Consultant Dermatologist

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The successful candidate will be a 10 PA Consultant appointment in Dermatology. The appointee will be expected to integrate within the team of existing Consultants in order to provide a complete dermatology service. All the consultants undertake general and skin cancer clinics, minor-ops and do tele-dermatology sessions (once a month - with a capped number of patients). There is a rota for ward referrals and triage. Clinic template size will comply with numbers advised by the British Association of Dermatologists. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop their own specialist interest, particularly in paediatric dermatology.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be a 10 PA Consultant appointment in Dermatology. The appointee will be expected to integrate within the team of existing Consultants in order to provide a complete dermatology service. All the consultants undertake general and skin cancer clinics, minor-ops and do tele-dermatology sessions (once a month - with a capped number of patients). There is a rota for ward referrals and triage. Clinic template size will comply with numbers advised by the British Association of Dermatologists. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop their own specialist interest, particularly in paediatric dermatology.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire, including Ellesmere Port and Neston, as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification Qualifications & Skills

• Full GMC Registration
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register. CCT/CESR for Dermatology - or date within 6 months of appointment
• Interest in developing a specialist interest - particularly in pediatrics

Teaching & Training Experience

• Experience / Interest in teaching
• Training the Trainers Course
• Other Teaching skill Courses or qualifications

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.