Overview
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Specialty Doctor, Dermatology
The closing date is 06 November 2025
Dermatology at CDDFT is undergoing a period of expansion and transformation.
In a 3 phased approach across acute and community workforces, the service is expanding its capacity to meet the needs of the population and optimize quality of care for patients.
Our team delivers a full range of Dermatology services across County Durham through the University Hospital North Durham, Darlington Memorial Hospital and Bishop Auckland Hospital. We also provide services at Sunderland Royal Hospital for the population of the South Tyneside and Sunderland Region.
Main duties of the job
This role provides an opportunity for an appropriately qualified individual to act as a Senior Clinician within the Dermatology department. The postholder will provide advice and support to more junior medical colleagues and the clinical MDT in matters related to Dermatological conditions; escalating to a consultant when required.
As a Senior Clinician, it is expected you will support the clinical MDT and management team in a wide variety of matters related to the improvement of care quality and access within the service.
The postholder will provide dermatological services and provide a comprehensive clinical service in support of the consultant workforce, this includes:
* Outpatient consultations (In line with British Association of Dermatologist booking standards)
* Specialist activities for the mutual benefit of the postholder's development and department's service delivery (This provides opportunity to explore specialist interests)
* Acuter roster cover
* Advice and guidance services
About us
If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.
You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.
Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.
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From April 9th 2025 - Healthcare assistants - You must have a minimum of two years of experience working within the NHS as a HCA for the Trust to consider sponsorship (we will only consider sponsorship if you meet this criteria and have a current visa expiring within 3 months).
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide dermatological services and provide a comprehensive clinical service in support of the consultant workforce, this includes:
* Outpatient consultations (In line with British Association of Dermatologist booking standards)
* Specialist activities for the mutual benefit of the postholder's development and department's service delivery (This provides opportunity to explore specialist interests)
* Acute roster cover
* Advice and guidance services
* Attend and contribute to the service business and governance meetings to support strategic clinically led direction and robust clinical governance within the service
* Undertake appropriate clinical administration
* Support the on-call roster for acute dermatology issues
* Undertake urgent suspected cancer clinics and dermatological surgery, as well as teledermatology provision
* Departmental teaching - The postholder and their fellow senior medics will collectively support the development and supervision of the more junior workforce
* CPD - The postholder will be responsible for ensuring they meet national requirements surrounding contemporary practice
* MDT - The post holder will be responsible for working with the wider MDT in clinical matters to optimize patient outcomes of care
* Audit and governance activities - The postholder will participate in clinical governance arrangements in line with national and local guidelines
* Patient Experience - The post holder will be expected to engage and support appropriate resolutions to Patient Experience matters in support of the respective leads of the service
* Ensure robust safeguarding of all patients where appropriate, liaising with paediatric specialists should a child or young person be involved
* Collaborate with the operational managers and clinical lead to support the trust attainment of access standards for pathways in line with clinical urgency
* Work with the clinical lead and operational leads of the service to grow and maintain high standards of clinical service: Quality, Safety and Access
* The postholder will be expected to deputise for others in the absence of colleagues in instances of Annual leave, study leave and sickness as far as is practicable and ensure continuous patient care
* Where applicable and appropriate, the post holder will be expected to represent the Dermatology service in internal and external trust forums
Person Specification
Experience
Qualifications
* MBBS or Equivelent
Statutory Registration
* Full GMC Registration
Special Skills & Knowledge
* Ability to diagnose and treat all common skin conditions in adults and children and skin cancers
* Ability to perform excisions, punch biopsies, curettage and shave biopsies
* Ability to perform cryotherapy and intralesional steroid injections
* Ability to supervise patients on phototherapy
* Evidence of audit and presentations
* Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching evidence
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.
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
£61,542 to £99,216 a year MC75 Payscale per annum
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