Overview
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. We provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Applications are invited as a Speciality Doctor in Dermatology at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals based at Clifton Hospital. The successful candidate will undertake outpatient clinics and skin surgery clinics. The contract is for 10 programmed activities; additional programmed activities may be available subject to negotiation with the Medical Director. There is no on-call commitment for this post.
Working for our organisation
The Trust is highly active in clinical research. We are the highest recruiting centre for many clinical trials for commercial and non-commercial sponsors; and have recruited the first global, European and UK patients across a number of specialties. The Clinical Research Centre is the dedicated facility for use by researchers, where patients can participate in research. We have high calibre staff with long track records of being research active, staff who are enthusiastic to get involved in research for the first time and staff who support research through their role. Our unit is active in clinical research. We are recruiting patients to non-commercial studies including biologic registers and studies looking at intensive management of RA. Ideally the applicant would play an active role in clinical research. Please see the attached Job Description for more information in regards to the position of Dermatology Specialist Doctor.
We seek a personable team player, who will seek to develop our department according to their own experience and interests. The successful applicant will be responsible for their own cohort of patients but will work alongside consultant and speciality doctor colleagues, providing mutual support during clinical sessions.
We work in a pleasant modern department in a community hospital in Lytham St Annes. We have brand new NB UVB and PUVA units, running phototherapy clinics Monday to Saturday. We have a well established skin cancer teledermatology service (since 2020), large biologic service, weekly skin cancer MDT and monthly complex MDT clinics.
Role and responsibilities
* We are looking for a full time (1 WTE) Speciality Doctor with previous experience in dermatology to join our busy dermatology department in the Fylde Coast area.
* The post offers opportunities to develop knowledge and skills in general dermatology and skin surgery and is ideally suited to someone seeking to work towards MRCP/CESR.
* The successful applicant will join a team of consultant, Speciality Doctors and GPwER, supported by a team of experienced dermatology clinical nurse specialists, in providing a comprehensive dermatology service. Sessional commitments will include outpatient clinics, skin surgery, inpatient review of inpatients at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals at the request of consultant colleagues and weekly skin cancer multidisciplinary clinical meetings.
* The successful applicant will be responsible for their own cohort of patients and will work alongside consultant and speciality doctor colleagues, providing mutual support during clinical sessions.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
Further information and conditions
If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50 and Enhanced DBS check £53.50. You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures. Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check. DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions. By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed. The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here. Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this. Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier. Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking. The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
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