GP with Extended Role in Dermatology

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Newport; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via the email account you used to apply for this post; therefore, please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top-up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top-up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum. This temporary top-up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) is looking for an enthusiastic colleague to join their Dermatology Team. The current department offers a full range of Dermatology Services for the local population of 600,000.

Our Dermatology hub is based at St Woolos Hospital. We provide phototherapy, patch testing, paediatric dermatology, biologic infusions, nurse-led drug monitoring, minor surgery, and one-stop skin lesion clinics. In addition, we have developed an expanding Teledermatology Service, which has been well received by patients and GPs and is having a positive impact on waiting times and service delivery.

The successful candidate will work in close conjunction with the existing Consultants and have wide experience of skin cancer and general/medical dermatology. The Skin Cancer Service is well developed at present with one-stop lesion clinics on 3 sites, supported by surgically skilled GPs and Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists. The general/medical clinics take place across 4 sites and are supported by a team including a Nurse Consultant and Clinical Nurse Specialists.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities

As a senior employee of the Health Board, the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional, and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Health Board’s patients. Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:

• Carry out surgical procedures within a one-stop clinic setting.
• Support the diagnosis and management of inflammatory skin disease.
• Ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service.
• Provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty.
• Sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate.
• Undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board’s procedures and operating policies.
• Conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Division’s and Health Board’s service plan.
• Maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Medical Division, or the Health Board.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow, and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary, and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications, and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work-life balance, provide occupational health support, and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high-quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital, which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy which opened in October 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

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