Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
Company
Location
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/30/2025
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Description
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Job Overview
The post holder will work as an important member of the Multidisciplinary Team within North Bristol NHS Trust collaborating with a range of health care providers in the local community and across the regional Network. The post holder will provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients (in-patient and out-patient) and their carers/families throughout the care pathway. The post holder will utilize skills of clinical expertise, education and management to ensure a seamless service for patients, carers and staff.
S/he will provide advice, support and information from the time of diagnosis and throughout curative, palliative and terminal phases. S/he will work closely with the multidisciplinary team in hospital and the community to ensure a co-ordinated quality service and will be actively involved in education, audit and research. The post holder will engage and lead discussions in multidisciplinary team meetings on their specialist area
Main duties of the job
North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is a progressive and ambitious provider of health services, delivering for a large local population and with specialist regional services for major trauma, neurosciences, vascular centre, urology, burns and plastic surgery, orthopaedics and renal services. With a turnover of £550m and 9,000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare.
Our acute services moved into a new, state-of-the-art, award winning hospital building in May 2014. This 850 bed facility at the Southmead site offers patients single rooms with en-suite facilities, greatly improving privacy and dignity and reducing the spread of infections.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
education
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.
If you feel you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us on tel 0117 414 1151.
North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
Please note that if you apply for a position with North Bristol NHS Trust, you may be contacted via TRAC or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your TRAC Account and email accounts including junk and spam folders.
Our job adverts may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Considering this, if you are interested in this role, please do apply as soon as you can.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) describes algorithms that can be used to produce new content, including audio, code, images, text, simulations, and videos. It is developing all the time and is now being used as a support mechanism for all kinds of content-based creations. Please note the use of AI is monitored and if applicants have used it then they are required to declare this.
Job Overview
The post holder will work as an important member of the Multidisciplinary Team within North Bristol NHS Trust collaborating with a range of health care providers in the local community and across the regional Network. The post holder will provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients (in-patient and out-patient) and their carers/families throughout the care pathway. The post holder will utilize skills of clinical expertise, education and management to ensure a seamless service for patients, carers and staff.
S/he will provide advice, support and information from the time of diagnosis and throughout curative, palliative and terminal phases. S/he will work closely with the multidisciplinary team in hospital and the community to ensure a co-ordinated quality service and will be actively involved in education, audit and research. The post holder will engage and lead discussions in multidisciplinary team meetings on their specialist area
Main duties of the job
- To provide specialist nursing advice underpinned by theory and experience to support patients and their families/carers
- To plan, develop, improve and promote the skin cancer service ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost effective care
- To act as a specialist practitioner, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care in collaboration with senior colleagues achieved through systematic and holistic assessment, personalised care planning and onwards referral and discharge to primary care team
- To provide patients and staff with specialist advice to manage complex symptoms
- To develop and share expertise within the multidisciplinary team
North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is a progressive and ambitious provider of health services, delivering for a large local population and with specialist regional services for major trauma, neurosciences, vascular centre, urology, burns and plastic surgery, orthopaedics and renal services. With a turnover of £550m and 9,000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare.
Our acute services moved into a new, state-of-the-art, award winning hospital building in May 2014. This 850 bed facility at the Southmead site offers patients single rooms with en-suite facilities, greatly improving privacy and dignity and reducing the spread of infections.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Assessment of skin lesions to exclude skin cancer, using dermoscopy
- Patient cancer pathway co-ordination.
- Follow-up skin cancer patients to assess for signs of recurrent and metastatic disease
- Instruct patients in self-examination for skin cancer recurrence, in transit disease and metastatic disease.
- To participate in the planning and and delivery of formal and informal education programmes for patients, carers and all staff
education
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse – Level One and current NMC registration
Essential criteria
- Evidence of study at Degree level degree in related health topic or willingness to undertake
Essential criteria
- Experience of involvement in change and development within a multidisciplinary team context
Essential criteria
- Broad Knowledge and understanding of the anatomy, physiology and etiology of skin cancers
- Ability to identify verbal and non-verbal responses and react appropriately.
- Ability to communicate highly sensitive complex issues to patients/carers including diagnosis, disease status, progression, treatment options, treatment modality
- Broad knowledge and understanding of anatomy and physiology related to cancer of the skin, to include related organs as per disease specific involvement, lymphatic system and general anatomy and physiology and be able to discuss in such a way that is understood by both professionals and patients alike.
Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.
If you feel you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us on tel 0117 414 1151.
North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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