Consultant Dermatologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Together with the other consultant, to provide a service for Dermatology. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department. (General dermatology clinics have around 12-14 patients, comprising 6-8 new patients and 4-6 follow-up patients).
2. Specialist clinics with patients with more complex disease comprise 10 patients with longer appointment times
3. Shared responsibility with the other consultants for providing cover for acute dermatology in the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.
4. Clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
5. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to Continuing Medical Education and clinical governance initiatives.
6. To participate in annual appraisal and job planning and revalidation in line with Trust guidance.
7. To develop an innovative research programme in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework.
8. To contribute to the Audit Programme and Quality Improvement Projects on a local and national level.
9. To take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Divisions Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with both internal and external agencies.
10. To conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for Dermatology services.
11. To exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
12. To work in conjunction with clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for junior colleagues.
13. To undertake Divisional management duties as agreed with the Divisional Manager/Clinical Director.
14. To be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene. To undertake annual training/updates in infection prevention and control.
15. To be accountable for implementation of the Code of Practice within own department/area of responsibility.
16. To prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence based practice and maintaining patient safety.
17. You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.
18. You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.
19. You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
20. You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
21. The Trust supports the requirement for continuing professional development as laid out by the RCP and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.
22. The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.
23. All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly.
24. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended
25. to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holders.
26. You are appointed to the service of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as a whole, and may be required to work at any of the KCHFT sites as determined by the duties of the post or as reasonably directed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registerable medical qualification.
• MRCP, plus MD or PhD
• Full Registration with GMC and name on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.

Training and Experience

Essential

• Wide experience in all aspects of Dermatology, culminating in award of CCT or equivalent.
• Specialist training in Dermatology.
• Ability to offer an expert opinion on dermatological manifestations of acute and chronic general medical problems and their treatment, including care of adults with complex problems.
• Ability to take full an independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients.
• Ability to safely oversee and share care of adults with chronic skin problems with nursing and other staff.

Desirable

• Supervised training in an appropriate StR training programme or equivalent.

Audit

Essential

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Desirable

• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Dermatology.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 9RS

Employer's website

https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)