Consultant Dermatologist

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to work within a busy, friendly and dynamic dermatology department based over two hospital sites, Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital has become available.

We are also fortunate to have a large number of highly skilled nurses and a clinical Pharmacist. At this time, there are 3 advanced clinical practitioners in the department and we are hoping to expand this workforce and recruit a nurse consultant as well. The advanced clinical practitioners each have their own subspeciality within dermatology and operate independent clinics, e.g biologics initiation and follow up clinics, acne clinics to consider and commence Isoretinoin and skin cancer surveillance clinics. Some of them also operate independent theatre lists and are part of the multi-disciplinary team.

Additionally, the department is very resourceful and our department sister and other senior nurses are trained and work as non-medical prescribers and some of them also have regular surgical lists in the department.

The department is proud to continue to offer outpatient intensive topical treatments in a dedicated Dermatology Treatment Room and this initiative has continued to reduce the number of hospital admissions required for patients with significant and very burdensome skin disease. The department also offers other nurse led activities including eczema education clinics, phototherapy assessment clinics and subsequent phototherapy as well as patch testing.

Main duties of the job

The Dermatology service at ELHT is progressive and forward thinking and this post presents an exciting opportunity to join a cohesive team of enthusiastic Dermatology professionals who are supported by high quality colleagues in the wider multi-disciplinary team.

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is an integrated care organisation formed by the merger of hospital and community services in East Lancashire. We provide a broad range of acute and community services to the local population in addition to some specialist services to a wider population. We are a clinically led, managerially supported organisation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Primary Medical Degree
  • Full registration with the GMC and a licence to practice
  • MRCP

Training & Experience

Essential

  • Completed General Medical Training
  • Specialist training in Dermatology

Administration

Essential

  • Experience in day-to-day activities of a busy dermatology department/teaching hospital
  • Able to demonstrate some leadership skills within a multidisciplinary setting

Desirable

  • Familiar with current NHS structure and recent changes

Audit, QI & Research

Essential

  • Good understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement
  • Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research

Desirable

  • Recent experience in one or more dermatology projects
  • Publications in dermatology, e.g. case reports

Personal skills

Essential

  • Effective communication skills with a variety of healthcare professionals/others
  • Professional attitude and manner. Reliable and punctua

Desirable

  • Familiarity with information technology and other related skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 14 July 2026

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