Job summary
The Division of Diagnostics and Clinical Support Services are excited to offer this newly created full-time equivalent role of Nurse Consultant in Dermatology, working 37.5 hours per week over 4 or 5 days.
The Nurse Consultant in Dermatology is an expert, clinically based practitioner who will take responsibility for leading and strategically developing the Dermatology Inflammatory Diseases service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will act as a clinical expert and professional resource to the multi-professional team, patients, and carers within their specialist service. They will liaise and collaborate with colleagues in the delivery of high quality, clinically effective care, prioritising, and utilising evidence-based best practice.
Working autonomously, the Nurse Consultant will utilise their advanced clinical expertise to develop and implement Dermatology clinical pathways in line with national guidance and deliver appropriate interventions.
The post holder will contribute to the Senior Management Team in service improvement, taking a lead on specialty areas of clinical development within the service and participate in the implementation of standards relating to Dermatology for clinical audit, research and evaluating clinical effectiveness.
They will work in partnership with clinical, nursing, and administrative teams.
About us
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification.
Please note this is not an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification.
Please note this is not an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or equivalent
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent
- Non-medical prescriber
- IRMER trained
- Evidence of clinical practice
- Service innovation and redesign
- Evidence of personal and professional development
Desirable
- Research course & published experience
Skills
Essential
- Autonomous patient consultation
- Extensive knowledge of clinical pathways & pathology for Colorectal cancer patients
- Ability to teach multi-disciplinary team In Colorectal pathway / interventions
- Advanced communication skills to be able to work with newly diagnosed, acutely unwell and terminally ill patients and be able to deliver unwelcome news to both patients and staff.
- IT skills - Microsoft packages to support data analysis and report writing
Values
Essential
- A commitment to quality and safety
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or equivalent
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent
- Non-medical prescriber
- IRMER trained
- Evidence of clinical practice
- Service innovation and redesign
- Evidence of personal and professional development
Desirable
- Research course & published experience
Skills
Essential
- Autonomous patient consultation
- Extensive knowledge of clinical pathways & pathology for Colorectal cancer patients
- Ability to teach multi-disciplinary team In Colorectal pathway / interventions
- Advanced communication skills to be able to work with newly diagnosed, acutely unwell and terminally ill patients and be able to deliver unwelcome news to both patients and staff.
- IT skills - Microsoft packages to support data analysis and report writing
Values
Essential
- A commitment to quality and safety
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
