Job summary
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner-EB research is an experienced registered nurse with extensive research experience and specialist skills to assess and treat patients and manage the clinical environment, in liaison with the management and consultant team. The nurse will act as an autonomous practitioner in forming clinical decisions and complex management plans in the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of patients. In conjunction with senior nursing and consultant staff formulate the development of clinical guidance for all aspects of clinical practice within the clinical speciality relevant to EB research. The post holder will develop new areas of EB research practice, with nursing and consultant staff ensuring quality standards are met. The post holder will work closely with the interdisciplinary team and collaborate with colleagues to ensure that high quality patient care is maintained within EB research studies.

Main duties of the job
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner-EB research will be responsible for delivering PEBLES, in liaison with the study Chief Investigator, and for managing the research team members. This will include:

• Project management and leadership of the PEBLES team, requiring strong decision-making skills and including management of band 7 research nurse and other PEBLES team members;
• Responsibility for PEBLES finances and shared accountability for the current grant in excess of £780,000;
• Providing research expertise and leadership, including managing large datasets and working with PEBLES/EB database developers and with researchers at all three PEBLES sites; the postholder will also participate in collection of PEBLES data including, as lone worker, home visits around the UK;
• Disseminating PEBLES findings, including collaboration with the statisticians (based in Austria) and regular writing for publication; this postholder will share responsibility for maximising PEBLES outputs.

About us
About the Trust
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Details
Date posted: 06 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £66,274 to £73,496 a year
p.a. inc HCA (pro rata)
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 24 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 196-RD514M
Job locations: St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, City of london, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see job description document for more details on the main responsibilities included with this role

Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential

• Bachelors Degree in nursing, health or management related studies.
• A Masters level research qualification/in progress or equivalent experience
• Teaching and Assessment qualification
• Advanced physical assessment skills
• First level registered Nurse
• Meet NMC revalidation standards

Desirable

• Certificated speciality courses
• PhD
• Be an independent prescriber according to the Trusts Non medical prescribing policy

Previous experience
Essential

• Broad clinical experience relevant to the post, including specialist skills and experience in relevant speciality.
• Experience of running own clinics
• A proven track record of clinical service management at a senior level in an acute hospital environment, including staff management, financial management and change management.
• Demonstrate use of financial acumen in patient/client, team, organisational and system level decision-making and demonstrate appropriate strategies to enhance quality, productivity and value
• Experience of teaching patients and staff and others including health promotion and prevention orientation
• Demonstrate evidence of engaging stakeholders and influencing the development and improvement of practice, patient care and service delivery.
• Demonstrate publication record including experience as 1st author

Desirable

• Experience of caring for patients with epidermolysis bullosa

Skills/ Knowledge/ Ability
Essential

• Advanced assessment and history taking skills
• Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of relevant speciality with a wide range of approaches to the management of patients, demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking and be able to comprehensively assess patients for risk factors and early signs of illness
• Ability to lead within the nursing profession and multi-professional working; within an organisation and across organisation boundaries , being able to identify and implement systems to promote their contribution and demonstrate the impact of advanced level nursing to the healthcare team and the wider health and social care sector;
• Ability to draw on a diverse range of knowledge in their decision-making to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions (which will usually include actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions);
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Excellent written and advanced verbal communication skills
• Demonstrating the use of a variety of media/IT skills
• Evidence of managing clinical services, service innovation and up-to-date knowledge of nursing policy and strategy, together with successful change management experience and a proven track record in launching new initiatives
• Ability to manage change and contain conflict ensuring resolution with positive outcomes, with use of negotiation skills
• Ability to translate and integrate evidence based research/guidelines into the development of local pathways of care
• Ability to develop working relationships locally, regionally and nationally
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills in contexts that are unfamiliar, complex, and unpredictable and provide consultancy services to their own and other professions on therapeutic interventions, practice and service development;
• Advanced communication skills demonstrated through the delivery of presentations and producing articles
• Ability to critically appraise and synthesise the outcomes of relevant research evaluations and audits.

Additional Information
Essential

• Will be required to travel throughout UK to conduct research reviews in patients home (lone worker)
• High level of work organisation, self motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude;
• Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.

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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.