About this role
Job summary
The Dermatology department at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (SFH NHS FT) is a well-established dedicated department based at King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield and Newark General Hospital in Newark.
The successful candidate is expected to deliver high level dermatology care for general dermatology and skin cancer in the clinical and surgical setting. The doctor is responsible for running the patch test clinic along with a specialist nurse for patients suspected contact dermatitis. The candidate will also be expected to take responsibility for treating patients with complex inflammatory dermatosis both inpatient and outpatient.
The successful candidate is also expected to do deliver skin cancer care in clinical and surgical setting. This including been a core member of the local skin cancer MDT but also chairing the MDT and discuss management of complex patient at the specialist MDT as needed. The candidate is expected to be the Audit lead for dermatology team.
Main duties of the job
The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
Whilst on duty a doctor has clinical and professional responsibility for their patients. It is also the duty of a doctor to:
Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition.
Involve patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment.
Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the General Medical Council (GMC) and comply in particular with GMC's guidance on 'Good Medical Practice' as amended or substituted from time to time.
A doctor is responsible for carrying out any work related to and reasonably incidental to the duties set out in the Job Plan such as:
The keeping of records and the provision of reports.
The proper delegation of tasks.
Maintaining skills and knowledge.
Doctors will be expected to be flexible and to cooperate with reasonable requests to cover for their colleagues' absence where they are safe and competent and where it is practicable to do so.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job description Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Full registration (with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
Desirable
Postgraduate thesis Completed fellowship programme Progress towards or attainment of college exams
Experience Essential
Must have completed at least twelve years full time post graduate training (or equivalent gained on a part time or flexible basis) with a minimum of six years in Dermatology in the Specialty Doctor or equivalent grade. Ability to work full time Able to travel to Newark 1 year consultant level experience in NHS To deal with Acute dermatology patients independently
Desirable
Paediatric dermatology experience in UK
Management & Administrative Experience Essential
Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload
Desirable
The potential to develop management and leadership skills
Teaching Essential
Teaching GP, other clinical staff
Desirable
Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role
Research Essential
Ability to convert research evidence into clinical practice
Desirable
Paper published
Other Essential
Communication skills - to have language competency and communication skills necessary to do the job safely & competently
Desirable
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
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 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-Ashfiled
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)