Dermatology Clinical Fellow

Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Beckenham Beacon

Town: Beckenham

Salary: £49,909 - £57,570 per annum, plus London Weighting £2,162

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 23/12/2024 08:00

Interview date: 09/01/#####

Job overview

Applications are invited for doctors with suitable qualifications and experience to work as a full-time clinical fellow in the Department of Dermatology at Beckenham Beacon, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is an ideal post for applicants intending to pursue a career in dermatology. The post holder will gain experience in a wide range of clinical activities, acquiring a sound foundation in the key elements of dermatology practice such that they should be in a strong position to apply for a National Training Number in Dermatology. The post does not attract any on-call banding as the working hours are standard core working hours. This is a fixed term position for 12 months.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a Multidisciplinary team to help provide the outpatient Dermatology service at Beckenham Beacon and inpatient Dermatology consultations at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) and Orpington Hospital. The post holder will do general dermatology, paediatric dermatology and 2 week wait skin cancer clinics under supervision. You will also (depending on experience) carry out skin surgery procedures. The post holder is the first port of call for inpatient dermatology consultations, receiving referrals from other teams based at the PRUH and Orpington hospital. You will either provide advice remotely (using clinical photographs) or will be responsible for arranging face-to-face review at Beckenham Beacon. If necessary, you will make visits to the wards to review the patients, perform skin biopsies and plan treatment. This work is supervised by some of the dermatology consultants and a Specialty Doctor. The post holder will join the weekly skin cancer Multidisciplinary Team meetings, where skin cancer cases are discussed with other clinical colleagues, and a monthly regional special cases meeting, where difficult clinical cases are discussed. The post holder will also participate in departmental operational and governance meetings and audit activities. There is also opportunity to attend the Royal Society of Medicine Dermatology Section meetings and the St John’s Dermatological Society meetings.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of#####0 for our NHS Carbon Footprint an#####45 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

GENERAL

The post holder will join a team of six Dermatology Consultants (4.6 WTE) and one Specialty Doctor working across the South Sites (Beckenham Beacon, The Princess Royal University Hospital & Orpington Hospital). The post is based at Beckenham Beacon. The post holder will also cover acute dermatology at Princess Royal University & Orpington Hospitals. Timetables may change to offer clinics at alternative sites within the trust according to departmental requirements. There is no on-call commitment. Outpatient dermatology clinics are held at Beckenham Beacon and the post holder will join some of these clinics, seeing patients under the supervision of one of the consultants or the specialty doctor. Regular clinical sessions are held in the following clinical areas: general dermatology (including medication dermatology, genital dermatology), paediatric dermatology, skin cancer, skin surgery and biologics (working with a dermatology pharmacist). There is a weekly skin cancer multidisciplinary meeting from 1-2pm every Thursday. We also hold a monthly combined clinic for complex skin cancer cases, with representation from dermatology, maxillofacial surgery and oncology. There is a monthly SE Thames Regional Dermatology Meeting at Denmark Hill (although on some months there is a similar clinic held at Beckenham Beacon). This session covers difficult diagnostic and management problems for patients who come to the regional clinic.

Person specification

Qualifications

• GMC registration
• Familiar with current structure of the UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Training and Experience

• Applicant considering a career in dermatology

Administration

• Experience in day to day organisation of services in a busy teaching hospital

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders A#####974 (Exceptions) Or#####1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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