Dermatology advanced clinical practitioner
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
The closing date is 08 May 2024
Job summary
To provide expert practice and professional nursing leadership in relation to dermatological nursing. As an autonomous practitioner, the post holder will work in conjunction with the members of the multi-disciplinary team and lead clinician to ensure the continuous improvement in patient care delivery and clinical quality.
The post holder will function as an expert practitioner, demonstrating advanced clinical skills and knowledge in the field of dermatology, including the assessment of patients and initiation of treatment, ordering of investigations and obtaining written consent, thereby improving the quality and efficiency of the dermatology nursing service.
The post holder will maintain clinical credibility by spending a minimum of 70% of time in clinical practice across the range of dermatology outpatients clinics across multiple sites
Main duties of the job
- Responsible for the assessment and delivery of care needs.
- To make clinical decisions for a defined patient group
- Be an independent prescriber with a wide scope of practice
- Complex decision making
- Independently receive and make onward referrals, e.g. in skin cancer, children & young people, inflammatory skin clinic.
- Take an independent and leadership role in carrying out surgical procedures which are diverse or more complex.
- Required to teach, support and develop patients/parents/carers
- Supervise and support junior nurses and Health Care Assistants.
- Carry out other duties commensurate with the grade
- To assume responsibility for their workload ensuring that they adhere to the Trusts policies and procedures
- To work as part of a Multi-disciplinary team
About us
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level
Date posted
25 April 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 to £57,349 a year Per Annum (Plus 5% HCAS)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
292-6239003-CSS
Job locations
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Hamstel Road
Harlow
C20 1QX
Employer details
Employer name
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Address
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Hamstel Road
Harlow
C20 1QX
Employer's website
https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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