Consultant in Dermatology

3 months ago


Swindon, United Kingdom Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This is a substantive and full time Dermatology Consultant post offering an opportunity for continued practice in a wide range of dermatology conditions, including clinics for Systemic Diseases, Routine and Cancerous Lesions, Paediatrics and Skin Surgery. Other clinical workload includes inpatient referrals and reviews, providing advice and guidance to primary care and administrative virtual clinics. Attendance at Local MDT and joint plastics clinic is included in the job plan together with support for RSM education sessions on the 3rdThursday of the month.

The Great Western Hospital, Swindon is a large, busy, modern district general hospital situated on a green field site near junction 15 of the M4 between the Marlborough Downs, the Ridgeway and the Vale of the White Horse. The population served by the Dermatology Service extends between Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Berkshire, a population of approximately 330,000.

The Department sees the full range of Dermatology conditions, with clinics in general skin conditions, systemic diseases (psoriasis etc.), pigmented lesion and fast track cancer clinics and paediatric dermatology. There is also a monthly joint clinic with the plastic surgeons. The department holds a weekly local skin cancer MDT and a bimonthly specialist MDT with colleagues in Oxford. In addition to the practical clinical workload, the post holder will be encouraged to develop local research and audit plans.

The Duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.

**Clinical Duties**:

- Multidisciplinary team working is key component of the working within the Trust and involves regular MDT discussions with colleagues
- Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care
- Development of sub-specialty interests that fit in with departmental needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
- Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
- Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues’ periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
- Participation in Quality Improvement and in continuing medical education.
- Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
- Other Clinical responsibilities by mutual agreement

Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:
Service We will put our patients first

Teamwork We will work together

Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service

Respect We will act with integrity

The Dermatology service holds busy outpatient clinics from a dedicated dermatology area of the Wren unit on the third floor of the hospital, matching high outpatient demand to activity. We work collaboratively with Plastic Surgery colleagues within the hospital, who are employed by Oxford University Hospital, our Tertiary centre for referrals and opinions.

The Department is supported by a team of Dermatology Specialist Nurses, a Cancer specialist nurse and a nurse led phototherapy service (UVA, UVB & PDT), patch testing and full radiology facilities including CT and MRI.

Clinical Governance and Audit

All consultants are expected to participate in clinical effectiveness activities. They are expected to maintain and foster improvements in the quality and standards of clinical services. Consultants lead the safeguarding of high standards of care by participating in the creation of environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.

Consultants are expected to support the Clinical/Medical Leadership teams within their division to achieve the following:

- Production of a Division annual clinical governance plan.
- Production of a Division quality strategy.
- Production of a Division quarterly report to the Trust’s Clinical Governance and Risk Committee.
- Ensuring targets within the plan are met, including: - Adoption of evidence-based practice including compliance with government guidance, e.g. NICE
- Establishment and implementation of a Division clinical audit programme
- Completion of risk assessments as required and compliance with the Trust’s risk management policies and strategies including controls assurance standards
- Encouraging research and development
- Ensuring, through the Divisional Director, in association with the Division of Workforce and Education, that Division staff meet the education and training targets agreed within the Trust’s annual plan.
- Ensuring through the Divisional Director that complaints management is t



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