Job summary
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Dermatology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.
With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.
Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.
We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.
As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for the successful applicant who will play a key role in realising our ambition to develop a high quality clinical service. The successful applicant will be a committed clinician with subspecialist interest/training in Mohs surgery and a track record of excellent clinical service delivery, service improvement, teaching, training and other qualities as identified in the person specification.
Main duties of the job
Locum Consultant Dermatologist (10 PAs)
The Department of Dermatology at St George’s Hospital is seeking a consultant dermatologist (10 PAs) with a broad knowledge base in general dermatology, skin cancer and MOHS Surgery.
We are looking for a candidate who will excel clinically and academically within a friendly and busy department. The postholder will be working alongside other consultants in general dermatology and skin cancer clinics in a supportive and dynamic environment.
The successful applicant will join a team of 11 consultants at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, including the satellite Queen Mary’s Roehampton and Nelson Hospital sites. The successful applicant will be encouraged to develop areas of interest or research within the department.
Applicants should be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT at the time of the interview.
Informal inquiries are welcome: please contact Dr Ven Samarasinghe, Consultant Dermatologist ([email protected] / 020 8725 2500).
Working for our organisation
St. George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest healthcare organisations and shares its main hospital site in south west London with St George’s University of London. St George’s has an established national and international reputation as a leading hospital for specialist care including neurosciences, cardiac care, stroke and cancer. We also provide excellent local care to the residents of Wandsworth, and regional care as both an acute, hyper acute stroke unit and trauma centre. As well as acute hospital services, St George’s Healthcare provides a wide variety of specialist and community hospital based care and a full range of community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, 11 health centres and clinics, schools and nurseries, patients’ homes and Wandsworth Prison. We employ 8,000 staff, have an annual income of c£560m, around 1,100 beds and we serve a population of 1.3 million across south west London.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Full registration with GMC
- MRCP or MRCPCH
- CCT Dermatology or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree
- MD / PhD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in dermatology.
- Experience of managing patients with skin cancer
- Experience in skin surgery (diagnostic biopsies and excisions)
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Skills
Essential criteria
- Independent on skin biopsies
- Teaching experience and an interest in developing Undergraduate teaching in particular
- Able to run clinics and services efficiently and smoothly
Desirable criteria
- An interest in clinical research
- Enthusiasm and expertise in Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching
Personal
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a team
- Good interpersonal skills
- Caring attitude to patients
- Commitment to CPD
Desirable criteria
- Driving licence
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Ven Samarasinghe
- Job title
- Consultant Dermatologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8725 2500
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