Clinical Nurse Specialist – Plastics
The closing date is 22 May 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated Band 6 Plastic Specialist Dressings Nurse to join the Plastics team at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for an individual with strong interpersonal and communication skills who can contribute to a supportive, forward‑thinking nursing culture. The ideal candidate will embrace innovation, promote high standards of care, and reflect the Trust's values and strategic vision.
In this role, you will lead day‑to‑day operations within our nurse‑led plastic dressing clinics, support consultant‑led outpatient services, work closely with the Plastic Surgeons and the Plastic Surgery Lead Clinical Nurse, and deputise as needed to ensure patient care and effective resource management.
The post also includes reviewing inpatients undergoing plastic surgery across the Trust, offering remote advice to patients and healthcare teams in other settings, and playing an active role in the education and training of staff involved in the care of plastic surgery patients.
If you are passionate about point‑of‑care delivery and specialised plastics nursing, we would love to hear from you.
Previous candidates need not apply again.
Responsibilities
* Work full‑time across both Calderdale and Huddersfield hospital sites, delivering specialist care within outpatient settings, Monday to Friday.
* Provide nurse‑led clinics, steroid injection clinics and minor operative clinics alongside consultants and the surgical plastic clinical lead nurse.
* Manage nurse‑led minor skin cancer surgery and overall day‑to‑day running of the Plastic Dressing Clinics, ensuring service continuity, leading development and implementing changes as required.
* Manage an independent caseload of post‑operative plastic surgery patients, undertaking assessment, treatment planning, wound management, advice and ongoing monitoring through to discharge; this may occasionally include home visits.
* Participate in patient education, promoting holistic care and supporting individuals to understand and engage with their treatment plans.
* Advocate for patients by clearly representing their views, promoting their interests and ensuring their dignity is always upheld.
* Maintain awareness of national and regional initiatives.
* Maintain consistently high standards of care and take prompt action where these standards are not met.
* Work autonomously and collaboratively as part of the wider multidisciplinary team.
* Adhere to the NMC Code of Practice and all Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines relevant to the role.
Qualifications / Training
* Registered Nurse
* Post‑registration experience/qualification relevant to the specialism or willingness to work toward
* Non‑medical prescriber or willingness to undertake
* Teaching qualification
Knowledge, Experience & Expertise
* Evidence of self‑development
* Experience of working in Plastics
* Experience of working in Outpatient nursing
* Experience of using EPR
Communication and Relationships (Including Management Responsibilities)
* Excellent verbal, written and listening communication skills
* Ability to foster multidisciplinary working
* Works within budgetary parameters
* Experience of change management
* Experience of lone working
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.
£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum, pro rata
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