Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specilaist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 02/10/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing specialist rheumatology nursing care to patients with inflammatory and autoimmune musculoskeletal conditions. Key responsibilities include clinical assessment, treatment monitoring, patient education, and multidisciplinary coordination to ensure safe and effective patient management. The nurse will manage clinics, provide advice, and support patients through their treatment journey, including medication management and self-management strategies. It also involves contributing to service development, audit, and training.
Essential criteria
- NMC registration
- Post registration experience
- Health Assessment module
Desirable criteria
- Non medical prescriber (or working towards)
- Experience of managing rheumatological conditions requiring DMARD and biologic therapy
- Application and interview
- NMC registration
- Post registration experience
- Health Assessment module
- Non medical prescriber (or working towards)
- Experience of managing rheumatological conditions requiring DMARD and biologic therapy
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specilaist
The closing date is 02 October 2026
Job summary
To provide specialist rheumatology nursing care for patients with inflammatory and autoimmune musculoskeletal conditions, ensuring safe, effective, and patient-centred management through clinical assessment, treatment monitoring, education, support, and multidisciplinary coordination.
Main duties of the job
Specialist assessment review monitor patients with rheumatological conditions
Provide nurse led clinics telephone advice and patient follow up
Monitor patients receiving DMARDs biologic and other specialist treatments
Identify and escalate deterioration infection adverse effects and treatment complication
Provide medication education treatment advice and self management support
Coordinate care with consultants and wider MDT
Support safe and timely initiation and monitoring of treatments
Provide advice and support during disease flare and any changes in condition
Maintain accurate clinical documentation
Contribute to audit QI and service development
Support and develop wider nursing team
Promote patient centred care improved outcomes across the rheumatology pathway
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are inc
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