Via healthjobsuk.com. The position of Thyroid Nurse Specialist for a 12 month secondment is available at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The salary is £35,869 - £45,353 p.a. inc. This is an opportunity for an experienced nurse (RN Adult) who is already working at band 6 or band 7 who wishes to develop their career in a challenging and demanding speciality. Ideally you should have a background in general medicine or neuro-surgery. You must have passion and enthusiasm in caring for patients. As an autonomous practitioner you will be expected to run your own clinics, supervise dynamic tests for your patient case-load and provide specialist nursing support to ward areas across the whole Trust. You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills at all levels both written and verbal. An interest in teaching is essential as a component of this role will be to develop the academic and educational side of our service. This will involve liaising with academic centres, developing formal teaching programmes and producing educational literature for patients and their carers. Further details can be found by clicking on the link below. The closing date for applications is 10 December 2009.

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