Job summary
The Band 7 Dermatology Skin Cancer Nurse provides advanced specialist nursing care to patients with suspected, confirmed and recurrent skin cancers across the dermatology and skin cancer pathway. The post holder will work autonomously and collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care, ensuring patients receive timely assessment, treatment, education and ongoing support throughout their cancer journey.

Main duties of the job
The Dermatology Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a senior specialist practitioner responsible for providing expert, compassionate and evidence-based nursing care for patients with suspected or confirmed skin cancer. Working as an integral member of the Skin Cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), the post holder will coordinate the patient pathway from the point of suspicion through diagnosis, treatment, recovery, survivorship and, where appropriate, palliative and end-of-life care.

About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Degree in Nursing or equivalent professional qualification
• Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration
• Postgraduate qualification in cancer care, oncology, dermatology or equivalent specialist experience
• Qualification in lesion recognition.
• Advanced communication skills training
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Teaching, mentoring or assessing qualification, or willingness to undertake

Desirable

• Master's degree or working towards Master's level study
• Independent Nurse Prescriber qualification
• Advanced Clinical Assessment qualification
• Level 2 Psychological Support qualification
• Leadership or management qualification
• Research or Quality
• Improvement qualification
• Qualification in minor surgery

Experience
Essential

• Significant post-registration experience in oncology, dermatology or specialist cancer nursing
• Experience working as a Clinical Nurse Specialist or equivalent
• Experience coordinating complex patient pathways
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience supporting patients with complex emotional and psychological needs
• Experience undertaking audit, service evaluation or quality improvement

Desirable

• Experience leading specialist skin cancer services
• Experience developing nurse-led clinics
• Experience implementing remote monitoring services
• Experience contributing to clinical research
• Experience writing clinical guidelines or policies
• Experience managing change or service redesign
• Experience presenting at regional or national meetings

Knowledge
Essential

• Expert knowledge of skin cancer diagnosis, treatment and survivorship
• Understanding of NICE guidance and national cancer policy
• Knowledge of personalised cancer care principles.
• Understanding of cancer waiting time standards
• Knowledge of safeguarding, consent and information governance
• Understanding of clinical governance and quality improvement

Desirable

• Knowledge of regional and national cancer networks
• Knowledge of digital healthcare technologies
• Understanding of research governance
• Knowledge of project management methodologies
• Knowledge of business planning and service development
• Experience of implementing national service improvement programmes

Skills
Essential

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Advanced clinical assessment skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Ability to manage a complex specialist caseload independently
• Ability to prioritise competing demands
• Strong leadership and influencing skills
• Excellent teaching and facilitation skills
• Advanced problem-solving and decision-making skills
• High level of IT literacy
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively

Desirable

• Project management skills
• Advanced data analysis skills
• Experience using specialist cancer databases
• Experience presenting research findings
• Policy development experience

Other
Essential

• Compassionate, professional and patient-centred
• Demonstrates integrity, honesty and accountability
• Resilient and adaptable
• Committed to continuous learning and improvement
• Promotes equality, diversity and inclusion
• Demonstrates excellent professional judgement

Desirable

• Enthusiastic about service transformation
• Active involvement in professional networks

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).