Consultant Dermatologist

Job overview

The QEH Dermatology department is a busy but friendly and supportive environment. The team are dedicated to providing the highest standards of patient care. The successful candidate will work closely with a team of 5 substantive Consultants within the Dermatology service, as well as 3 Fellows, General Practitioners with Extended Roles (GPWERs), Clinical Nurse Specialists as well as a developed admin team.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high quality Dermatology care in out‑patient clinics for adult and paediatric dermatology patients and perform high quality surgery within the appropriate level of competence.
• Participate in the Skin Cancer MDT.
• Attend required CPDevents regularly and the annual Cancer Peer Review meeting.
• Perform regular ward rounds with residents. There are no out‑of‑hours on‑call commitment but the Dermatology team are closely involved in the care of in‑patients between 9‑5pm.
• Provide tele dermatology review for the relevant referrals.
• Provide high quality support and teaching to GP colleagues in hospital and community.
• Provide leadership to the department, encouraging development of services with colleagues both within and outside the trust.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The post holder must be medically qualified (MRCP UK level or equivalent), and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice.
• To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
• To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
• To attend relevant CPD meetings and keep an appropriate diary demonstrating the required number of annual credits have been achieved.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Medical degree (MBBS or equivalent)
• Full and Specialist registration (with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• UK‑trained applicants must hold a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview
• Non‑UK trained applicants must show evidence of equivalence to UK CCT and be on the GMC Specialist Register or applying via CESR
• Strong commitment to delivering change and high performance through effective collaboration with management and clinical teams
• Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
• Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working.
• Experience in conducting and supporting audits, improvement and service transformation projects
• Knowledge of national targets linked to the NHS performance
• Experience using clinical data, benchmarking, and audit findings to drive improvements and reduce unwarranted variation.

Clinical Audit

• Active audit interest demonstrated by at least one completed clinical audit in the last 12 months.
• Understanding of NHS systems and audit processes
• Evidence of service improvement projects and audits
• Publication of audit results.
• Evidence of embedding governance processes to monitor outcomes, safety, and service performance.

Teaching Experience

• Experience and interest in undergraduate teaching
• Skill and ability in formal and informal teaching for both under/postgraduate students and nursing/midwifery staff
• Educational supervision accreditation
• An understanding of current issues in medical education and training
• Previous experience in trainee Supervision
• Higher teaching qualification
• Presentations at National or International meetings
• Publications in peer reviewed journals

Management and Administrative Experience

• Understands the management structure of the NHS
• Ability to use Microsoft office packages, e.g. MS Word, Excel, Access & PowerPoint.
• Ability to use patient information systems

clinical Experience

• Comprehensive Training and experience in Dermatology
• Broad experience of working within the NHS

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.

Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.