Job summary
This is a post (2PA) for the department of Dermatology. The focus of this post is to provide surgery services, a willingness to accept responsibility and provide leadership to the wider clinical team. The post will be based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (Aspen Centre)
The dermatology service is located at Aspen Centre. Facilities include clinic rooms, theatre, minor procedure rooms for skin surgery, treatment and diagnostic facilities.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will run minor op lists in the dermatology outpatient department, supported in clinic by their consultant colleagues. The post holder will also work closely with our specialist nurses and will occasionally be required to teach our medical students and other junior staff.
Integral to the post, will be:
Ensuring the provision of a first class Dermatology service
Working in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's service plans
To maintain the confidence of business plans and developments strategies formulated for the specialty, the Support Services Division or the Trust.
Working collaboratively with all members of the dermatology team whilst building working relationships to maintain and happy and functioning department.
About us
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To collaborate and work to maintain dermatology services in line with strategic requirements.
To provide, with the other consultants in the speciality, routine and emergency dermatology Minor Operations to the Trust, including cover for annual, study and professional leave.
To provide a consultation and advisory service to medical colleagues in other specialities in the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To collaborate and work to maintain dermatology services in line with strategic requirements.
To provide, with the other consultants in the speciality, routine and emergency dermatology Minor Operations to the Trust, including cover for annual, study and professional leave.
To provide a consultation and advisory service to medical colleagues in other specialities in the Trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full General Medical Council registration.
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards.
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for management and care of patients.
- Practical skills in skin surgery
- Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings.
Professional and Multidisciplinary Team Working
Essential
- Ability to work well with colleagues and within a team.
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to plan strategically and exercise judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
- Ability to motivate and develop the multidisciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.
Clinical Effectiveness
Essential
- Experience of conducting a clinical audit
- Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision making
Teaching & Training Experience
Essential
- Ability to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing and other disciplinaries
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Energy and Enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
- An enquiring and critical approach
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies
- Commitment to continuing medical education and professional development
Commitment to Clinical Governance/Improving Quality of Patient Care
Essential
- Commitment to alert to dangers or problems. Demonstrates awareness of good decision making. Aware of limitations. Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors.
- Evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required.
Personal Skills
Essential
- Team working: demonstrating experience working in a team, values the input of other professionals in the team
- Managing others & team involvement: capacity to work co-operatively with others and demonstrate leadership when appropriate. Capacity to work effectively in multi-professional teams.
- Coping with pressure: capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrate initiative and resilience to cope with setbacks & adapt to rapidly changing circumstances.
Probity
Essential
- Professional integrity and respect for others, capacity to take responsibility for own actions and demonstrate a non-judgemental approach towards care.
- Display honesty, integrity, awareness of confidentiality and ethical issues
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full General Medical Council registration.
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards.
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for management and care of patients.
- Practical skills in skin surgery
- Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings.
Professional and Multidisciplinary Team Working
Essential
- Ability to work well with colleagues and within a team.
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to plan strategically and exercise judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
- Ability to motivate and develop the multidisciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.
Clinical Effectiveness
Essential
- Experience of conducting a clinical audit
- Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision making
Teaching & Training Experience
Essential
- Ability to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing and other disciplinaries
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Energy and Enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
- An enquiring and critical approach
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies
- Commitment to continuing medical education and professional development
Commitment to Clinical Governance/Improving Quality of Patient Care
Essential
- Commitment to alert to dangers or problems. Demonstrates awareness of good decision making. Aware of limitations. Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors.
- Evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required.
Personal Skills
Essential
- Team working: demonstrating experience working in a team, values the input of other professionals in the team
- Managing others & team involvement: capacity to work co-operatively with others and demonstrate leadership when appropriate. Capacity to work effectively in multi-professional teams.
- Coping with pressure: capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrate initiative and resilience to cope with setbacks & adapt to rapidly changing circumstances.
Probity
Essential
- Professional integrity and respect for others, capacity to take responsibility for own actions and demonstrate a non-judgemental approach towards care.
- Display honesty, integrity, awareness of confidentiality and ethical issues
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
