Consultant Dermatologist

Job overview

Royal College Approval

The successful applicant will join a team of dermatologists who work closely with the plastic surgery department to provide a skin cancer service at NBT. We also provide a general dermatology service and have close links with the dermatology department at Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI).

The dermatology service is a local and regional service primarily covering Bristol and South Gloucestershire populations, but we also provide an SSMDT and accept tertiary referrals for patients with complex skin cancer in the South-West. We also deliver specialist services such as Mohs’ micrographic surgery, Laser, and Vulval dermatology. The post-holder will join a team of 5 Consultant Dermatologists, 1 associate specialist, 1 Specialty Doctor, 2 specialist nurses and 6 juniors employed at the trust.

Main duties of the job

The work of the Dermatology Department includes:

• General Dermatology Clinics
• Skin Cancer Clinics and surgery
• Acute Ward Referrals
• Advice and Guidance referrals (Tele-dermatology) and photo clinics
• Remote and face to face general and suspected cancer dermatology
• MOH's surgery
• Biologic clinic for Eczema
• Complex patient clinic (commissioned by UHBW0
• Nurse-led drug monitoring and inflammatory disease clinics
• Specialist Skin Cancer Multidisciplinary Meetings
• Supervision of a Dermatology trainee/cancer CNS
• Undergraduate teaching

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• General Dermatology Clinics
• Skin Cancer Clinics and surgery
• Acute Ward Referrals
• Advice and Guidance referrals (Tele-dermatology) and photo clinics
• Remote and face to face general and suspected cancer dermatology
• Nurse-led drug monitoring and inflammatory disease clinics
• Specialist Skin Cancer Multidisciplinary Meetings
• Supervision of a Dermatology trainee/cancer CNS
• Undergraduate teaching

There are close links with the Dermatology Centre at the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI), part of University Hospital Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW). Patients requiring complex biological treatments and patch testing are referred to the BRI for treatment.  There are links with community specialist nurses for management of inflammatory skin disease.  In addition, there is a Mohs’ micrographic surgery service supported by 3 part-time Mohs surgeons from UHBW. Our junior team includes a one-year rotating dermatology trainee (NTN), a clinical fellow, and a GP trainee doctor. To maintain close links between Dermatologists across the city, time will also be allocated for the weekly regional combined clinic which is held at the BRI.