Job overview

The Division of Diagnostics and Clinical Support Services are excited to offer this newly created full-time equivalent role of Nurse Consultant in Dermatology, working 37.5 hours per week over 4 or 5 days.

The Nurse Consultant in Dermatology is an expert, clinically based practitioner who will take responsibility for leading and strategically developing the Dermatology Inflammatory Diseases service. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as a clinical expert and professional resource to the multi-professional team, patients, and carers within their specialist service. They will liaise and collaborate with colleagues in the delivery of high quality, clinically effective care, prioritising, and utilising evidence-based best practice.

Working autonomously, the Nurse Consultant will utilise their advanced clinical expertise to develop and implement Dermatology clinical pathways in line with national guidance and deliver appropriate interventions.

The post holder will  contribute to the Senior Management Team in service improvement, taking a lead on specialty areas of clinical development within the service and participate in the implementation of standards relating to Dermatology for clinical audit, research and evaluating clinical effectiveness.

They will work in partnership with clinical, nursing, and administrative teams.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.