Clinical Lead in dermatology

3 months ago


Harlow, United Kingdom The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Dermatologist. This is a substantive appointment for a new post and will start at an agreed date on appointment. The post will be split 5 PA for Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) and 5 PA for Hertfordshire Community Trust (HCT) with an additional 1 APA. The HCT sessions will be delivered in the community in Hitchin, Baldock and Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Waltham Cross and Bishop's Stortford. This is a joint post giving the opportunity to develop dermatology across the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP). The post comprises programmed activities as indicated in the suggested timetables and has no on-call commitment. The clinical lead position with PAHT is subject to a 3-year tenure.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Dermatology department at PAH and the Skin Health Service at HCT. The successful candidate will join services that pride themselves on effective leadership, innovative thinking and excellent teamwork. We strive to challenge our existing working practices and to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that our patients' outcomes are successful and that they feel valued.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have consultant and clinical leadership responsibilities within the HCT Skin Health Service. This consultant post will enable the Skin Health Service to provide clinical interventions in the communityrequiringconsultant oversight, including the central triaging service for routine dermatology referrals in East and North Hertfordshire, whilst also providing strategic leadership through the oversight of policies and development of ICPpathways through their role working across acute and community settings. The successful candidate will work closely with thecurrent Clinical Lead to support, strengthen and compliment the aspects of the day to day leadership already within the service. The Skin Health Service currently comprises of a Clinical Lead (who is also an Associate Specialist at ENHT), an SAS doctor who is also working in neighbouring trusts, a plastic surgeon (who also works for ENHT) and two GPwERs, . The service is supported by an operational lead, a service co-ordinator and administration staff. The service has two GPwERs in development pursuing their GPwER accreditation, a GP Fellow gaining experience in the field, and a GP. This post gives the opportunity to influence ways of working across the ICP, delivering dermatology services in the community that require consultant support plus supporting and developing GPwERs.

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

Job description

Job responsibilities

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is the principal provider of community-based healthcare services to the million population of Hertfordshire and the Skin Health Service and provides Level 2 dermatology services across East and North Hertfordshire. Dermatology clinics and minor operations are delivered from health centres and GP surgeries across six localities which are a mixture of urban and rural communities which Skin Health service clinicians travel to in order to enable the delivery of care closer to patients homes. HCT interfaces predominantly with secondary care dermatology providers at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust to the East on the borders of Hertfordshire and West Essex and East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (ENHT) to the North of Hertfordshire.

It is imperative that you also attach your CV to your application as this is an integral part of the application process. Please ensure to supply the names and addresses of referees. This must cover a period of three years with no gaps, one of whom must be your current employer.

Person Specification

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Trust values

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On the specialist register Advanced dermatological surgical skills, including flaps and graphs neck and above Full spectrum of prescribing - including biologics, DMARDS and other complex drugs Experience of teaching, and educational supervision Understanding the principles of clinical governance

Desirable

MD or PHD Recent published clinical research

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Trust values and behaviours

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