Job overview
We are looking for a flexible, proactive individual who has a strong background in Dermatology to join our friendly and driven Medical Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team at St. John’s Institute of Dermatology. Non- medical prescribing is a core component of the role but applications are welcomed from staff willing to imminently undertake the course if successful. The successful candidate is expected to clinically lead on nursing care along the patient pathway in the Dowling Department.
The successful candidate will work autonomously managing their own nurse led clinics and work alongside the nursing team. You will be required to act as a leader and role model providing clinical supervision, teaching and mentoring to junior colleagues and peers. There is an anticipation that you actively seek involvement in quality and improvement initiatives and undertake clinical audits.
Our Dermatology service is a busy and supportive service that is internationally renowned offering progressive opportunities to help build your professional development and further your career.
Closing date: 23/04/2026
Main duties of the job
1. Working autonomously and in a team managing a caseload of patients with dermatological skin conditions
2. Facilitating Nurse-Led Clinics
3. Delivering teaching, mentoring assessing, supervising others in the clinical setting
4. Participate in quality improvements.
5. Providing support, education and advocacy for patient.
6. Delivering patient information and undertake care planning
7. Providing leadership and innovation.
8. To manage and educate on dermatology wound care and skincare.
9. working in accordance with the protocols and policies, peer review, audit and clinical governance.
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, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
10. To work autonomously, managing a caseload of patients within the
specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care
11. Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the
speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
12. Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
13. Ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
14. Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
15. Actively engage service users through the facilitation of user groups and open days.
16. Co-ordinate the provision of specialist services to patients, both within hospital and/or in the community setting, effectively liaising with multidisciplinary colleagues
17. Develop and run nurse led clinics where the post holder will co-ordinate the treatment in conjunction with medical staff.
18. Direct, support, encourage and advise clinical teams, by the provision of specialist knowledge and advice in the care of patients within the area.
19. Participate in the promotion of patient centred care, and establish and maintain a supportive relationship with the patient and their family during the period of assessment, treatment and after care
20. Support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions
relating to their treatment and management.
21. Promote high quality clinical care, and assist in the development of the specialist service, through the use of evidence based practice and clinical standards
22. Provide professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the speciality and to act as a resource for education and clinical expertise in the hospital and community settings.
23. Demonstrate appropriate expert practice and highly specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
Person specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential criteria
24. BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
25. Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or equivalent post qualification experience.
26. To have or working towards a masters degree
Desirable criteria
27. To have a non medical physical assessment course
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
28. Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
29. Knowledge and understanding of Dermatology phototherapy
30. Demonstrate an understanding of: the National agenda for Dermatology
Desirable criteria
31. Ability to interpret and analyse complex data and findings
Previous experience
Essential criteria
32. Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area delivering effective patient focused care.
33. Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education at undergraduate level
34. Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
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.