Locum Consultant in Dermatology

Enherts Tr; Stevenage; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a Dermatologist to provide expert clinical care across general dermatology, inflammatory and genetic conditions. The role emphasises leadership, teamwork, innovation and delivering high‑quality patient outcomes at Hertford County Hospital and Lister Site.

You will manage skin cancers, perform dermatoscopic evaluation, and contribute to acute dermatology, paediatric dermatology, genital dermatoses and patch testing activities.

Qualifications

• GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at interview
• MRCP or equivalent qualification
• Dermatology experience with skin cancer management and surgical skills
• Experience with biological treatments
• Ability to provide full and independent diagnostic opinions
• Engagement with clinical governance and revalidation

Responsibilities

• Conduct out-patient clinics and procedures at Hertford County Hospital
• Provide expert advice to inpatients at the Lister site
• Support Dermatology ward reviews and patient management
• Supervise dermatology nurses and specialty doctors
• Contribute ideas for service improvement and development

Skills

Dermatology expertise

Skin cancer management

Biologic treatments

Independent diagnostic opinion

Education

GMC Specialist Register / near CCT

MRCP or equivalent

Job description

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Our mission is: Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is: To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Dermatology department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The successful candidate will join a service that prides itself on effective leadership, innovative thinking, and excellent teamwork. We strive to challenge our existing working practices and to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that our patient outcomes are successful and that they feel valued by visits here at the Trust.

The candidate for this position should ideally have expertise in General Dermatology, covering a broad range of conditions such as inflammatory, infectious, genetic, autoimmune, pigmentary, metabolic, allergic, and connective tissue dermatoses. We are looking for someone who is knowledgeable in common dermatological disorders, including those affecting the hair and nails, and has experience in sub-specialties like Acute dermatology, Paediatric dermatology, Genital dermatoses, Patch Testing, and Biologics.

Experience in managing Skin cancers and proficiency in dermatoscopy are essential.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work closely with our existing Dermatology team. The appointee will conduct out-patients clinics and procedures at Hertford County while providing advice to inpatients at the Lister site. Dermatology ward referral time has been built into the timetable to allow the appointee to support Dermatology ward reviews. The post holder will supervise and support our Dermatology nurses, associate specialists and specialty doctors all of whom are based at Hertford County Hospital but provide cover across the Trust sites. In addition to supporting the existing service the appointee is encouraged to propose ideas for service improvement and development

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Qualifications / Training

• Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
• College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level

Previous Experience

• Dermatology in particular, Experience in management of cutaneous cancer with surgical skills
• Experience of biological treatments
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion

Clinical Governance

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation

Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.