Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist; Skin Oncology - Dermatology

Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist (Skin Oncology) - Dermatology

The closing date is 26 July 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated registered nurse to join the Dermatology Service as a Band 6 Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) based at Solihull and Good Hope Hospital part of UHB.

This is a key role within the skin cancer service, providing expert clinical care and acting as a Key Worker for patients across the cancer pathway. The post holder will manage a specialist caseload, delivering advanced clinical assessment, coordinating care, and supporting patients from diagnosis through treatment and follow‑up.

The post holder will liaise with other Health Care Professionals, including the Primary Health Care Team and Tertiary Centres, to provide the best possible care for patients, ensuring co‑ordination and continuity of care from initial diagnosis to discharge into the community and throughout the whole patient journey.

The role also contributes to service development, education and quality improvement, ensuring care is delivered in line with national cancer standards and best practice.

The post holder will act as an expert specialist resource for Skin cancer and benign disease, collaborating with all members of the multi‑professional team, to facilitate a collaborative approach to patient care. The role involves attending weekly multidisciplinary team meetings and representing MDT as required at local/regional business/expert advisory group meetings.

Provide treatment/advice as per speciality and scope of practice, this may be face to face, virtual or telephone and incorporate the use of agreed protocols, clinical and professional guidelines, within an acute secondary healthcare facility.

To operate the Skin cancer nurse‑led telephone / email information and support service to provide specialist advice and support for patients with concerns about signs, symptoms, disease management or pathway related issues.

Carry out specialist clinical practice within a designated group of patients as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Ensure that high quality, current evidence‑based nursing care underpins all actions with patients and is aligned to professional values of care, compassion and respect.

Provide a seamless, high‑quality service from referral through to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review, referring to other specialists as required.

Demonstrate safe, appropriate practice and specialist nursing advice using up to date knowledge and evidence.

Use professional judgment to act as advocate for patients, support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions.

Supervise, carry out and assist with clinical procedures/practice as required, ensuring optimal recovery to health of the patient.

Ensure effective handover of patients between health care professionals using a range of communication aids.

Undertaking nurse‑led clinics working in parallel with multidisciplinary team members.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
• Evidence of post registration CPD or post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality (e.g. Dermatology and/or Oncology) or…