Clinical Fellow in Dermatology

This is a Dermatology Clinical Fellow post, with duties and timetable equivalent to an ST3 trainee. The post-holder will form an integral part of the Dermatology team at St Mary’s Hospital, delivering outpatient and inpatient-based dermatological care to patients, under supervision of the Consultant team. The Dermatology team at Imperial comprises Consultants, Specialty Trainees, Clinical Fellows, and Clinical Nurse Specialists. Consultant-led outpatient services are provided at St Mary’s Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital, and Hammersmith Hospital. The department sees a high volume of outpatient referrals for general dermatology as well as suspected skin cancer. Day treatment, including phototherapy, is delivered in a dedicated Day Treatment Unit at the St Mary’s Hospital site. Dermatology care is provided to inpatients at all three sites.

The post-holder will primarily be based at St Mary’s Hospital, but may be required to work at Charing Cross Hospital or Hammersmith Hospital, depending on the needs of the service.

Clinical

Conduct outpatient clinics, under Consultant supervision

Perform minor skin surgery procedures

Attendance at weekly Skin Cancer MDT meeting / Teledermatology meeting

Participate in the day on-call rota, including managing referrals from GPs, outpatient specialties, A&E and inpatient specialties. On calls can be busy and effective time-management skills are required.

Participate in Consultant-led inpatient ward rounds

There may be a need to contribute to the cross-site out-of-hours on-call rota, depending on service need

Teaching

Deliver clinic-based teaching and tutorials to Imperial College undergraduates

Management

Participate in audit and quality improvement projects

Research

Participate in dermatology research projects

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

**Duties**:
Clinical

Conduct outpatient clinics, under Consultant supervision

Perform minor skin surgery procedures

Attendance at weekly Skin Cancer MDT meeting / Teledermatology meeting

Participate in the day on-call rota, including managing referrals from GPs, outpatient specialties, A&E and inpatient specialties. On calls can be busy and effective time-management skills are required.

Participate in Consultant-led inpatient ward rounds

There may be a need to contribute to the cross-site out-of-hours on-call rota, depending on service need

Teaching

Deliver clinic-based teaching and tutorials to Imperial College undergraduates

Management

Participate in audit and quality improvement projects

Research

Participate in dermatology research projects

For further details, please refer to the Job Description document attached.