Band 8b​/Lead Specialist Dermatology Nurse -Depends

Band 8b/8C Lead Specialist Dermatology Nurse
-Depends on experience

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and dynamic Lead Dermatologist Nurse to join our progressive and multidisciplinary Dermatology team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated professional to take a leadership role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to people living with dermatology conditions across our diverse North London population.

As the Nurse lead, you will be responsible for the coordination and development of specialist nurse dermatology services across all RFL sites, providing expert clinical care, education, and support to patients, families, and healthcare professionals. You will play a key role in service innovation and quality improvement, working closely with consultants, GPs, primary care teams, and community partners to ensure seamless, evidence-based care across the patient pathway.

To line manage and lead Dermatology Nursing across the 4 sites of the RFL Trust and to support integrated care teams with specialist advice

To enhance joint working between hospital and community to enable patients to access their care seamlessly close to home from diagnosis to lifelong management

To provide expert autonomous nursing care, advice and support to dermatology patients providing advanced assessment, complex clinical decision making, diagnosis and treatment including non-medical prescribing for patients referred

To manage patients appropriately through the specialist patient pathways supporting inpatient services, outpatient and telephone clinics and MDT review

To undertake nurse led clinics and to be responsible for excellent standards of care to patients through the planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating clinics and services including complex dermatology conditions

To take responsibility for own evidence-based practice

To develop and work inside clear advance practice policies and evidence-based guidelines to support the service

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

• Registered General Nurse
• Relevant first degree and or working towards a master's degree or evidence of ongoing relevant course associated with Dermatology
• Appropriate Teaching certificate or extensive teaching experience
• Evidence of professional management/leadership development
• Advanced assessment qualification

• Extensive Dermatology Clinical Experience
• Significant contribution to practice and service development
• Evidence of motivating staff and improving individual and team performance
• Evidence in running nurse led clinics
• Evidence of incorporating research and evidence into practice at strategic and local level
• Evidence of leadership in continuous quality improvement
• Evidence of promoting research awareness and involvement among nursing staff. Experience of motivating staff and improving individuals and team performance

• Ability to act autonomously in planning and managing case load
• Excellent clinical and Leadership skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Effective advanced clinical assesment
• Ability to present ideas effectively
• Advanced clinical assessment skills
• Open participative, dynamic and supportive leadership with a flexible management style
• Ability to think strategically and present ideas

• Ability to problem Solve and prioritise work to deadlines
• Ability to establish collaborative working relationships with patients, carers and other members of the team
• Ability to reflect , question and evaluate own practice
• To be flexible and approachable
• Track record of innovation with positive results
• Successful track record in conflict resolution and…