Consultant - Dermatology
Job overview
This job is for a Consultant Dermatologist. The job is a full time post comprising 10 Programmed Activities (PAs).
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the post constitute skin cancer clinics, general dermatology clinics, outpatient skin surgery, ward referrals and with a view to supporting paediatric dermatology, contact dermatitis and psoriasis. The post holder will be expected to see new patients as well as treating patients from the waiting list.Sessions will be a mixture of fixed and flexible.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to the main duties previously described a local skin cancer MDT is held weekly.There is also a network skin cancer MDT meeting held weekly serving the skin cancer network.
The Division of Dermatology and Plastics expects CPD to be maintained.
The post does not come with on-call commitments; however advice to wards/ED will be required.
The postholder would be encouraged to develop a subspecialty interest if desired.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP with CCT in dermatology or within 6 months of achieving at time of application or equivalent
Advanced Clinical Training
Essential criteria- Research and special interests
- Able to demonstrate appropriate surgical skills to undertake Minor Operation Lists which include: Excision Biopsies, Incisional Biopsies, Punch Biopsies and Curette
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of teaching medical students and trainees
Academic Achievements and Audit
Essential criteria- Evidence of presentations, publications, relevant courses or positions of responsibility
- Participation in audits (including national audits)
Service development
Essential criteria- Evidence of developing a service
- Success in bid or grant writing in obtaining funding at local or national level
Personal attributes
Essential criteria- Commitment to work in a team and actively support colleagues in own and other disciplines
- Good interpersonal skills
- Able to organise time efficiently and effectively
- Commitment to continuing professional development and the requirements of clinical governance
- Demonstrates attributes consistent with the values of the department and the organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.