Dermatologist - Consultant, Specialty Doctor or GPwER

NHS; Whitstable; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as a Consultant Dermatologist within the NHS Community Dermatology Service to provide high-quality care to patients across Kent and Medway. You’ll be involved in innovative practices and patient management while working collaboratively with specialists and fellow healthcare providers.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing high-quality dermatological care.
• Knowledge of clinical governance principles.
• Commitment to continuing medical education.

Responsibilities

• Assess, investigate, and treat dermatology patients.
• Deliver high-quality services with consultant oversight.
• Manage outpatient and surgical activities.

Skills

Patient Care

Dermatology Management

Communication

Education

Relevant Medical Qualifications

Job description

Dermatologist - Consultant, Specialty Doctor or GPwER

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Dermatologist, Dermatology Specialty Doctor, or GPwER Dermatologist to join our Community Dermatology Service. Our service is available to all patients registered within Kent and Medway, seeing over 18,000 patients annually from Whitstable, Canterbury, Folkestone, Thanet, and Sittingbourne. The goal of the service is to provide an innovative, high-quality, consultant-led service to the residents of Kent and Medway ICB, managing diagnostics, outpatient, and surgical activities within primary care settings.

You would join a growing team of NHS dermatologists working within the community, currently comprising:

• 5 Specialist Nurses

We are flexible on working days and sessions, ideally offering a minimum of 4 sessions per month (at least 1 morning/afternoon per week or 2 full days per month).

WMP pay is competitive at each staff grade.

Interested applicants should contact us via email at: [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

Assess, investigate, and treat dermatology patients of all ages, excluding 2WW referrals, connective tissue disorders, leg ulcers, and systemic illnesses. The service provides diagnostics including phlebotomy, biopsy, swab taking, cryotherapy, and reporting of results.

Deliver high-quality, accessible services with consultant oversight, ensuring excellent outcomes aligned with NICE guidelines and best practices.

Refer only those cases requiring hospital care, such as acutely unwell patients, diagnostic uncertainty, or treatments only available in hospital settings.

About us

Whitstable Medical Practice is a progressive single-practice Primary Care Network (PCN) with three sites in Whitstable, serving over 43,500 patients with 24 equity partners and 1 salaried GP. We emphasize innovative primary care, training, and various in-house and community services including cataract surgery, ultrasound, dermatology, physical therapies, audiology, and more.

Job responsibilities

Background

Kent and Medway ICB has commissioned a GP with Extended Role (formerly GPwSI) Community Dermatology Service supported by a consultant for East Kent. This service aims to provide a local, accessible, and cost-effective dermatology service, offering outpatient and surgical procedures within the community.

Service Objectives

The service's goal is to provide an innovative, high-quality, consultant-supported GPwER Dermatology Service for Kent & Medway ICB patients, managing diagnostics and outpatient activities primarily within primary care, collaborating closely with specialists across various fields.

Clinical aims include:

• Assess, investigate, and treat skin diseases, including diagnostics and reporting.
• Provide a multidisciplinary, high-quality service with consultant oversight.
• Operate a one-stop-shop model where feasible, with combined assessments and treatments.
• Participate in clinical triage and manage cases per local pathways.
• Refer only complex cases requiring hospital intervention, such as biologic therapies or patch testing.
• Offer clinical opinions and treatment plans to referring clinicians, with appropriate follow-up.
• Support patient self-care and long-term management of skin conditions.
• Develop integrated care pathways and promote communication across care tiers.
• Deliver care closer to home, reducing unnecessary acute referrals.
• Collaborate with other specialties for patients with comorbid conditions.

Description of Key Services

• Participate in annual peer supervision.
• Audit clinical lesions removed.
• Receive feedback on performance.
• Maintain competency and attend governance meetings.
• Contribute to teaching and training of healthcare professionals.
• Maintain links with local clinicians and acute providers.

Reporting and Performance

Performance issues will be managed through the Community Dermatology performance process. Significant events will follow our incident procedures, overseen by our Patient Safety and Quality Manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Additional relevant qualifications evidence.

Experience

• Proven high-quality care experience.
• Knowledge of outpatient dermatology and acute dermatoses management.
• Expertise across dermatological issues.
• Independent responsibility for patient care.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance principles.
• Experience working independently in primary care.
• Teamwork skills.
• Administrative competence.
• Effective communication with patients and colleagues.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Clinical Governance.
• Flexible working attitude.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, requiring a DBS check for any criminal convictions.