Consultant in Dermatology

Barts Health NHS Trust - Division of Medicine Consultant in Dermatology (Part-Time, 6 PAs) Whipps Cross Hospital Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and committed Consultant Dermatologist to join our dynamic and expanding Dermatology Department at Whipps Cross Hospital. This is a part-time post (6 PAs) working alongside a highly experienced team of 11 consultants, specialist nurses, trainees and wider multidisciplinary colleagues.

The post holder will participate in the dermatology ward referrals, reviewing on average 2 per week. There is an average of 12 patients booked per clinic, unless supervising and an average of 5 biopsies patients per list. The new and follow up clinic ratio is 6 news and 6 follow ups per clinic for routine patients. There are teledermatology clinics run in the form of A&G (BAD guidance of 25 patients per 4 hour session will be expected). The clinics are based at the Whipps Cross Hospital. We receive approximately 450 2ww adult patient cancer referrals per month week, and approximately 400 more referrals for A&G and appointments across adult and paediatric dermatology. Whipps Cross provides a comprehensive general dermatology service, as well as a range of multi-disciplinary specialist services including skin cancer, advanced skin surgery, genital dermatoses and psychodermatology as well as providing support to the local GPSI dermatology service. On the academic side we run several commercial and non-commercial clinical trials on site and have close links with the Centre for Cutaneous Research, Queen Mary University of London. The dermatology department is well-staffed with trainees including 1 specialist registrar, 1 research fellow and 2 clinical fellows. In addition, there is a Dermatology Matron, x 2 band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialists, x 1 band 6 nurse and x 1 band 5 nurse in post.