Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior nurse to take on a clinical and professional leadership role in Paediatric Dermatology, St Thomas Hospital, London. This is a new role designed for an experienced and motivated nurse who is ready to take the lead in shaping the future of paediatric skin care.
The successful candidate will lead and manage a small team of Clinical Nurse Specialists, collaborating closely with dermatology consultants, doctors and the multidisciplinary team to provide safe, high-quality, compassionate care. A key focus will be supporting the development and launch of our new Paediatric Day Treatment Centre, offering education, supervised topical treatments and practical therapies for skin conditions such as eczema, Iontophoresis, and Cryotherapy.
You will help design staff training, develop personalised skin care plans, support clinical pathways and shape the centre’s vision. We seek a dynamic leader with proven senior clinical experience and a strong record of improving patient and staff experiences in complex healthcare settings. If you’re passionate about advancing services and leading nursing teams’ professional growth, we encourage you to apply.
If you’re ready to make a lasting difference, we’d love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion or visit, please contact Matron Tara Al-Sadoon via email:
Closing date: Midnight 21/12/2025
Interview date: 06/01/2026
Main duties of the job
1. Direct line manage the Paediatric Dermatology CNS team.
2. Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the Paediatric Dermatology CNS team.
3. Collaborate with Matron & Clinical Lead for Paediatric Dermatology & other partners to promote parity of care across age groups.
4. Provide education & support to the nursing teams and be responsible for the education pathway of staff.
5. Enable collaboration across the multi-disciplinary teams through complex decision making/ referral pathways.
6. Manage risk thus enabling the services to meet changing population,
patient and service delivery needs.
7. Transformation, audits, research and quality and improvement initiatives to develop the services.
8. Support the design and delivery of our future Paediatric Day Treatment Centre.
9. Lead and develop clinical guidelines, design training, develop tailored skin care plans.
Working for our organisation
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, and neighbouring NHS organizations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for a hard-working, compassionate, dedicated, motivated, ambitious and flexible nurse—ideally with experience in Paediatric Dermatology. Non-medical prescribing is a key aspect of this role. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership throughout the patient pathway and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team on service transformation, quality improvement and innovation initiatives. You will also run nurse-led clinics, conduct medication initiations, actively contribute to multidisciplinary clinics, audits and operational meetings. Opportunities to participate in teaching and research are strongly encouraged.
Applicants must have experience in leading nursing and clinical services, with a proven commitment to prioritising safety, quality and patient experience in all aspects of care.
The successful candidate will work autonomously but will have the support of the team of consultants, clinical nurse specialists, advanced nurse practitioners, unit sister and matron.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
10. Advanced clinical assessment and history taking skills
11. Ability to draw on a diverse range of knowledge in their decision making to determine evidence based interventions (which will usually include prescribing medication and actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions)
12. Excellent time management and organisational skills
13. Ability to develop working relationships locally, regionally and nationally
previous experience
Essential criteria
14. Broad clinical experience relevant to the post, including specialist skills and experience working as a CNS in the speciality.
15. Experience of teaching patients and staff and others including health promotion and prevention orientation
16. 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.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
17. A Masters level qualification/in progress or equivalent experience
18. Non-medical prescriber
19. Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
20. Certificated Speciality courses
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.