Are you an experienced surgical nurse looking for a new challenge in a dynamic, supportive environment?Join our friendly and expanding Dermatology & Skin Cancer Surgery service, the main provider of dermatological care in North and North-East Lincolnshire.As a Band 6 Surgical Nurse, you will work across all three sites across Scunthorpe and Grimsby providing minor skin surgery including punch biopsies, curettage, and minor excisions under local anaesthetic. You’ll be a key part of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care.You’ll be directly managed and supported by the Lead Nurse and have the opportunity to contribute to service development, audit, clinical governance, and training initiatives.As this role involves travel across our sites, a driving license and access to a car will be a requirement for the role. Interviews are likely to commence week commencing 2nd June. Package DescriptionWithin this role, you will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Salary of £39,400 pro rata with group pension and HCRG Care Group Terms and Conditions Free tea and coffee at your base locationMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counsellingAccess to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning EnterpriseAn open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality CommissionMain ResponsibilitiesAs a Surgical Nurse you will:Perform minor skin surgical procedures under local anaesthetic, following PGDs and Standard Operating Procedures.Maintain patient safety and a clean, well-stocked procedure area.Keep accurate and contemporaneous electronic patient records.Undertake audits and participate in clinical governance meetings.Attend Skin Surgery Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meetings as required.Supervise and support junior staff, including involvement in appraisals and staff development.Monitor and act upon histology results post-training, liaising with the MDT Co-ordinator and Skin Cancer Specialist Nurse.Complete annual mandatory training and support quality improvement efforts.For a full list of responsibilities, please see attached job descriptionThe Ideal CandidateOur ideal candidate will:Be a NMC-registered nurse with surgical/dermatology experience Have confidence and competence in performing minor procedures or a willingness to be trainedBe organised, flexible, and committed to continuous learningHave an excellent communication and teamwork skillsHave willingness to undertake Non-Medical Nurse Prescribing course if requiredA proactive approach to patient care and service improvementA UK driving license and access to a car for work purposes are essential for this role Please see attached Job description for a full list of criteria. About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. 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