GSTT Joint Locum Dermatology Consultant

The Department of dermatology at Queen Elizabeth Hospital l is seeking a full time Consultant to work 8 pas at Woolwich and 2 pas GSTT . The post holder will run a range of clinics based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich. Clinics will include general adult and paediatric dermatology clinics, skin cancer clinics and a minor surgery list. The post also includes inpatient review of acute dermatology referrals., The post holder will run a range of clinics based at QEH and GSTT Clinics will include general adult and paediatric dermatology clinics, skin cancer clinics and a minor surgery list. The post also includes inpatient review of acute dermatology referrals., Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream, + The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice
+ To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
+ To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
+ To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
Research, Teaching and Training
+ To collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust's translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Good Clinical Practice and Research Governance.
+ To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
+ To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.
Performance Management
+ To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
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· Clinical efficiency e.g. length of stay (LOS) reductions, reducing cancelled operations and 'Did Not Attend' (DNA) rates.
· Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.
· Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
· Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
Medical Staff Management
· To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors' hours are compliant in line with European Working Time Directive (EWTD) and New Deal.
· To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments
· To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.
· To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
· To be responsible for the annual appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/General Manager.
Governance
· To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
· Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
· To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
· Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.
· To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.
· To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
· To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Strategy and Business Planning
To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.
Leadership and Team Working
· To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.
· To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required.
· To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
· To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
· Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

We are looking for a dynamic applicant who is committed to excellence in patient care and who is forward-looking as we explore innovative ways of delivering our services., We are looking for a dynamic applicant who is committed to excellence in patient care and who is forward-looking as we explore innovative ways of delivering our services wit working relationships at QEH and GSTT.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.