalised and
compassionate care which places quality at the heart of specialist practice.
Care will be responsive to individual needs and reflect current local protocols and national guidelines.
Act as an accessible professional for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
supporting the management of a clinical caseload which is 80%-100% of
the role. This will necessitate a degree of autonomy and advocacy to ensure the delivery of appropriate care.
Contribute to the management of a caseload of patients within speciality
and prioritise workload to meet patient and service need.
Use knowledge of the speciality and treatment to support the development
of personalised care pathways for individuals and assist with holistic needs
assessment, planning and evaluation of care and all care interventions.
Act as a patient advocate to facilitate the process of shared decision making in respect to health, choice of treatment and care. Use interpersonal and communication skills where there may be significant barriers in order to build confidence. Ensure that patients’ individual needs are expressed and valued, and individual care plans are understood.
Advise on disease and symptom management for patients within the
speciality in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Evaluate response to
interventions and cascade to relevant colleagues.
Support patients to self-manage their condition where deemed appropriate. Provide education for those who will need guided support to self-manage and those who will need ongoing face to face support.
Assist in the development and delivery of nurse led or parallel clinics in line
with National guidance and local service need.
Act as a resource providing specialist advice and support across service
boundaries to ensure optimum liaison and co-ordination of care.
Undertake clinical competencies relevant to this specialist service to
demonstrate expertise in extended nursing roles. Assess and assist in
managing individual psychological reactions to diagnosis, treatment and
associated side effects.
Management & Leadership
Act as a role model demonstrating high standards of holistic care and
provide clinical leadership to others across the organisation.
Provide support to ensure public and patient involvement is embedded
within the sphere of practice.
Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff where required.
Assist in setting measurable outcomes for the service and continuous
evaluation of practice supporting changes where necessary.
Contribute to the clinical governance agenda.
Participate in operational and strategic planning for the development and
delivery of the specialist service. Support service improvement activities.
Attend Trust senior nurse meetings and contribute to the agenda and
strategic nursing vision.
Represent the Trust by contributing to and participating in meetings locally,
regional and nationally relating to the speciality.
Contribute to an annual service review, gathering information to support the annual report.
Assist with complaint investigation and ensure appropriate escalation.
Communication
Take personal responsibility for ensuring effective communication between
all service providers.
Act as a role model for excellent communication skills.
Demonstrate empathetic interpersonal and communication skills in
supporting, informing and advising patients and carers through diagnosis,
treatment, disease progression, prognosis and supportive and palliative
care where applicable. This will involve occasionally imparting significant
news or supporting patients and carers during and following such
consultations.
Effectively and sensitively communicate complex and sensitive information
to emotionally distressed patients and family/carers at key points along the
care pathway on a frequent basis.
Refer to other health professionals and outside agencies to ensure optimum care and ongoing support for individual patients/carers, and to ensure the seamless transition from primary to secondary care appropriate to patients’ individual needs and circumstance.
Maintain links with local and national organisations, which support the care
of patients within this speciality.
Education
Identify and use educational strategies to deliver information to patients and carers.
Participate in the development of patient focused education including
training to support self-management and health promotion activities.
Assist in the development of other professionals by contributing to Trust
wide specialist education and training.
Support the delivery of formal and informal teaching initiatives as part of the Trust’s education strategy as agreed with the appropriate senior nurse to ensure practice development, staff empowerment and improved care for
patients.
Act as a mentor/clinical supervisor as appropriate.
Take personal responsibility for life-long learning and personal development through clinical supervision and appraisal. Actively engages with learning and development opportunities needed to work as an advancing practitioner and take appropriate action to ensure these needs are met.
Quality, Audit, Innovation and Research
Assist in the development of written patient information and use existing
appropriate resources to inform users, according to individually assessed
need.
Work within the NMC code of professional conduct.
Contribute to the development of policies and clinical guidelines to support
the specialist service.
Collaborate with other MDT members to develop and update multiprofessional Trust operational policies and guidelines.
Maintain patient records and ensure an effective documentation system to
reflect the activity and delivery of specialist nursing care.
Promote the service where applicable.
Use creative reasoning, experience and vision to support advancement of
care.
Develop new skills in response to emerging knowledge and techniques.
Supports management of change as required.
Maintain membership and attendance at national and local forums to
network and debate issues to inform the specialist nursing role and service
delivery where applicable.
Assist with the collation of data to provide evidence of productivity,
outcomes and quality through audit and research.
Contribute to the identification of patients eligible for trial entry. Provide
support to patients considering entry to clinical trials in relation to informed consent and advocacy.
Participate in clinical research relevant to practice area.
Assist in the development of links and system to seek the views of patient
and carers to ensure service development is in line with user need.
Additional Responsibilities for specialty
As per the British Dermatological Nursing Group a band 6 nurse is expected to work within the outlined scope of practice.
Clinical
Making clinical decisions for a defined patient group.
May be an independent prescriber for a defined patient group or
undertaking medicines management including use of a patient group
direction (PGD).
As per band 5 role frequently without close direction.
- Phototherapy
- Wound-care
- Assisting surgery
- General advice and support to patients / families / carers
- Administration of medicines
- Patch testing
- Treatment counselling
- Topical treatment / bandaging
- Camouflage advice
- Iontophoresis
Lower risk, less invasive skin surgery procedures
Photodynamic therapy
Disease or therapy focused nurse led follow up clinics with protocol
e.g. wound care, biologics, isotretinoin
Leadership
Leader of a small team
Showing initiative in change management
Active participant in quality improvement projects
Education
Formal teaching sessions for other staff within the organisation
Involvement in patient /public information initiatives
Research
Aware of the literature around practice
Using literature to inform practice
Aware of literature searching and reviewing
Undertaking audit
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse, NMC registered
- Post registration qualification in related subject
- Evidence of continued professional development in Dermatology
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching qualification (ENB 998, C&G 730 or equivalent)
- Willingness to complete Health/Clinical Assessment course and non – medical prescribing course
- Level 2 Psychology training
- Advanced Communication training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant and up to date post registration experience within Dermatology
- Experience of student supervision and teaching
- Proven leadership skills
- Experience of delivering patient advocacy
- Experience and understanding of clinical audit and evidence-based care
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary and cross agency work environment
- Experience in the below treatments: - PDT/Photodynamic Therapy - Patch testing - Phototherapy/TLO1 - Minor Surgeries - PUVA - Iontophoresis
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking research
- Experience in nurse led follow ups for isotretinoin, Systemics, Biologics.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical, managerial and leadership skills in speciality
- Proven listening and counselling skills
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills
- Managing a caseload
- Good decision making abilities
- Understanding of change management process
- Demonstrate an awareness of the National agenda for speciality
- Knowledge of quality standards and relevant
- Awareness of NICE guidelines, NSF CQUINs etc
- Team player
- Proficient IT skills
- Ability to write reports and maintain accurate records
- Assist in the development of nurse led clinics
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Creative thinker
- Diplomatic
- Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
- Delivers high quality care
Other Job Requirements
Essential criteria
- Flexible and positive approach to work
- Able to attend network wide meetings
- Able to travel and work between sites
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carolyn Dando
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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