Senior Clinical Fellow in Medical Education and Medical Dermatology

Job overview

Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

St. John’s Institute of Dermatology

Dermatology

Senior Clinical Fellow in Medical Education and Medical Dermatology

Nodal Point - 4 - £61,825 p.a excl. of LZ (pro rata)

Full Time:             40-hours

Fixed Term:         12-months

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited for this fixed term 12-month appointment suitable for Dermatologists seeking to develop an interest in medical education and acquire specialist training in complex medical dermatology, commencing 1st April 2025.

This is an excellent opportunity to both develop an interest in medical education and receive supra-specialist training in complex medical dermatology. The post holder will join a first class, multi-disciplinary team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment. This post will comprise of 50:50 education and clinical time.

The post holder will have a unique opportunity to develop as a medical educationist as part of the St. John’s Derm Academy. As a senior clinical fellow within highly specialised medical dermatology, the post holder will play a central role in further development and delivery of medical education at St John’s Institute of Dermatology and receive supra-specialist training in the management of adult severe inflammatory skin disease and associated complex immune-mediated therapies.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions., ,

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Education - St. John’s Derm Academy

This role involves contributing to the conception of educational initiatives, overseeing the content and helping with the organisation and delivery of multiple dermatology education courses for health professionals. It involves working with the events and administrative team to deliver high quality, educational courses that are evidence-based and focused to the various healthcare providers who attend. It will also involve developing innovative online educational resources and management of social media accounts.

You will also support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and have shared responsibility with colleagues for the educational supervision of trainees and visiting professionals attending the department.

You will be encouraged to further your professional development in medical education and you may wish to undertake a post graduate degree (Diploma or MSc in medical education), and will be supported in your job plan to allow for this.

You will provide support and teaching for the postgraduate Masters in Clinical Dermatology (MSc) course (Kings College London and St John’s Institute of Dermatology)

Medical Dermatology

As a senior clinical fellow, you will be fully integrated into the multi-disciplinary medical dermatology team.

Clinical responsibilities will be delivered primarily in an outpatient based and ambulatory care setting.

You will receive general and sub-specialty dermatology training. You will undertake 2.5 tertiary dermatology clinics per week and 0.75 general dermatology clinics per week (i.e. 3 general dermatology clinics per month). The tertiary dermatology clinics will comprise weekly specialist eczema and psoriasis clinics, and a third specialist clinic on alternate weeks based on your area of interest such as (but not exclusive to) immunobullous disease, skin lymphoma, photobiology, hair or paediatric dermatology. With prior agreement, this third specialist clinic may be rotated on a 4-6 monthly basis.

** Please note we may close this vacancy earlier if we receive sufficient amount of applications **