Senior Clinical Fellow in Medical Dermatology

Job overview

The St John’s Institute of Dermatology is seeking a full time Senior Clinical Fellow in Medical 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.

General enquiries, about the job or for an informal discussion about this post should be directed to Dr Richard Woolf, Consultant Dermatologist, Joint Service Lead for Dermatology [email: [email protected]] or Dr Satveer Mahil, Consultant Dermatologist and St John’s DermAcademy Director [email: [email protected] ].

Main duties of the job

Job Summary:

• As a senior clinical fellow, you will be fully integrated into the multi-disciplinary medical dermatology team.
• Clinical responsibilities will be delivered primarily in an outpatient based and ambulatory/inpatient care setting.
• You will receive general and sub-specialty dermatology training. You will undertake 5 tertiary dermatology clinics per week. The post comprises 9 DCC sessions and supports high volume clinical activity in multiple tertiary complex medical dermatology clinics, including hidradenitis suppurativa, severe psoriasis, severe eczema and immunobullous disease, as well as the dermatology day unit and inpatient activity.

Duties and responsibilities:

Teaching and Training:

All Trust Doctors are expected to contribute to the extensive teaching and training programme at St John’s.

Specifically, this post encompasses:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide senior clinical expertise across multiple complex medical 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 medical dermatology clinics, support dermatology inpatient activity, oversee the dermatology day centre and contribute to the safe prescribing and monitoring of high-cost immunomodulatory therapies.

Your supervisor will provide regular supervision and guidance.

Job Summary:

• As a senior clinical fellow, you will be fully integrated into the multi-disciplinary medical dermatology team.
• Clinical responsibilities will be delivered primarily in an outpatient based and ambulatory/inpatient care setting.
• You will receive general and sub-specialty dermatology training. You will undertake 5 tertiary dermatology clinics per week. The post comprises 9 DCC sessions and supports high volume clinical activity in multiple tertiary complex medical dermatology clinics, including hidradenitis suppurativa, severe psoriasis, severe eczema and immunobullous disease, as well as the dermatology day unit and inpatient activity.

Duties and responsibilities:

Teaching and Training:

All Trust Doctors are expected to contribute to the extensive teaching and training programme at St John’s.

Specifically, this post encompasses:

• Responsibility shared with colleagues for the supervision and teaching of junior clinical fellows, trainees and visiting professionals attending the department.
• You will provide support and teaching for the postgraduate Masters in Clinical Dermatology (MSc) course (Kings College London and St John’s Institute of Dermatology)

Clinical Responsibilities:

The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of dermatology services to the Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to include:

• To support specialist dermatology clinical services with particular responsibility in complex inflammatory skin disease, including severe psoriasis, severe eczema, hidradenitis suppurativa and immunobullous disease, and general dermatology clinics.
• To contribute to the safe prescribing and monitoring of high-cost immunomodulatory therapies for patients with long-term chronic inflammatory skin diseases.
• To support high volume tertiary clinic activity, including at least 8-10 new clinic patients and at least 20 follow-up patients per week.
• To oversee efficient operation of the dermatology day unit and support acute medical dermatology inpatient admissions, including step down to dermatology day unit care.
• Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.
• To be an active member of the multidisciplinary team delivering care to adults with skin disease.
• To act as a key, accessible point of contact for consultants, junior clinical fellows, specialist registrars, specialist nurses, pharmacists, healthcare assistants and administrative staff across the week.

*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive a sufficient number of applications ***