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Job summary

Main area
Skin Cancer
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent: Cross site working
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
205-6911668
Employer
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
University Hospital North Midlands
Town
Stoke on Trent
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/02/2025 23:59

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Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, to join a small nursing team delivering care to patients with a skin cancer diagnosis. This is an interesting and varied post involving face to face and telephone care, management of patients with skin cancer including being there at diagnosis to support and supporting them through their journey.  Your skills and knowledge should also enable you to undertake nurse led follow up clinics of patients with a skin cancer diagnosis, under the care of a doctor. At band 6 entry level you will have support from the existing Lead Skin Cancer Nurses and the wider nursing team .  Regular in-house teaching and appropriate external conferences also support essential knowledge in this fast moving field. Personal attributes you will need are excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to maintain accuracy and attention to detail even when working under pressure. You must also be proactive and motivated to learn this specialist field to high standard and deliver high-quality, safe, evidence based and compassionate patient care, with excellent organisational skills and be computer literate. 

Main duties of the job

  • Running follow-up clinics
  • Providing education and counselling to patient, carers ad their families
  • Attending MDT meetings
  • Working alongside and liaising  with the Multidisciplinary team
  • Answering the phone and triaging calls 
  • Supporting patients face to face and by telephone
  • Ensuring timely care for patients

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person specification

Shortlisting

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse RGN.
  • Minimum of 3 years relevant experience.
  • Attended an advanced communication skills course and up to date. 

Nursing

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse RGN.
  • 5 years post registration experience.
  • Minimum of 3 years relevant experience.
  • Degree level study minimum.
  • Willing to undertake a qualification or competence in dermoscopy and/or lesions recognition. 
  • Computer literate.
Desirable criteria
  • Current qualification or competence in dermoscopy and/or lesions recognition.
  • Evidence of masters level study. 
  • Experience in skin cancer nursing. 
  • Experience in dermatology, plastic surgery and/or oncology. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse on the NMC register with a minimum 5 years post registration
  • Attended an advanced communication skills course and up to date
  • Degree level study minimum.
  • Computer literate.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of masters level study in relevant field
  • Current qualification or competence in dermoscopy and/or lesion recognition.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum 3 years experience in a relevant area.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in dermatology, plastic surgery and/or oncology.
  • Experience in skin cancer nursing.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kerry Rigby
Job title
Lead Skin Cancer CNS
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01782 674699
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