Job summary
- Main area
- Dermatology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (with view to be made permanent after 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (pa pro rata)
- Job ref
- 382-DOC109-24
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Clifton Hospital
- Town
- Lytham St Annes
- Salary
- £59,175 - £95,400 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Dermatology Speciality Doctor
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
We are looking for a full time (1 WTE) Speciality Doctor with previous experience in dermatology to join our busy dermatology department in the pleasant leafy Fylde Coast in North West England.
The post offers opportunities to develop knowledge and skills in general dermatology and skin surgery and is ideally suited to someone seeking to work towards MRCP/CESR.
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic doctor who will contribute to the provision and development of high quality Dermatology care for the Fylde coast population at Clifton Hospital in Lytham St Annes. Sessional commitments will include outpatient clinics, skin surgery, inpatient review of inpatients at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals the request of consultant colleagues and weekly skin cancer multidisciplinary clinical meetings.
The successful applicant will join a team of consultant, Speciality Doctors and GPwER, supported by a team of experienced dermatology clinical nurse specialists, in providing a comprehensive dermatology service. We are a friendly, innovative and dynamic department. We want to offer all team members the opportunity to develop new skills, so that they can all contribute in a meaningful way to patient care and can find satisfaction and fulfilment in their work.
Main duties of the job
Applications are invited as a Speciality doctor in Dermatology at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals based at Clifton Hospital.
The successful candidate will undertake outpatient clinics and skin surgery clinics.
The contract is for 10 Programmed Activities, additional programmed activities may be available subject to negotiation with the Medical Director. There is no on-call commitment for this post.
Working for our organisation
The Trust is highly active in clinical research. We are the highest recruiting centre for many clinical trials for commercial and non-commercial sponsors; and have recruited the first global, European and UK patients across a number of specialties. The Clinical Research Centre is the dedicated facility for use by researchers, where patients can participate in research. We have high calibre staff with long track records of being research active, staff who are enthusiastic to get involved in research for the first time and staff who support research through their role.
“Our unit is active in clinical research. We are recruiting patients to non-commercial studies including biologic registers and studies looking at intensive management of RA. Ideally the applicant would play an active role in clinical research.”
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for more information in regards to the position of Dermatology Speciality Doctor.
We seek a personable team player, who will seek to develop our department according to their own experience and interests. The successful applicant will be responsible for their own cohort of patients but will work alongside consultant and speciality doctor colleagues, providing mutual support during clinical sessions.
We work in a pleasant modern department in a community hospital in Lytham St Annes. We have brand new NB UVB and PUVA units, running phototherapy clinics Monday to Saturday. We have a well established skin cancer teledermatology service (since 2020), large biologic service, weekly skin cancer MDT and monthly complex MDT clinics.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- MB ChB or equivalent
- MRCP or equivalent
- Willingness to work towards CESR to achieve Specialist registration
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree (MD/PhD)
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills – both oral and written.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload and to delegate responsibility and supervise staff.
- Ability to motivate and inspire a multi-disciplinary team and work sensitively within teams and across organisations
- Involvement and evidence of implementation of service development and managing change in a healthcare setting
- Able to work as a member of a team or on own
- Computer and IT Skills
- Clinical Skills – ability to perform unsupervised common practical procedures
- Educational qualification or working towards
Knowledge / Research
Essential criteria
- Commitment to CPD and requirements of clinical governance and audit
- A proven track record in self- directed research
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Evidence of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Up to date with current practices
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in the NHS/experience of NHS working practices and systems
Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Awareness of NHS organisation and core values of NHS
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Sanderson
- Job title
- Dermatology Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253956249
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