Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to undertake a 10-month secondment to work as a Macmillan Skin Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) within the established Skin Team. The post holder will provide expert, high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals undergoing surgical treatment for skin cancer, supporting them and their families from diagnosis through surgery, recovery, follow-up, and onward care.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as a key worker for patients undergoing skin cancer treatment at QVH, supporting their relatives and carers.
* Be a member of the multi-disciplinary team working to achieve evidence-based care.
* Assist in the development and delivery of personalised care.
* Ensure seamless pathways of care.
* Be an educational resource for staff.
Clinical Duties
* Act as Key Worker to provide specialist support to patients and their families/carers, empowering them to participate in their treatment and rehabilitation.
* Provide a seamless pathway of care for patients diagnosed with skin cancer.
* Promote collaborative working relationships, multidisciplinary team working and effective communication between all members of the multidisciplinary team.
* Actively participate in MDT meetings and other inter-professional discussions.
* Communicate effectively to sensitively inform patients and their carer/families of cancer diagnoses and discuss all treatments for skin cancer.
* Act as an advocate to enable patients to make informed decisions.
* Provide both written and verbal information to assist patients, their families and carers in treatment decision making.
* Undertake holistic patient assessments and care planning to meet the individual patient needs.
* Participate in the development and creation of treatment summaries.
* Provide emotional and psychological support to patients, identifying and making appropriate onward referrals for specialist psychological support.
* Liaise with other specialist nurses and healthcare professionals to provide optimum patient care and ensure high quality care coordination, referring where necessary to services both internally and externally to the Trust.
* Act as a point of contact for referring centres, ensuring and taking responsibilities for the dissemination of information and feedback where appropriate.
* Respect the patients’ right to confidentiality, acknowledging also the families/carers needs which may at times conflict with those of the patient.
Education and Training
* Act as a resource to educate appropriate staff groups on an ongoing basis, developing and empowering staff to give consistent and standardised approach of care by providing clinical advice in the specialist area.
* Contribute to the mentorship of students and new staff to the Trust.
* Organise, develop and contribute to educational and training events for both staff and patients/carers in the specialty of skin cancer.
Professional Development and Quality Assurance
* Act in accordance with the NMC Code at all times, maintain clinical expertise and knowledge and professional revalidation.
* Contribute to the achievement of corporate nursing objectives, participating in organisational and professional activities as appropriate.
* Maintain strict confidentiality with regard to patient information.
* Maintain accurate, written clinical records using Trust systems.
* Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
* Ensure that Quality Assurance requirements are met.
* Initiate and participate in audit and collaborative projects, assisting the implementation of proven recommendations to ensure nursing practice is evidence based, drawing upon recent literature to improve quality of care. Disseminate results to clinical colleagues, the MDT and any relevant personnel.
* Assist in the development and implementation of policies for skin cancer treatments and patient pathways within the specialist field.
Managerial Responsibilities
* In all aspects of work demonstrate an ability to work across organisational and professional boundaries.
* Identify requirements to enable the post holder to carry out and develop this specialist role.
* Maintain accurate data / information relating to the clinical service which will profile the service and inform its future strategic developments.
* Organise own workload ensuring it reflects all elements of the role.
* Communicate effectively with clinicians, departments, wards, MDT to facilitate high quality patient care.
Personal and Professional Development
* Participate in the Trust’s annual appraisal system designed to identify objectives and personal development opportunities.
* Participate in the Trust’s annual pay progression review (if applicable).
* Ensure that all mandatory training is up to date.
This advert closes on Wednesday 21 Jan 2026.
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