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Job overview

This post is a fixed term locum consultant dermatologist post from 1 September 2024 to 31 March 2025 with a view to substantive funding being identified.

The post-holder will be expected to participate in sessions at both main sites, the Royal Stoke University Hospital and the County Hospital, Stafford, and with the other Dermatologists will provide a Dermatology Service for the population of Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.  This includes all aspects of diagnosis, management and treatment together with ensuring the proper functioning of the department.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will join a current team of 6 including two Consultant and 4 Senior Medical Practitioners along with a unit of dedicated Dermatology nurses and Clinical Nurse Specialists.  The successful applicant will play a part in the Skin MDT and the department has close links to the Oncology and histopathology units and the Consultant and Senior Medical Practitioners are members of the Specialist Skin MDT unit.  The team participates in outpatient clinics, theatre sessions and Ward rounds at Royal Stoke and in the new skin department at County which also includes a minor operating procedure suite.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.