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. As a team we provide a wide variety of services supporting both general and tertiary specialist dermatology clinics for adult patients with severe dermatological conditions. The service extends to provide support to dermatology in-patient admissions, day treatment admissions and medicines management nurse led clinics.
Once competent, the successful candidate will work autonomously managing their own nurse led clinics, initiating and monitoring patients on systemic and biological therapies. 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:06/01/2026
Interview date: 21/01/2026
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for:
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, including the supervision of 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.
*We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patient
For more details please see the attached Job description and Person specification*
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
24. BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
25. Experience caring for patients with dermatological conditions
26. Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or equivalent post qualification experience.
27. Leadership course
28. Mentorship course
29. RN1 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
Desirable criteria
30. To have or working towards a masters degree
31. To have or working towards a non medical physical assessment course
Skills
Essential criteria
32. Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills working in Dermatology.
33. Proven listening / counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situation and appropriately formulate suitable care plan
34. Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
35. Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to manage their own medicine management nurse led clinics
36. Autonomous practitioner in managing a caseload of patients on systemic and biologicaltherapies
37. Mentorship
38. Knowledge of current clinical & nursing research
39. Ability to carry out audit and research
Desirable criteria
40. Ability to interpret and analyse complex data and findings
41. Undertaken clinical & nursing research
Experience
Essential criteria
42. Extensive experience of working autonomously at a level within the specialist area delivering effective patient focused care.
43. Proven evidence of management and leadership skills
44. Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education at undergraduate level
45. Experience of delivering patient advocacy
46. Experience of audit, research & evidence based care- essential
47. Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
48. Values & Behaviours
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.