Locum Dermatologist Consultant

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a locum consultant to join the Dermatology department at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, based at the Solihull and Good Hope Hospital sites for 6 months maternity cover, with an opportunity to potentially extend for a further 6 months. This 6PA post will comprise medical dermatology and skin cancer clinics and a surgical session. The ability to communicate and work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team is essential.

The department of dermatology at Solihull, Good Hope and Heartlands Hospitals is the largest department of dermatology in the Midlands and one of the busiest specialist dermatology departments in the United Kingdom. We serve a local, regional and supra-regional referral base commensurate with the comprehensive range of subspecialty expertise and clinics offered. Specialised services include the NCG-funded highly specialised service for Epidermolysis Bullosa, psychodermatology service, regional Mohs micrographic surgery service, a regional complex tertiary patch testing service, complex medical dermatology, genital skin disease, paediatric dermatology and teledermatology services.

Main duties of the job

This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward thinking and progressive team with a national reputation. If you want to join our team, please complete the application form via NHS jobs.

For further details please contact: Dr James Carr and Dr Ajoy Bardhan, Joint Clinical Service Leads on 0121 424 5485.

Post holders will undertake medical dermatology and 2 week wait skin cancer clinics including teledermatology triage and cutaneous surgery lists.

The post holder will join the weekly specialist skin cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meetings. We also hold monthly complex cases MDTs with dermatopathology review

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

14 March 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£93,666 to £126,281 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

304-EP-53486

Job locations

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note for more information about this opportunity please see attached detailed job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note for more information about this opportunity please see attached detailed job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Eligibility to be entered on the Specialist Register in Dermatology or be within 6 months of a CCT in Dermatology
*MRCP or Equivalent

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Eligibility to be entered on the Specialist Register in Dermatology or be within 6 months of a CCT in Dermatology
*MRCP or Equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).