Job summary
- Main area
- Dermatology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-7441456-RB-SK
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £61,631 - £68,623 pa Inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Dermatology Lead Nurse Specialist
Band 8a
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
The Lead Dermatology CNS will provide clinical and professional leadership and line management to the clinical nurse team. You will provide visible leadership across a clinical service setting, monitoring, and maintaining professional high standards. The post holder needs to be an innovative and dynamic practitioner committed to improving the patient experience, improving standards of care and services, supporting the dermatology leadership team in delivering the trust longer term strategy whilst upholding the nursing, Midwifery and AHP strategy and values.
The post holder will be an integral member of the department within the Medicine division, providing support to implement and monitor progress on delivery of strategic objectives to ensure the provision of high-quality care. They will provide professional and clinical nursing advice and actively contribute to innovative solutions to quality improvement, workforce, and capacity management.
The lead nurse will support in the delivery of operational and budgetary management of nursing, quality and standards of care. They will ensure that services are delivered within allocated budgets, identifying evidence to support safe and effective service delivery and contribute to the delivery of the Division and trust financial plan.
We are looking for applicants who already have a clear understanding and knowledge of dermatology / skin cancer and have the potential and willingness to further enhance their skills in this speciality.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide specialist dermatology nursing care to patients and their families, and act as a resource for other professionals. This is achieved by skills and experience and expert knowledge gained through additional specialist training. Working with the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies, the post holder will play a key role on ongoing service developments to ensure the delivery of evidence-based practice and assist in meeting National and Trust targets/objectives.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse,
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
- Mentorship/teaching
- Educated to degree level or equivalent equalling to Dermatology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Advanced practitioner either through formal qualification or extensive clinical experience
- Running nurse led clinics
- Experience in a management /leadership role
- Evidence of developing new ways of working and management of change
- Evidence of improving the patient experience
knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Understand Patient and Public involvement in the NHS
- An understanding of the implications of clinical governance.
- Advanced clinical assessment and decision making skills
- Strong leadership and influencing skills
- Teaching skills (formal and informal)
- Budgetary management skills
- Operational management skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Annamma Raji George
- Job title
- Associate Director of Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07353166238
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