Dermatology Specialist Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication and working relationships

Establish and maintain effective communication channels within and outside the department by: -

• Maintain good relationships between all members of staff, thus developing professionalism through the unit
• Ensure good communication both verbally and via formal documentation with all members of the nursing and multidisciplinary team
• Able to communicate effectively in demanding and challenging situations
• Accept responsibility; be aware and able to locate all policies relating to good working practice within the clinical area and able to adhere to both by self and colleagues and to challenge staff about their location
• Provide specialist knowledge to other areas, when assistance/advice required

Planning and organisation

• You will need to be organised, calm and able to work under pressure
• You will need to be a good decision maker and work closely within an MDT
• You will have training which will lead to you being able to facilitate the Rota for staff ensuring good skill mix and safety with numbers

Responsibility and accountability

• You will be responsible for a team of staff, which will consist of Staff nurses,

Assistant Practitioners and HCAs

• You will be responsible and accountable for ensuring they are up to date with their PDRs and clinical supervision, facilitating them to achieve their goals
• Manage staff sickness and poor performance
• Develop a learning environment, which meets the needs of the pre and post registration students and staff members, working within the area, with the implementation of specialist teaching programmes including identification and assessment of learning objectives
• Actively strives to meet targets asset by personal development review in order to maintain professional and current nursing knowledge
• Maintain own personal continued professional development

Policy and service responsibility

• Assist in training health and non-health care professionals in related speciality
• Provide clinical supervision, support and mentorship to other staff as required
• Co-ordinates special interest groups to ensure development of evidence-based practice within department and adherence to national guidelines
• Demonstrates knowledge of current advances and changes in critical practice and initiate change accordingly
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and participate in the induction of new staff to policies and procedures

Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

• Ensure provision of care is cost effective and is provided within existing resources
• Only use equipment following appropriate training, ensuring equipment register is updated appropriately
• Ensure any faulty equipment is reported, undergoes repair and is maintained
• Ensure promotion of excellent Infection Control Standards within own and others practice
• Applies knowledge and skills of The Trusts Health and Safety framework to clinical practice

Responsibility for Supervision, Leadership and Management

Develop, maintain and extend IT competencies

Ensure documentation of care is comprehensive and meets the standards for professional record keeping

Liaise with the Service Manager and reception staff to manage adequate staffing of clinics that can be changed at short notice

Information Technology and Administrative Duties

We are looking for someone with good computer skills who can support others

There will be day to day administration responsibilities such as planning rotas, ensuring shifts are appropriate covered and signing of time sheets etc.

Responsibility for research and development

• Initiates and contributes to clinical audit and research to ensure development of knowledge within specialist field of practice.

Undertakes evidence-based practice and ensures dissemination of relevant research and best practice

Person Specification

essential

Essential

• oCurrent RGN qualification with the NMC
• oEvidence of continued recent academic and clinical development
• oComputer literate
• oTo actively participate in audit and research undertaken within the department
• oExperience of change management and able to demonstrate influencing skills

Desirable

• oPrescriber or with the proviso that they will undertake the course.
• oInterest/experience with the speciality
• oRecognised Teaching Qualification.
• oExperience in systemic drug monitoring clinics
• oEvidence of competency by means of a professional portfolio

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Parkes Unit

187 Newton Road

Torquay

TQ2 7BA

Employer's website

https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)