Job summary
Employer heading
Locum Dermatology Consultant with Cancer interest
locum consultant
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Job overview
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust requires a dynamic and forward thinking Locum Consultant to join the Dermatology team predominantly at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich (QEH) site. The vacancy is for a full time Locum Consultant, but applications from those wishing to work less than full time are welcome. The post includes clinics in a newly established Community Dermatology Service based at centres in Bexley and Greenwich. In addition at QEH there will be clinics in adult/paediatric general Dermatology and skin cancer as well as skin surgery lists.
Main duties of the job
- Provide high quality Dermatology care in out-patient clinics and perform high quality surgery within the appropriate level of
- Attend required MDT and CPD events
- Perform regular ward rounds with clinical There is no out of hours on call commitment but the Dermatology team are closely involved in the care of in-patients where needed.
- Provide high quality support to GP colleagues in hospital and
- Provide leadership to the department, encouraging development of services with colleagues both in and outside the organisation.
Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out at QE sites which include community facilities in Greenwich and Bexley. This is an outline programme
and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Director within 3 months of your start date.
The job plan will be negotiated between the consultant and his/her clinical director at least annually. The initial job plan for this post is planned to be:
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP
- GMC registration and hold a License to Practice
- On the GMC specialist register for Dermatology or hold CCT in Dermatology or be within six months of obtaining CCT at date of interview or equivalent experience.
Desirable criteria
- MSc, MD, PhD
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- General Dermatology
- Skin cancer
- Skin cancer MDT
- Dermatological surgery
Desirable criteria
- Record of at least 6 months experience of skin cancer work under a 2 week wait referral pathway
Clinical Audit
Essential criteria
- Thorough understanding of medical audit
- Undertaken and completed audits
Desirable criteria
- Experience as audit lead
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of postgraduate/ undergraduate/interdisciplinary teaching
Desirable criteria
- Higher qualification in medical education
- Evidence of having developed novel educational methods or courses
- Evidence of training and experience as an educational supervisor
Management & Administrative Experience
Essential criteria
- Understand NHS funding arrangements
- Evidence of contribution to service development or improvement
Desirable criteria
- Higher qualifications in managemen
Research Experience
Essential criteria
- Understand the principles of research
Desirable criteria
- Experience in clinical research with a higher research degree
- Publications
- Willingness to participate and contribute with any ongoing and new clinical research in the department
Other Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to establish a good professional relationship with colleagues
- Effective communicator and team player
- Credibility, probity and integrity
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 Qamar Razari
- Job title
- Dermatology Consultant Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 836 4949
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