Associate Specialist

Job Introduction
Dermatology - opportunity in Grimsby, we are looking for a dermatology “Associate Specialist” to come and join our bank. This would be ideal for any dermatologist that is looking for any extra clinical or surgical sessions on a flexible basis.

Duties will be based primarily between Cromwell Road (Grimsby) and Ironstone Health Centre (Scunthorpe) sites delivering care to patients on all our sites.

About the Service

Our community-based Dermatology Service change’s lives by transforming health and care, so that everyday communities, colleagues, and those who use our services feel how we bring our values of Care, Think, Do to life: how we recognise achievements, support colleagues to implement their ideas for improving services and celebrate our success.’

We are a Community Dermatology Service providing dermatology care for an area of North and Northeast Lincolnshire Dermatology. We provide a wide range of dermatology services from General, Patch Testing, Biologics, Phototherapy including a weekly Local Skin MDT.

You will join our dedicated dermatology team which includes consultants, Associate Specialists, Specialist Nurses including a Skin Cancer CNS.

Main Responsibilities
The main duties of the post will include:

- Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the highest standard of care
- To provide high quality care to all patients attending the Dermatology Service
- Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition and involve them in the decision making of their treatment
- Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the General Medical Council (GMC) and comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time.
- Offer support and leadership to nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
- Consulting with patients and determining skin ailments, prescribing medication, undertaking skin therapy treatment, performing skin surgery.
- Ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, you will motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity and drive continuous improvement
- Full Registration with GMC - Registered with a licence to practise
- Specialty Certificate Examination in Dermatology - MRCP (Dermatology)
- Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication
- Good interpersonal skills, courteous to patients and staff always
- Enthusiastic team player
- Open and reflective
- Experience of clinical audit
- Effective communication skills, enthusiasm, and approachability.
- Commitment to clinical governance.
- Flexible approach to work
- Demonstrate commitment and ability to teach and train clinical staff and medical and nursing students.

About The Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Package Description
As bank “Associate Specialist Dermatologist”, you’ll be part of our valued team at Cromwell Road (Grimsby) and Ironstone Health Centre (Scunthorpe):

- You will feel valued as our Associate Specialist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

- Competative salary with group pension
- Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride