Senior Clinical Fellow in Dermatology

Job summary

Do you share our Health Board values; Caring for each other; Working together; Always improving? If so, we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB.

The successful candidate will be required to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary Clinical Team to promote the safety and well-being of the patients, under the supervision of the Consultants and Clinical Lead Dr Sairan Whitaker.

This is a permanent post, and candidates will be required to work on a full-time basis and therefore will be contracted to work basic 40 hours per week. Salary will be confirmed in advert. The department will also consider part time working. There is no on call commitment with this post

You will be supported if you wish to complete your CCT and wish to gain expertise in the diagnosis and management of complex skin disease including eczema, psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and optimised use of biologic and other immunomodulatory therapies.

There are opportunities to gain surgical skills in minor skin surgery, including reconstruction with flaps and grafts and that we work closely with our colleagues in a tertiary referral centre for plastic surgery.

You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold License to Practice and be on the Specialist Register.

The provisional work programme for this post is attached in the job description and personal specification.

There is an extensive academic and teaching programme and you will be expected to participate in this.

Main duties of the job

This is a Senior Clinical Fellow post joining a complement of 5 Consultant Dermatologists responsible for the provision of Dermatology Specialty services to Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) Dermatology services at SBUHB are provided for the local populations (over 390,000 residents) of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.

The Dermatology Service is hosted by Specialist Surgical Services Group in Morriston. The Unit is led by a Service Director, a Medical Director and a Nurse Director.

Dermatology Services are provided principally at two hospitals, Singleton Hospital and Neath Port Talbot Hospitals. Outpatient activity is undertaken in the two sites. The department also provided in patient advice to patients at Neath Port Talbot, Singleton and Morriston Hospitals.

About us

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.

The Health Board is part of A Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University. Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of South West Wales.

Swansea is Wales' second-largest city, and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cozy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and liberty stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City football club.