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Are you passionate about providing excellent patient care? Do you have the knowledge and skills to provide care across the whole patient pathway?

The ideal candidate will have experience in dermatology nursing with a focus on skin cancer gained through working in a specialist or senior clinical nursing role. The post holder will be the Key Worker for patients with suspected and confirmed skin cancer diagnoses and will be required to provide a complete nurse led service within the parameters of the Key Worker role.

Our patients are at the heart of what we do, you will be instrumental in gaining their feedback and using this to shape the service, along with regular audits. You will be responsible for shaping the service to ensure our patients have the best possible experience and that our care is in line with the Dermatology Delivery plan. As a Skin Cancer CNS you will have access to all of the training and development that we offer.

We would like to hear from you if you can demonstrate your passion and commitment to the provision of high quality, patient centred care. You will be able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team through excellent communication and organisational skills. You must be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm and drive for achieving and sustaining high clinical standards along with the ability to work effectively in a Nurse Specialist role through being a credible role model.

The post holder will :

• Act as a clinical expert and resource by maintaining specialist knowledge, expertise and credibility through direct clinical practice and managing a caseload of patients with suspected or confirmed skin cancer
• Be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality, clinically effective nursing care within the Dermatology service.
• Use clinical expertise and clinical skills to accurately assess an identified patient cohort and manage whole episodes of patient care independently.
• Provide clinical leadership to staff within the area, working in close collaboration and co-operation with members of the multi professional team and outside agencies.
• Establish and maintain collaborative working with clinical and educational networks.
• Work within the Skin Cancer CNS team, with a focus on compassionate and kind support and collaboration
• Reporting to the lead nurse on all aspects of clinical activities, including significant changes affecting provisions of nursing care.
• Directly line manage and support Band 6 CNS team members

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, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.