Dermatology Surgical Practitioner

Wye Valley NHS Trust

The closing date is 08 October 2024

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dermatology Surgical Practitioner to join our dynamic specialist nursing team at Goal Street Skin Centre in Herefordshire.

Come and join the BMJ Dermatology Team of the year 2021 in Hereford! Our bespoke, newly refurbished dermatology department with onsite surgical rooms is situated in the heart of Hereford City. We can offer unrivalled work life balance being a stone's throw from the Herefords' cafes and shopping and a short walk away from the main hospital. Being situated in the heart of our community we are hard working, innovative and passionate about providing a wide range of NHS dermatology services to our community.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will ideally work 37.5h/week as part of the multidisciplinary with the aim of:

Providing support and guidance to inpatient and outpatient services in order to ensure high quality care and best practice and develop clear pathways for complex surgical patients alongside the dermatology and plastics lead clinicians
Developing strategies and policies for local service development
Maintaining a complex clinical case load including pre and post-operative patients and complex wound management
Providing professional and managerial leadership to the surgical CNS/Nursing team
Determining the effective use of resources implementing new initiatives where possible
Nurturing collaboration and shared decision making

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Date posted

24 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

229-MED-6651507

Job locations

Hereford County Hospital

Union Walk, Hereford

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Registered nurse NMC Registration
Masters level qualification in relevant specialism or relevant equivalent experience
Leadership or management development qualification or evidence of equivalent experience

Desirable

Surgical skills course or willing to work towards it within first 6 months

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate the ability to deliver clinical skills in practice
Experience of working in an MDT and across organisational and professional boundaries

Desirable

Extensive experience to demonstrate understanding of the impact of cancer treatment and skin surgery

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

Proven leadership skills
Highly developed specialist clinical skills underpinned by theory and experience
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Excellent decision making abilities and critical thinking skills
Ability to carry out and evaluate audit and research

Desirable

Evidence of planning and organisational skills
Knowledge and use of governance and risk assessment and trust wide issues to improve quality and develop skin surgery within the dermatology and plastics department

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Registered nurse NMC Registration
Masters level qualification in relevant specialism or relevant equivalent experience
Leadership or management development qualification or evidence of equivalent experience

Desirable

Surgical skills course or willing to work towards it within first 6 months

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate the ability to deliver clinical skills in practice
Experience of working in an MDT and across organisational and professional boundaries

Desirable

Extensive experience to demonstrate understanding of the impact of cancer treatment and skin surgery

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

Proven leadership skills
Highly developed specialist clinical skills underpinned by theory and experience
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Excellent decision making abilities and critical thinking skills
Ability to carry out and evaluate audit and research

Desirable

Evidence of planning and organisational skills
Knowledge and use of governance and risk assessment and trust wide issues to improve quality and develop skin surgery within the dermatology and plastics department

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.