Fixed Term Specialist in Dermatology (9 months)

The specialist nurses share care for patients with chronic disease on second-line treatment. They provide pre-treatment counselling and see new patients with acne and psoriasis. Our skin cancer specialist nurse provides support and counselling for tumour patients. They also provide surgical and PDT services to the department. Surgical lists are for dermatological local anaesthetic surgery only. The list size depends on the case mix. The complexity of cases will be decided by the post-holder. Surgical treatment of benign lesions is restricted, as per guidelines issued by the local CCGs. West Suffolk Hospital has a plastic surgery service with four consultant plastic surgeons in post. Paediatric dermatology is run in close cooperation with the paediatricians in the Rainbow outpatient clinic in the Childrens unit. Children are admitted under the paediatricians and emergency referrals for children as inpatients are as per shared rota. We have support from our paediatricians who help with eczema follow up and skin prick testing/allergen advice. We have close links with the paediatric dermatology unit/plastic surgery in Addenbrookes hospital and tertiary referrals are sent to Great Ormond Street childrens hospital. Please See Full Job Description attached for details