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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated registered nurse to join the Dermatology Service as a Band 6 Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) based at Solihull and Good Hope Hospital part of UHB.
This is a key role within the skin cancer service, providing expert clinical care and acting as a Key Worker for patients across the cancer pathway. The post holder will manage a specialist caseload, delivering advanced clinical assessment, coordinating care, and supporting patients from diagnosis through treatment and follow-up.
The post holder will liaise with other Health Care Professionals, including the Primary Health Care Team and Tertiary Centres, to provide the best possible care for patients, ensuring co-ordination and continuity of care from initial diagnosis to discharge into the community and throughout the whole patient journey.
The role also contributes to service development, education and quality improvement, ensuring care is delivered in line with national cancer standards and best practice.
The post holder will act as an expert specialist resource for Skin cancer and benign disease, collaborating with all members of the multi-professional team, to facilitate a collaborative approach to patient care. The role involves attending weekly multidisciplinary team meetings and representing MDT as required at local/regional business/expert advisory group meetings.
Main duties of the job
Provide treatment/advice as per speciality and scope of practice, this may be face to face, virtual or telephone and incorporate the use of agreed protocols, clinical and professional guidelines, within an acute secondary healthcare facility.
To operate the Skin cancer nurse-led telephone / email information and support service to provide specialist advice and support for patients with concerns about signs, symptoms, disease management or pathway related issues
Carry out specialist clinical practice within a designated group of patients as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Ensure that high quality, current evidence-based nursing care underpins all actions with patients and is aligned to professional values of care, compassion and respect.
Provide a seamless, high-quality service from referral through to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review, referring to other specialists as required.
Demonstrate safe, appropriate practice and specialist nursing advice using up to date knowledge and evidence.
Use professional judgment to act as advocate for patients, support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions.
Supervise, carry out and assist with clinical procedures/practice as required, ensuring optimal recovery to health of the patient.
Ensure effective handover of patients between health care professionals using a range of communication aids.
Undertaking nurse-led clinics working in parallel with multidisciplinary team members.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Details
- Date posted: 13 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 12 months
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 304-9018175
- Job locations: Trustwide, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- * Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- * Significant post registration experience, with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for the associated area of specialist practice
- * Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
- * Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
- * Experience and enthusiasm for teaching/assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
- * Experience of working in a multi disciplinary and cross agency work environment
- * Demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice-based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the NMC
Desirable
- * Experience in service development
- * Minor skin surgery
- * Wound care/tissue viability
- * Clinical audit activity
Qualifications
Essential
- * Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
- * Evidence of post registration CPD / post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality (e.g.Dermatology and/or Oncology) or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to FHEQ Level 6
Desirable
- * Varied Outpatient experience and undertakes Nurse led Clinics.
- * Advanced communication skills or counselling
- * Holistic assessment
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This advert is for Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist (Skin Oncology) - Dermatology with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £48,117 a year. The contract type is Fixed-Term. The application deadline is 26 Jul 2026.
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