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Job requirements
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Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Other
Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
- Research:
Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Teaching:
Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
- Management:
Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
- Clinical Experience:
Clinical and training experience in dermatology and its subspecialties including paediatric dermatology
- Clinical Experience:
Broad based general professional training in general medicine
- Clinical Experience:
Proven track record of general medicine experience
- Clinical Experience:
Experience in independent skin biopsies
- Knowledge and Skills:
Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Knowledge and Skills:
Capable of establishing good interpersonal relationships with patients and staff of all grades
- Knowledge and Skills:
Knowledge of prescribing for children
- Qualifications and Training:
Full GMC registration and hold a licence to practise
- Qualifications and Training:
MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
9 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Other
Experience in clinical guideline development
- Research:
Evidence of original research
- Research:
Publications in peer review journals
- Teaching:
Teaching qualification
- Management:
Management training or qualification
- Management:
Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
- Clinical Experience:
Experience in skin biopsies in children
- Knowledge and Skills:
Competent to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Qualifications and Training:
Post CCST or within 6-months of CCST
Job overview
The St John’s Institute of Dermatology is seeking a full time Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Dermatology to join dynamic enthusiastic teams embedded within the forward-thinking Institute. The Institute is involved in many exciting initiatives and is looking for an individual with the appropriate skills to complement our team and to help keep our service at the forefront of clinical and academic excellence. The Institute offers a wide range of services to diverse patient populations with skin conditions. The post-holder will undertake general outpatient sessions along with supporting well-established multi-disciplinary specialist clinics. The post-holder will support wider activities across the Institute, including service development, research and education.
Main duties of the job
- To receive subspecialty training and further development in Paediatric Dermatology and the diagnosis and management of Genodermatoses with particular focus on adult epidermolysis bullosa & disorders of keratinisation
- To deliver clinical and other service activities in order to provide a high standard of care for children with skin disease and for patients with genodermatoses
- To contribute to clinical research activities of St. John’s Institute of Dermatology
- To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
- To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide senior clinical expertise across multiple complex paediatric dermatology services and acute dermatology settings, supporting safe, efficient and high quality care for patients with severe chronic inflammatory and blistering skin diseases.
The post holder will work under consultant supervision and alongside the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver tertiary complex peadiatric dermatology clinics.
Duties and responsibilities:
Clinical:
The postholder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of dermatology services to the Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to include:
- Diagnosis and treatment of children with skin disease, as well as adults and children with genetic skin diseases (in-patient and outpatient settings)
- To be an active member of the multidisciplinary team delivering care to children with skin disease and patients with genodermatoses as part of the extensive tertiary referral service
- To provide continuing clinical responsibility for the patient in your charge
- To support specialist outpatient clinics (paediatric dermatology, genetics, paediatric allergy & general adult dermatology) as well as collaborating with clinical nurse specialists working in the service
*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive a sufficient number of applications ***
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Dermatology & Genodermatoses with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Junior Medical doctor Dermatology role. The advertised salary is £55,355 - £67,325 per annum excl LZ. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (12 months). The application deadline is 10 Sep 2026.
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