Overview
An exciting opportunity to join the Dermatology team working within Medicine, in the BRI with the opportunity to work at Weston General Hospital. The successful applicant will work with the Dermatology team and be predominantly responsible for providing care for Dermatology patients.
The post holder will be based at the Bristol Dermatology Centre, Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) working alongside a large consultant body and specialist nursing teams.
We are one of the regional training centres for dermatology. We provide a full range of dermatology services for the local population, as well as regional services in paediatric dermatology, phototherapy, psychodermatology, hidradenitis suppurativa, contact dermatitis, and skin lymphoma. We are also a provider of teledermatology services.
Bristol Dermatology Centre is a self-contained facility and includes phototherapy and contact dermatitis suites, a treatment area, skin surgery theatres, and clinical rooms, together with administration and consultant offices.
Part of this role includes attendance at skin cancer MDTs, Histology review meetings and complex case meetings (Combined Clinic) and review of ward patients.
Role details
1.0 WTE 12M Fixed Term Clinical Fellow. Locations may vary between Bristol Royal Infirmary, Dermatology Centre, Weston General Hospital and South Bristol Community Centre.
The Clinical Fellow post available is detailed below and will be available to start from October 2025.
Responsibilities
* Outpatient Clinic: The post holder will contribute to consultant led Dermatology clinics.
* Clinical Management: Take a full role in the delivery of the Trust wide agenda for Governance. Participate in an open learning environment with a clear risk management strategy that allows innovation and improvement in care whilst placing patient safety at the center of our values. Take an active part in the department/specialty strategy.
* Patient Care: Comply with all relevant Trust policies relating to administration of patient care.
* Management and leadership responsibilities: Support the smooth running of the department and contribute to service delivery as required.
* Non-clinical training and responsibilities: Day to day clinical responsibilities are a significant part of the training offered to Clinical Fellows, with informal clinical teaching as appropriate. All doctors are expected to undertake audits and contribute to the Departmental academic programme. There is an Education Centre with library facilities. Opportunities exist for participation in clinical research; regular clinical trials and research governance meetings. Laboratory experience is available within the department.
Team and services
Our team of dermatologists includes 13.03 whole time equivalent Consultants plus an Associate Specialist. The Bristol Dermatology Department is a large teaching hospital department providing a full range of dermatological services for our local population as well as a regional service in paediatric dermatology, phototherapy, contact dermatitis, skin lymphoma and inpatients. This is an undergraduate and postgraduate teaching Trust.
What you’ll love about working here
UHBW has been rated by the CQC as Good – our staff are proud to deliver excellent care. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston-super-Mare; join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds: city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
Sustainable healthcare – We have joined the international movement to declare a climate emergency, recognising the impact climate change is having on the world. 2030.
Diversity & Inclusion – A core principle of the Trust is to ensure that patients and staff are treated with dignity and respect. Committed to inclusion in everything we do is the ambition set out in the Trust’s Workforce Diversity & Inclusion Strategy.
Contact and interviews
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Shalini Narayan Job title: Consultant Dermatology Email: Shalini.Narayan@uhbw.nhs.uk
Candidates wishing to visit the hospitals may do so and should make their arrangements with: Dr Louise Newell & Dr Debbie Shipley, joint clinically leads and Dr Shalini Narayan, Clinically Fellow Specialty Tutor, Bristol Royal Infirmary Tel: 0117 3422770 or by email to Shalini.narayan@uhbw.nhs.uk, Louise.Newell@uhbw.nhs.uk or Debbie.Shipley@uhbw.nhs.uk
Interviews (in-person): Proposed 22nd September 2025
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