Locum Consultant Dermatologist

This post is for a Locum Consultant in Dermatology. This is a whole‑time fixed term 12‑month post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (UK or equivalent qualifications), to be fully registered with the General Medical Council via one of the following:

• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview)
• Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) (CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation upon successful application)

Main duties of the job:

This post holder will be employed for a full time post (10PA), although consideration will be given to candidates who are planning to work less than full time. Provision of ward consultations for inpatients is necessary according to requirements. The post holder is required to participate in the management structure of the Medical Division.

Proposed job plan:

• 4 out‑patient clinics per week (three general dermatology, one skin cancer)
• 1 minor surgery session per week (likely to be held at St Helens)
• 0.5 session for ward referrals and MDT
• 2 sessions for direct patient administration (including time allocated for Advice & Guidance)
• 1 session for continuing professional development “Grand Round” (Broadgreen Hospital three weeks per month /Clatterbridge once monthly)
• 1.5 sessions for teaching/audit/research/clinical management/non‑clinical

Clinic templates are in accordance with the guidelines issued by the British Association of Dermatologists. A typical clinic consists of 5 new patients, 10 follow up patients. There is no on‑call commitment. This post has 2.5 SPA.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services include:

• Acute Care: Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
• Primary Care: Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
• Community Services: Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire.
• Specialist Regional Services: We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Clinical Responsibilities:

The appointee along with existing speciality doctors/clinical lead will be responsible for the care of:

• All patients referred by their GP.
• All patients referred by the Emergency Medicine Department.
• All patients referred by internal & external specialities.

Professional Responsibilities:

All aspects of Dermatology including:

• Minor skin surgery operations
• Urgent and routine GP referrals
• In patient referrals and referrals from other specialities

The job plan will be in line with the terms and conditions of the new consultant contract and guidelines issued by the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD). The successful applicant will have 4 clinics per week, three of which will be a general clinic and one skin cancer clinic. This will be negotiable, dependent on service needs and the applicant’s specialist interests.

The timing and location of clinics will be dependent on the needs of the service at the time of commencement of the post. There will be a weekly continuing professional development (CPD) session based at Broadgreen or Clatterbridge Hospital (once per month at Clatterbridge). This session involves participation in the Dermatology Grand Round, audits and journal clubs. It is attended by all regional dermatology consultants. Travel time is included within the job plan in order to attend.

There is also a monthly departmental meeting for local audit, teaching, service planning and discussion of management issues. Additionally, there is a monthly histopathology meeting attended by all dermatology consultants in the department together with our histopathology colleague to discuss individual listed cases with the aim of getting clinic-pathological correlation.

Non‑clinical Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the training of Speciality Trainees within the department
• Develop Nurse Specialists role
• Undertake and supervise Audit/Quality improvement projects and CME
• Attend relevant MDT meetings.
• Attend weekly MDT specialty meetings including monthly Clinical Governance Meeting
• Development and promotion of evidence‑based practice and guidelines
• Active contribution to departmental Clinical Governance structure
• Multi‑disciplinary team working and leadership.
• Relevant participation in management

Other appropriate duties and responsibilities:

On‑Call Commitments: Currently this post does not have any on call commitments.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

• Full GMC registration at the time of appointment
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
• MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification

Knowledge & Experience:

Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with DMC standards/Good Medical Practice including:

• Good clinical care
• Maintaining good medical practice
• Good relationships and communication with patients
• Good working relationships with colleagues
• Good teaching and training
• Professional behaviour and probity
• Delivery of good acute clinical.

Clinical training and experience to manage, supervise and offer expert clinical opinion on patients presenting to Dermatology Department. Experience of supervising doctors and practitioners with the ability to teach clinical and practical skills. Evidence of appropriate teaching experience. Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit within team structure. Evidence of feedback or peer review on these skills. Evidence of formally supervising medical students, F1, F2, ACCS and specialist trainees. Evidence of relevant research e.g. presentations, publications in peer reviewed journals. The ability to apply outcomes to clinical problems.

Other:

Is up to date and fit to practice safely.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under‑represented groups.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form. We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.

The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision‑making process.

The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.

Flexible Working:

We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:

• All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
• There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
• Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.

At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to also discuss flexible working options at interview stage.

Working for Team MWL:

Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE.