Job summary
- Main area
- Dermatology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (Mon-Fri)
- Job ref
- 179-7930280-MSC
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital
- Town
- Bury St. Edmunds
- Salary
- £104,401 - £115,341 Pro Rata Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Fixed Term Specialist in Dermatology (9 months)
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist
Job overview
This is a fixed term 9 month post (1st July 2026 – 31st March 2027) which presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high‑ quality, patient‑ centred service within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
The successful candidate will join a team of 4 consultants and 8 nurses who work collectively to cover the dermatology service. The post will be expected to provide specialist outpatient and inpatient dermatology care. Deliver expertise in the diagnosis and management of skin conditions, including skin cancer. Participate in MDT meetings and support junior doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals through supervision and teaching.
The department offers a friendly collaborative working environment with links with regional specialist center. The department has a long history of innovation and has introduced both a pre and post telederm referral pathway for suspected cancers.
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Main duties of the job
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of medical and surgical dermatology.
• Provision of out-patient services in general and tumour dermatology in West Suffolk Hospital.
• Local anaesthetic surgery, one week if needed.
• To efficiently manage the administrative side of patient care including communications with GPs and informing patients of results.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and Audit.
• To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing professional development (CPD).
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Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The specialist nurses share care for patients with chronic disease on second-line treatment. They provide pre-treatment counselling and see new patients with acne and psoriasis. Our skin cancer specialist nurse provides support and counselling for tumour patients. They also provide surgical and PDT services to the department.
Surgical lists are for dermatological local anaesthetic surgery only. The list size depends on the case mix. The complexity of cases will be decided by the post-holder. Surgical treatment of benign lesions is restricted, as per guidelines issued by the local CCGs. West Suffolk Hospital has a plastic surgery service with four consultant plastic surgeons in post.
Paediatric dermatology is run in close cooperation with the paediatricians in the Rainbow outpatient clinic in the Children’s unit. Children are admitted under the paediatricians and emergency referrals for children as inpatients are as per shared rota. We have support from our paediatricians who help with eczema follow up and skin prick testing/allergen advice. We have close links with the paediatric dermatology unit/plastic surgery in Addenbrookes hospital and tertiary referrals are sent to Great Ormond Street children’s hospital.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- MD or PhD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Dermatology
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Experience in management of Dermatology in-patient and out-patient medicine
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a full spectrum of Dermatology patients
Desirable criteria
- Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR training programme or equivalent
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the dermatology service
- Ability to organise and manage a Dermatology service
- Ability to manage and lead members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of audit management
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
Desirable criteria
- 5 years supervised training in an appropriate SpR equivalent training programme
Teaching and Training
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising F1s, F2s and SpRs
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Experience of workplace- based assessment
- Experience in developing and delivering undergraduate teaching
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching basic clinic skills to undergraduates
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Management & Audit Training
Essential criteria
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the Dermatology service
- Ability to organise and manage day to day service delivery e.g. out-patient priorities
- Ability to manage and lead strategic developments in service delivery
- Experience of audit management
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
Personal Skills & Qualities
Essential criteria
- Good personal interactive communications skills: clarity of expression and purpose
- The ability to work as a team member
- Acceptance of management and administrative duties by working within a structured hospital team for the greater good
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance
Special Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated: able to act on own initiative
- Enthusiasm and dynamism to improve, monitor and sustain the highest achievable clinical standards
- To possess an enquiring mind, generally challenging the status quo to ensure clinically effective evidence-based best practice
- Capacity to accept full responsibility to lead a clinical team
- To teach and train all human resources from a wide spectrum of skills, background, abilities and experience
Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- To have a broad understanding of all elements of, and a commitment to the principles of Clinical Governance
Research & Publications
Essential criteria
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
Desirable criteria
- Ability to supervise research projects
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Kun Chen
- Job title
- Consultant Dermatologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 713577
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