The post-holder will use most of his/her time in clinical activities directly relating to Dermatology. The total NHS work load is 0.1375WTE (5.5 hours) each week. The post-holder's duties will be primarily based at the Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, but their presence may be required in other parts of the Trust. Clinical care may involve collaboration with and/or supervision of an intermediate dermatology service. The post-holder will also be required to maintain excellent links with primary care at a personal and administrative level. New appointees will be offered mentoring within the Department of Dermatology., Junior medical support and training: The Dermatology service participates in the Oxford Training Rotation, which consists of specialist training posts shared between several hospitals (The Churchill & John Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford, the Horton Hospital, Banbury and the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading). At any one time, we have at least 4-6 registrars based in Oxford, each of which spend approximately 24 months based in the department. Minor Operating Procedures: The clinical work plan (see below) will involve session in outpatient minor procedures to support the skin cancer service. There are 4 minor procedure rooms in Dermatology staffed with consultants, registrars, GPwSIs, nurses and healthcare professionals. Procedures range from simple shave c&cs to excision +/- grafts, booked to the ability of the operator. Ward rounds & in-patient cover: All in-patients are admitted under medical teams at the JR, Churchill, Horton sites and dermatology speciliast support is provided where needed.

• MRCP or MRCGP
• CCT in general practice or equivalent
Desirable criteria
• Higher medical / scientific degree, General training & experience in dermatology to clinical assistant / GPwSI level or equivalent
• Competence in diagnosis & management of skin cancer including use of dermoscopy and surgical excisions
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at level of a GP partner and know when to seek clinical support, Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team in a GP practice.
• Effective administrative and time management skills.
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training
• Evidence of contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities, Full GMC registration and licence to practise
Desirable criteria
• Driving licence, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel. Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families., Applications are invited to apply for the above post in Dermatology at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH). The post is based at the Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are pleased to be able to advertise for one part time GPwSI in dermatology with an interest in skin cancer for one year in the first instance to join our experienced skin cancer team in Oxford. This is a new post. Located within the Thames Valley, Oxford's skin cancer service is a recognised centre of excellence with one of the highest incidences of melanoma in the UK. We have state of the art surgical, diagnostic and laboratory facilities in a purpose built unit. We have excellent on-site links with plastic surgery and oncology with a centralised head and neck skin cancer service. With over 3,000 skin cancers treated in our university department each year, we are keen to recruit a colleague, who will relish the opportunity of working and teaching in this inspirational environment, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel