Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Join Our Leading Dermatology Team at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust!
We're seeking an enthusiastic Consultant Dermatologist to join our dynamic and innovative team. This is an exciting opportunity to help expand our secondary care dermatology services while maintaining an active clinical role and delivering exceptional care to a diverse patient population across the region.
The post will cover for 12 months and involve running clinics or minor surgical lists at both Chelsea and Westminster and West Middlesex Hospital.
Main duties of the job
* Be part of a multidisciplinary team working.
* Work in one of London's leading teaching hospitals, with access to cutting-edge services, including Teledermatology and AI software for skin cancer detection.
* Join a comprehensive service offering specialist clinics, including skin cancer, paediatrics, vulval, penile, HIV, biologics, and acute dermatology care.
What You Will Do:
* Lead both inpatient and outpatient care, including supervision within the Day Care Unit.
* Play a key role in teaching and mentoring dermatology trainees.
* Collaborate with a team committed to innovation and excellence in patient care.
If you're passionate about advancing dermatology care and education and want to be part of a thriving, forward-thinking team, apply now.
The successful candidate will possess a recognised Medical degree, MRCP or FRCP and be on the specialist register of the GMC.
Please feel free to contact us for additional information: Dr Eirini Merika eirini.merika1@nhs.net
About us
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving us an overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
Job responsibilities
As a leading London teaching hospital, the department sees a wide spectrum of acute and chronic dermatological conditions and runs an acute dermatology service. A number of specialist clinics are held on-site, e.g., skin cancer, paediatric, vulval, penile, HIV, and biologic therapy.
* The position includes outpatient care and supervision of patients in our Day Care unit.
* Supervision of trainees and teaching medical students is provided by the consultant body and will be job planned accordingly.
* The department is actively involved in dermatology research and the post holder will be expected to develop a research interest and actively participate in research projects.
* The department has a reputation as a successful site for NIHR research studies with one of our colleagues being the regional lead for dermatology.
* The post holder will be encouraged to apply for Senior Lecturer status within Imperial College.
The successful candidate will possess a recognised Medical degree, MRCP or FRCP and be on the specialist register of the GMC. It is a condition of appointment that staff are satisfactorily health cleared prior to commencing work.
Please refer to our detailed job description for more information.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* MBChB / MB BS
* MRCP/ FRCP
* Past record of academic achievement. Publications.
* On specialist register (or within 6 months of CCST at interview)
* MD/PhD
* BSc
* Teaching qualification
Experience
* Wide and in-depth training in Dermatology/General Medicine.
* Established record in Paediatric Dermatology.
* Established record in Dermatology education.
* Proven track record in innovation, service improvement and system redesign.
* Experience in teledermatology.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
£105,504 to £139,882 a year (pro-rata for part-time)
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