Locum Consultant in Dermatology

Job overview

The Department of Dermatology is seeking a part-time (6.5 PA) Locum consultant for up to 12 months. It includes tertiary paediatric services in severe eczema as well as general paediatric dermatology clinics at St Thomas’. The post also includes general adult dermatology clinics at the St. Thomas’ Hospital site. The post may have a requirement for flexible working across other South East London dermatology sites depending on service demand. We are looking for a dynamic applicant who is committed to excellence in patient care and who is forward-looking as we explore innovative ways of delivering our services.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Main duties of the job

St. John’s Institute of Dermatology with Clinical Genetics, Rheumatology (including Lupus), Infection (including HIV and Sexual Health) and Allergy (Specialist Ambulatory Services) is one of the largest clinical directorates at GSTT. The clinical directorates are clinically led with separate budget and performance targets. The SAS Clinical Director is Dr Toby Garrood, the General Manager is Michaela Cashman and Head of Nursing is Louise Farrow.

The Dermatology Department provides a wide range of multidisciplinary specialist clinics as well as general dermatology services. Formerly a post graduate teaching hospital, it is now fully integrated into the Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals Trust and the Guy’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine (GKT) of Kings College London. St. John’s Institute of Dermatology contributes to GKT research activities as part of the Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, GKT Medical School, Kings College London and provides an annual MSc postgraduate course. Cutaneous medicine is also one of seven designated BRC themes which form a core component of the Biomed Research Centre at GSTT and KCL.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide High Quality Care to Patients

• The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice
• To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
• To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Research, Teaching and Training

• To collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Good Clinical Practice and Research Governance.
• To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
• To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.

Performance Management

• To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
• Clinical efficiency e.g. length of stay (LOS) reductions, reducing cancelled operations and ‘Did Not Attend’ (DNA) rates.
• Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.
• Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
• Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.

*** 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.