This is a fixed term 9 month post (1st July 2026 – 31st March 2027) which presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high- quality, patient- centred service within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
The successful candidate will join a team of 4 consultants and 8 nurses who work collectively to cover the dermatology service. The post will be expected to provide specialist outpatient and inpatient dermatology care. Deliver expertise in the diagnosis and management of skin conditions, including skin cancer. Participate in MDT meetings and support junior doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals through supervision and teaching.
The department offers a friendly collaborative working environment with links with regional specialist center. The department has a long history of innovation and has introduced both a pre and post telederm referral pathway for suspected cancers.
Main duties of the job
- Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of medical and surgical dermatology.
- Provision of out-patient services in general and tumour dermatology in West Suffolk Hospital.
- Local anaesthetic surgery, one week if needed.
- To efficiently manage the administrative side of patient care including communications with GPs and informing patients of results.
- To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and Audit.
- To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing professional development (CPD).
Job responsibilities
The specialist nurses share care for patients with chronic disease on second-line treatment. They provide pre-treatment counselling and see new patients with acne and psoriasis. Our skin cancer specialist nurse provides support and counselling for tumour patients. They also provide surgical and PDT services to the department.
Surgical lists are for dermatological local anaesthetic surgery only. The list size depends on the case mix. The complexity of cases will be decided by the post-holder. Surgical treatment of benign lesions is restricted, as per guidelines issued by the local CCGs. West Suffolk Hospital has a plastic surgery service with four consultant plastic surgeons in post.
Paediatric dermatology is run in close cooperation with the paediatricians in the Rainbow outpatient clinic in the Childrens unit. Children are admitted under the paediatricians and emergency referrals for children as inpatients are as per shared rota. We have support from our paediatricians who help with eczema follow up and skin prick testing/allergen advice. We have close links with the paediatric dermatology unit/plastic surgery in Addenbrookes hospital and tertiary referrals are sent to Great Ormond Street childrens hospital.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP or equivalent
- MD or PhD
Experience
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Dermatology
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Experience in management of Dermatology in-patient and out-patient medicine
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a full spectrum of Dermatology patients
- Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR training programme or equivalent
Knowledge & Skills
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the dermatology service
- Ability to organise and manage a Dermatology service
- Ability to manage and lead members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of audit management
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
- 5 years supervised training in an appropriate SpR equivalent training programme
Teaching and Training
- Experience of supervising F1s, F2s and SpRs
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Experience of workplace- based assessment
- Experience in developing and delivering undergraduate teaching
- Experience of teaching basic clinic skills to undergraduates
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Management & Audit Training
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the Dermatology service
- Ability to organise and manage day to day service delivery e.g. out-patient priorities
- Ability to manage and lead strategic developments in service delivery
- Experience of audit management
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
Personal Skills & Qualities
- Good personal interactive communications skills: clarity of expression and purpose
- The ability to work as a team member
- Acceptance of management and administrative duties by working within a structured hospital team for the greater good
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance
- Self-motivated: able to act on own initiative
- Enthusiasm and dynamism to improve, monitor and sustain the highest achievable clinical standards
- To possess an enquiring mind, generally challenging the status quo to ensure clinically effective evidence-based best practice
- Capacity to accept full responsibility to lead a clinical team
- To teach and train all human resources from a wide spectrum of skills, background, abilities and experience
Clinical Governance
- To have a broad understanding of all elements of, and a commitment to the principles of Clinical Governance
Research & Publications
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Ability to supervise research projects
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£104,401 to £115,341 a year Pro Rata Per Annum
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