Consultant Dermatologist

at  Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Company Description
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Job Description
The Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Dermatology Centre is located in a purpose-build, modern facility on the St Mary’s Community Heath Campus, in block D. We also run our dermatology services at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Fareham Community Hospital and at Petersfield Community Hospital. We provide an expert consultant led service, although our patients benefit from a multidisciplinary team approach, allowing them to receive the most appropriate care to meet their needs.
Treatments for skin conditions are very varied, and includes creams, dressings, day treatments and specialised light therapies (figure 2), tablet medications, newer biological agents and, rarely, admission to hospital. We also carry out a significant amount of surgery under local anaesthetic, principally for the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer. Our skin cancer service is monitored by weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings to ensure best possible outcomes for our patients
Some forms of skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma require surgical treatments. These range from small biopsies to large excisions and the more complex Mohs micrographic surgery. Most of this surgery is performed at Portsmouth Dermatology Centre (Figure 3) at St Mary’s but is also carried out at the community hospitals in Fareham, Gosport and Petersfield. Larger cases may be referred to our surgical colleagues who work at the Queen Alexandra Hospital.
To aid management of our Dermatology patients we often rely on the talented QA Medical Photography and Illustration team, who work alongside us with a fully equipped specialist room within our department which helps good image taking (Figure 4). Please note you may be asked for your consent to have a photograph taken of your skin problem when you attend your appointment, to aid your treatment and follow-up.
Our general Dermatology clinics run on a daily basis throughout the week for the management of conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, acne, skin cancer, and other common conditions.

The specialist services run at the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Dermatology Centre are:

• Acne treatments
• Biological therapy
• Contact dermatitis / patch testing
• Connective tissue disorders
• Day treatments, including dressings
• Iontophoresis
• Paediatric clinics
• Phototherapy
• Photodynamic therapy
• Psoriasis clinic
• Skin cancer clinics
• Skin surgery
• Mohs surgery
• Vulval clinic

We also run combined clinics with the genitourinary physicians, gynaecologists, oncologists, paediatricians, plastic surgeons and rheumatologists. We are also in close contact with other clinical departments particularly maxillofacial, oculo-plastic and head & neck surgery.
Our department is a major dermatology teaching centre and therefore you may be seen by a Dermatology Specialist Registrar. You may also see other trainee doctors and nurses, pharmacists and medical students.
We are looking for a dermatology consultant who can demonstrate their ability to work as part of our efficient and cohesive multidisciplinary team and interact well with local GPs. The department provides a large part of the Wessex dermatology SpR rotation in addition to a research fellow and locally employed doctors.
Clinical support staff including nursing, technical and administration staff numbers in place to support this new post.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT (proposed date must be within 6 months),
• An appropriate SpR experience in Dermatology culminating in CCST in Dermatology

Desirable

• General Medicine to Registrar Level

CLINICAL SKILLS

• Demonstrable skills and experience of General Dermatology
• Sub Speciality interest either surgical or medical
• Understanding of clinical risk management

KNOWLEDGE

• Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge
• Knowledge and use of evidence based practice
• IT skills
• Effective, confident presentation ability
• Experience in and outside speciality

The appointee will join the Dermatology team as a locum Consultant Dermatologist on 6 PA’s and will be expected to participate in all facets of department activity.
The post will be based in the Dermatology Centre on the St Mary’s Campus in Portsmouth.