Locum Consultant Dermatologist

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

This is a Locum Consultant Dermatologist post. We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative consultant to become a core member of our friendly, supportive Dermatology Department at Beckenham Beacon. Beckenham is a pleasant suburb in the London Borough of Bromley, with excellent transport links to central London (25 mins) and surrounding areas. There are high quality schools nearby, including state grammar schools.

We provide a very high-quality multidisciplinary dermatology service, with high levels of patient satisfaction. We offer services in general dermatology (including biologics), skin cancer, paediatric dermatology, skin surgery, phototherapy, PDT and iontophoresis. We have a highly successful teledermatology service, through which we assess patients aged under 70 referred on the urgent skin cancer pathway. The quality of the images taken by our highly skilled medical photographers allows us to confidently discharge a large proportion of patients, so that we can focus on providing face‑to‑face appointments (including same day surgical procedures) for those who need them.

Main duties of the job

• The post is based at Beckenham Beacon. The post holder will also cover acute dermatology at Princess Royal University & Orpington Hospitals.
• The job plan comprises 8 Programmed Activities. There is no on‑call commitment.
• The postholder will ensure patients receive early specialist input and to help develop patient‑centred models of care to meet the increasing number of referrals.
• They will deliver general dermatology, paediatric dermatology and skin cancer clinics and skin surgery procedures.
• They will also participate in a weekly skin cancer MDT meeting and monthly departmental meetings.
• They will also be expected to have a commitment to teaching and training of medical, nursing and pharmacy staff.

Qualifications

• Full MRCP
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Training and Experience

• Completion of specialist training programme in Dermatology
• Wide experience in all aspects of Dermatology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC
• Applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or must have fully completed CESR application and be fully registered on the GMC Dermatology Specialist Register.

Dermatology Subspecialty Interest

• Management and Leadership
• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi‑disciplinary teams
• Management course and/or qualification
• Teaching
• Experience of undergraduate and post graduate teaching and exam preparation
• Teaching skills course / qualification
• Research and Publications
• Experience of clinical research
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports
• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Dermatology

Registration

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Dermatology Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Administration

• Experience in day‑to‑day organisation of Dermatology services in a busy Teaching Hospital
• Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Audit

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.