Nurse Educator in Dermatology Education

The nurse educator is an exciting post developed to support the expansion of the St. John's DermAcademy educational portfolio. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced nurse to share their passion for clinical education in a progressive, dynamic multi-professional team. The post holder will bring clinical expertise in dermatology, first hand teaching experience, along with vision and enthusiasm to produce and deliver high quality, multi-modal clinical education.

The post holder will have the option to undertake a post graduate certificate in education during their tenure in the role, developing their professional portfolio and leadership in clinical education.

This post is offered as a part-time secondment for 12 months.

Main duties of the job

Be a source of highly specialist clinical and educational knowledge and take an active teaching role in the provision of St John's DermAcademy training programmes for nurses and allied health care professionals

Take a leadership role and project manage the design and delivery of St John's DermAcademy patient and public educational initiatives, including the patient and public webinar series and the patient education video programme.

Raise the profile of St John's DermAcademy as a core education and training provider locally, nationally and internationally.

Lead and take responsibility for the established in-service educational events (e.g. Dermatology Nursing Grand Round).

The St John's DermAcademy is the first organisation of its kind, run by and for multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals providing high quality dermatology education to improve patient care. Established in 2017, it is an educational enterprise within Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

An expert multi-professional team and invited national/international speakers deliver dermatology education via multiple modalities, including face-to-face, online virtual and hybrid courses, podcasts and videos. Educational content is tailored to a wide range of healthcare professionals in addition to patient and public educational initiatives which are part of our dynamic educational portfolio. St John's DermAcademy has become a leader in dermatology education provision, with both a national and an international reach. We continue to grow our educational portfolio and team. The DermAcademy is an exciting, progressive and ambitious place to work and utilise your clinical expertise to far reaching audiences.