Senior Staff Nurse - Dowling Phototherapy

We are looking for an ambitious, highly motivated individual who has substantive experience of working in Ambulatory Dermatology services. The Senior Staff Nurse will be expected to provide adequate visible leadership and management of patients attending for specialised treatment.

On Dowling Phototherapy, the senior staff Nurse will be expected to provide Narrowband UVB, PUVA, UVA, Iontophoresis and Excimer treatments to patients referred from general and tertiary specialist dermatology clinics for adults and paediatric patients with dermatological conditions.

On the Day centre the senior staff Nurse will provide expert Knowledge/experience in topical therapy and wound care treatment to our patient population. In addition, the post holder will also participate in the smooth running and provision of holistic care to patients on DDC and Dowling Day Unit.

The SSN will be expected to rotate between the different services in the Department. The post holder will be responsible for providing strong leadership skills and driving daily operational direction, managing the band 5 staff nurses and Healthcare Assistants application of Care, undertake writing up of topical treatments plans, explaining/demonstrating use of topical treatments, assisting with admission to DDC and referrals to the various services. There will also be opportunity to facilitate our outpatients clinic.

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.

The Dermatology department provides highly specialised treatments to a wide range of patients and comprise of a team of a diverse team of multi skilled nursing and medical staff who are trained to support the different services in the department. The team also undertake teaching of students, support audit activity, and other roles within their scope of practice.

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.Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.