Consultant Dermatologist in skin cancer and Community-LED

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. BACKGROUND

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1 billion. Our 17,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

Our vision is based on The Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, founded on values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Patient-centred

Fair

Collaborative

Accountable

Empowered

We believe that by being true to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve our results in relation to our goals, which are to be:

1. The best for patient safety, quality and experience

2. The best place to work

3. A centre of excellence for specialist services, education, research and innovation

4. Hospitals that offer seamless, integrated care

5. Financially sustainable

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.

WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.

This post, within the Leeds Centre for Dermatology, principally based at Chapel Allerton Hospital,

offers the successful candidate the opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative skin

cancer team as well as the opportunity to develop a stimulating combination of clinical, teaching

and research work in the field of cutaneous oncology. Leeds is a world recognised centre for the

management of skin cancer and offers all the skin cancer treatment modalities locally.

The unit hosts the Regional Specialist MDT for Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer, Melanoma and

Cutaneous Lymphoma. There are also close working relationships with the Head and Neck MDT

and the Sarcoma MDT.

The post holder will be a member of the Local Skin Cancer MDT and Regional Specialist

Non Melanoma Skin Cancer MDT and will be involved in the management

of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer (there is a separate Melanoma MDT

for melanoma Stage 1b).

The Skin Cancer Team includes Dermatologists, Mohs Surgeons, Plastic Surgeons,

Clinical Oncologists, Dermatopathologists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Practitioners

and an MDT Coordinator.

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Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of dermatology including skin cancer diagnosis and treatment

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research

Qualifications

Essential

• MRCP or equivalent qualification

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice.

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

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Chapel Allerton Hospital

Chapeltown Road

Leeds

LS7 4SA

Employer's website

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