We are excited to offer an opportunity for a locum consultant for dermatology to join a developing service within the surgical division at Worcestershire Acute Trust.

The Trust recognises that dermatology needed developments due to historic challenges which led to an overhaul of the current service provision.

The clinical and operational team have worked collaboratively to develop a new workforce model.

We are utilising MDT approach to facilitate GIRFT recommendations for best practice within our service.

We have expanded the nursing team and extended the skill set to support the patient journey and incorporate a safe and robust pathway including patient trackers, virtual clinics and nurse led surveillance clinics. This has enabled us to improve patient safety and quality.

We are transforming the service to develop specialist areas of practice including teledermatology, paediatric dermatology and acute general dermatology. We are re-opening pathways including phototherapy and secondary care dermatology whilst working closely with Oral and maxillofacial surgeons to support complex cutaneous skin surgery.

We are looking for a motivated individual to lead the team and nurse consultant whilst working alongside the insourcing team to drive forward change and improve skin services for the population of Worcestershire.

Main duties of the job

Join the current leadership team for Dermatology services for Worcestershire Acute Trust.

To facilitate and support the ongoing recruitment of the MDT workforce model.

To support acute general Dermatology for Worcestershire Acute Trust for in-patients.

The main duties of the post may also include general dermatology and skin cancer clinics, minor surgical sessions, teledermatology sessions and attendance at our skin cancer MDT meetings.

There is capacity to develop new services and tailor the job to an individuals area of interest.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.

The post-holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.

The post-holder will provide support to the A& E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.

The post-holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.

The post-holder will attend cross county and cross site meetings.

The post-holder will collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives.

Person Specification

Personal attributes

Essential

• Ability to work in a team.
• Enquiring, critical approach to work.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education.

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local regional or national levels.

Other Post Requirements

Essential

• An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.

Teaching Experience

Essential

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.

Desirable

• Ability to supervise postgraduate research.

Experience

Essential

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT in Dermatology.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• Expertise in sub-specialty.

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise.
• Success in Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent.

Desirable

• Higher degree.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Dermatology (or expected within 6 months of interview date) via
• - CCT or CESR (CP)
• - CESR or
• - European Community Rights.

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service.
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities.
• Ability to manage and lead the specialty firm and multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit.

Desirable

• Ability to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate.
• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.

Research Experience

Essential

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative.

Desirable

• Publications in relevant peer- reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
• Evidence of having undertaken original research.

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