Job requirements
Essential
22 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Clinical Experience
High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the specialty
- Clinical Experience
Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty.
- Clinical Experience
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Clinical Experience
Experience in skin cancer and advanced surgical management.
- Clinical Experience
Experience in managing paediatric dermatology
- Personal Attributes
Ability to work in a team.
- Personal Attributes
Good interpersonal skills.
- Personal Attributes
Enquiring critical approach to work.
- Personal Attributes
Caring attitude to patients.
- Personal Attributes
Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- Personal Attributes
Commitment to continuing medical education.
- Personal Attributes
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels.
- Research Experience
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- Teaching experience
Experience of supervising junior doctors and teaching surgery.
- Teaching experience
Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates.
- Teaching experience
Experience of supervising SpRs.
- Teaching experience
Experience of teaching postgraduate clinical dermatology.
- Management Experience
Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
- Management Experience
Ability to organise and manage out patient priorities.
- Qualifications and Training
MRCP or equivalent
- Qualifications and Training
Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC or be within six months of obtaining CCT/CCST in Dermatology or CESR or European Community Rights
- Qualifications and Training
UK experience
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Research Experience
Publications in referee journals.
- Teaching experience
Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
- Management Experience
Ability to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate.
- Management Experience
Experience of audit management.
- Qualifications and Training
MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research
- Qualifications and Training
Dermatology experience at Consultant level
Job overview
The successful candidate will provide a general, surgical and paediatric dermatology service to the Wirral. The post is based in the Dermatology Department at Clatterbridge Hospital, part of the Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with some clinics being held at Arrowe Park Hospital, Victoria Central Hospital (Wallasey) and St Catherine’s Hospital (Birkenhead).
The hospital provides a centre of excellence for the management of skin cancer. Applicants must have, or be within 6 months of obtaining, CCT at the time of interview.
Main duties of the job
- To at all times, comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time. 2. To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times. 3. To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with the Clinical Service Lead. 4. Professional supervision and management of staff in the department, for example doctors in training and Specialist Nurses. The post holder will participate in the training of those doctors in training. The post holder will also be required to participate in teaching. 5. To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director. 6. On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s corporate Induction. 7. To participate in the Trust’s Statutory & Mandatory training programme. 8. To be responsible for the Clinical Management of all patients under your care. 9. The post holder will be required to attend audit days. The appointee will also be required to personally participate in Clinical Audit, Clinical Governance and Continuing Professional Development. 10. To participate in Medical education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Recruitment Briefing document for more information on this role available here at the Wirral University Teaching Hospital trust.
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 Consultant in Dermatology with Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Bebington, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Dermatology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Nov 2026.
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