Consultant in Dermatology

Job responsibilities

Provide High Quality Care to Patients

• The post holder must be medically qualified 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.

Research, Teaching and Training

• Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
• To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
• To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.

Performance Management

• To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
• Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
• Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.
• Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
• Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.

Medical Staff Management

• To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal.
• To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments
• To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.
• To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
• To be responsible for the annual appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/General Manager.

Governance

• To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
• Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
• To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
• Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.
• To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.
• To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
• To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.

Strategy and Business Planning

• To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
• To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.

Leadership and Team Working

• To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.
• To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required.
• To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
• To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
• Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.

Mentoring

• Mentoring and specific training will be available to new consultants

Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise. MRCP On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT. NB: Non UK trained doctors must be on the GMC/ GDC Specialist Register in Dermatology by date of interview.
• MRCP
• On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Comprehensive clinical experience in Dermatology.
• Broad based professional training in general medicine.

Desirable

• Experience at post-CCT level in non-melanoma skin cancer
• Experience in complex skin cancer surgery.
• Teledermatology Assessment.

Clinical skills

Essential

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Good organisation and communication skills.
• Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications.

Desirable

• Extensive clinical experience in the diagnosis and management of complex skin conditions.

Audit management & IT

Essential

• Evidence of a depth of understanding of audit.
• Understanding of principles of audit.
• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management.
• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management.

Desirable

• Management training or qualification.
• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services, notably community dermatology services.
• Experience in clinical guideline development.
• Appraisal training.

Research, Teaching skill & experience

Essential

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research.
• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.

Desirable

• Research experience in dermatology.
• Higher research degree (e.g. PhD qualification)
• Post-graduate teaching qualification (e.g. PG Cert Ed.)

Leadership/management skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
• Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
• Knowledge of finance and budgets.

Desirable

• Relevant departmental management/leadership experience at consultant level (e.g. service / specialty lead).
• Management/leadership experience at Regional or National level.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).