Job requirements
Essential
22 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Patient Experience
Contributes to improving patients experience
- Patient Experience
See patients as individuals and involve them in decisions about their care
- Patient Experience
Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service
- Patient Experience
Demonstrate an understanding and willingness to embrace user involvement
- Personal Qualities
Able to abide by the Trust CARE Values; Compassionate, Aspirational, Respectful and Excellence
- Personal Qualities
Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligence in both written and spoken English
- Personal Qualities
Willingness to take responsibility, and exert appropriate authority
- Personal Qualities
Excellent interpersonal skills
- Personal Qualities
Interpersonal Skills; ability to see patients as people, ability to empathize and work co-operatively with others
- Personal Qualities
Accountability; ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
- Personal Qualities
Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team, understanding each others unique role
- Audit Management & IT
Ability to work within clinical governance guidelines
- Audit Management & IT
Undertake audits and present data as required
- Audit Management & IT
Good IT skills, use of patient and hospital database
- Education and Qualification
Full registration with the GMC/eligible for registration Within 6 months of CCST in (Speciality) at interview date
- Education and Qualification
Membership of the British Association of Dermatologists or equivalent
- Research, Teaching Skill & Experience
Track record of publications in peer reviewed journals
- Research, Teaching Skill & Experience
Evidence or providing good teaching and supervision to trainees to the level of GMC accredited educational supervision level
- Clinical Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Fully trained in Dermatology
- Clinical Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Previous responsibility for clinical governance and GMC Good Medical Practice
- Clinical Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Ability to make decisions at consultant level
- Clinical Experience, Knowledge & Skills
All aspects of general Dermatology and patient care
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Audit Management & IT
Evidence of clinical leadership role demonstrating accountability for quality of care, financial controls and efficient management of workforce
- Education and Qualification
Higher degree e.g. PhD/ MD submitted/awarded
- Research, Teaching Skill & Experience
Educational qualification
Job overview
This is a substantive 10PA post for a Consultant Dermatologist at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
This is in response to the needs of the department in the last few years and the increasing demand on our services in the local area. Our service covers a large area encompassing both East and West Berkshire and parts of Oxfordshire and Hampshire. We are lucky to work in very beautiful area of the country including Henley and West Berkshire.
We pride ourselves on being a very friendly department and look forward to expanding our department, services and physician workforce and it is now time to expand our consultant numbers.
The simulation date is 17/11/2026 and the Interview date is 08/12/2026
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will support the current delivery of the Dermatology service, including contribution to the development of these services at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and all associated Trust sites. Subspecialty interests of successful candidates can also be accommodated upon future discussion.
The appointee will join the existing team to provide specialist care to this growing population of patients, and raise departmental profiles through teaching and education.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide, with colleagues, Dermatology services in both in-patient and out-patient settings.
To contribute to on-call cover 9am-5pm for the Dermatology service and support advice and queries from the ward/ ambulatory care/ emergency dept and Dermatology Registrar when requested.
Active participation in monthly clinical governance & academic meetings within the department.
Participation and involvement in meetings and other business in the Dermatology service.
The post holders will be expected to participate fully in the teaching of pre-clinical & clinical undergraduate medical students from Oxford University. They will also be expected to contribute to the programmes of F1/F2, Core Trainee and Specialist Registrar teaching.
The successful applicants will be expected to contribute to medical audit and clinical governance and clinical governance meetings take place on alternate months.
The successful candidates will be expected to maintain his/her professional development to the level set by the Royal College of Physicians. The department runs an annual appraisal system in line with the National Appraisal Scheme for Consultant Medical Staff (as outlined in MD5/01) and expects every consultant to maintain a personal development portfolio.
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 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in Reading, 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 02 Nov 2026.
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