Consultant Dermatologist

CONSULTANT DERMATOLOGIST WITH AN INTEREST IN SKIN CANCER AND COMMUNITY-LED DERMATOLOGY SERVICES
This is a 10PA locum appointment for a Consultant Dermatologist with special interests in skin cancer and community services. This post will deliver 10PAs supporting the Dermatology team. The post-holder will provide support for the skin cancer services, delivering 2 week wait skin cancer clinics and skin cancer surgery, as well as general clinics and community-led clinics.
The post will be based at Chapel Allerton Hospital.
The successful applicant should hold membership in the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent, and should be on the Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the Register for trainees if currently in a training programme within the UK, or have references which have been authorised by the Deputy Medical Director and Clinical Director.
Applicants should have established skills in Dermatology. The post will support the general dermatology service and the current skin cancer service, which acts as a local and regional centre for the management of skin cancer in accordance with NICE Improving Outcomes Guidance. This post will also provide support in the Community-led Dermatology services.
To enhance the current provision of rapid access diagnostic skin cancer clinics and enable the Trust to meet agreed levels of activity and access targets.
To enhance the current provision of skin cancer surgery.
To contribute to enhancing the current provision for general dermatology services
To contribute to enhancing the current provision for Community Dermatology services and help to develop patient pathways.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. Our 17,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A& E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. Our 17,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A& E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. The best for patient safety, quality and experience
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.
This post, within the Leeds Centre for Dermatology, principally based at Chapel Allerton Hospital, offers the successful candidate the opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative skin cancer team as well as the opportunity to develop a stimulating combination of clinical, teaching and research work in the field of cutaneous oncology. Leeds is a world recognised centre for the management of skin cancer and offers all the skin cancer treatment modalities locally.
The unit hosts the Regional Specialist MDT for Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer, Melanoma and Cutaneous Lymphoma. The post holder will be a member of the Local Skin Cancer MDT and Regional Specialist Non Melanoma Skin Cancer MDT and will be involved in the management of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer (there is a separate Melanoma MDT for melanoma Stage 1b).
The Skin Cancer Team includes Dermatologists, Mohs Surgeons, Plastic Surgeons, Clinical Oncologists, Dermatopathologists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Practitioners and an MDT Coordinator.
Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of dermatology including skin cancer diagnosis and treatment

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills