Consultant Republic of Ireland HSE Medicine Dermatology Dermatologist in Leinster Region on a fixed term / permanent basis; working for our client via Workplace Doctors

*** Must have IMC (Specialist Division) Registration (Irish Medical Council) - Essential
*** Location: Republic of Ireland - Leinster Region (Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, Laois, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Cavan)
***Speciality: Medicine: Dermatology Dermatologist

*** Role: Consultant (6+ years post graduate experience)

*** Duration: 12 months (FREE visa & work permit + relocation package offered)

*** Start date: ASAP

***IELTS Score of 7.0 Overall (minimum) – Essential

***Exact location details provided on application

*** Pay rate: €217,235 to €261,051 Euro’s (dependent on experience) basic salary (allowances paid extra)

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Overview

This is a full time 10PAs post, newly created because of increasing number of referrals to dermatology service in our clients hospital based in the Leinster Region. However part-time applicants will also be considered. The job plan will be determined by clinical need and space availability and some aspects of the job plan are negotiable. Specialist interests fitting in with the departmental need is most welcome; experience in paediatric dermatology is desirable.

·       Knowledge and experience of out-patient dermatology and management of acute dermatoses

·       Knowledge and experience of paediatric dermatology (desirable but not essential)

·       Knowledge and experience of out-patient dermatology and management of tumours including melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma

·       Knowledge and experience of in-patient and acute dermatology

Please note that full IMC registration and license to practice is an essential for this role. If you do not currently have IMC registration, but you are in the process of applying, please use the supporting information section of the application form to provide an update about the status of your IMC application.

Candidates without IMC registration at the time of shortlisting will not be considered- as per hospital requirements.

Additional Information

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for the Republic of Ireland. The basic salary range for this post is euros €217,235 to €261,051 Euro’s per annum plus a further euro 26,672 per annum available in Commitment Awards.

Specific Duties

The appointee will be expected to help provide a Clinical Dermatology service including the key tasks above.

The hospital delivers services to patients seven days a week and aims to provide equality of treatment and outcome regardless of the day of the week.  To meet these aims and changing service requirements, the hospital may need you either to work temporarily outside of your core hours or to permanently change your core working days and hours.  The hospital will give you reasonable notice, where possible, of temporary changes to your days or hours of work and will consult with you and/or your staff representatives about substantial permanent changes, but ultimately, these are changes which may be required of you

The Dermatology Department is based at the hospital but provides peripheral clinics to the surrounding counties. The hospital anticipates that the new post-holder would attend other site clinics once to twice weekly.

The appointee will work closely with the Dermatology Consultants already in post as well as the Clinical Nurse Specialists.

The clinics at hospital are held in the general outpatients department and are well supported by nursing and reception staff. The current consultants have mixed new and follow up patients with 15 minute slots for both.  New to follow up ratios and consultant to consultant referrals are monitored as part of the agreement with the Primary Care hospitals.

 The specialist nurses share care for patients with chronic disease on second-line treatment. They provide pre-treatment counselling and see new patients with acne.

Rapid access clinics are for new cases only and have 10 minute slots. A skin cancer specialist nurse provides support and counselling for tumour patients.

Surgical lists are for dermatological local anaesthetic surgery only. The list size depends on the case mix. The complexity of cases will be decided by the post-holder. Surgical treatment of benign lesions is restricted, as per guidelines issued by the local hospitals. The hospital currently has plastic surgery service provided from another nearby hospital with clinics and local anaesthetic lists taking place at the hospital site. There are strong links between dermatology and plastic surgery and they hope to strengthen these in future.

Paediatric dermatology is run in close cooperation with the paediatricians in the outpatient clinic in the Children’s unit. Children are admitted under the paediatricians and emergency referrals for children as inpatients are as per shared rota. They have support from paediatricians who help with eczema follow up and skin prick testing/allergen advice. The hospital have close links with the paediatric dermatology unit/plastic surgery in the nearby hospital and tertiary referrals are sent to the children’s hospital in the region.

Teaching Commitments

·       regular commitments to ward based teaching of undergraduates.

·       participation in the lecture programmes for 2^nd and 4^th & 5^th year medical students.

·       teaching of other groups as required including other specialty juniors and specialist nurses.

Job Plan

A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee, the Operational Medical Director and Lead Medicine: Dermatology Consultant, on behalf of the Trust’s Medical Director, based on the provisional timetable. This will be signed by the Chief Executive and will be effective from the commencement date of the appointment.

It will be reviewed at 3 months & thereafter annually or at any time, but no less than 3 months after a previous review, as requested by the appointee, Operational Medical Director or Clinical Lead & adjusted accordingly to the agreement of both parties.

·       Total of 3-4 clinics per week with a mix of specialist clinics, general clinics, peripheral and rapid access clinics.  Up to two clinics a week will be a peripheral clinic,

·       1 surgical list per week.

·       Attendance at MDT x 3 a month.

·       Attendance at dermatology unit meetings x 1 a month.

·       Availability for ward referrals once to twice weekly. The hospital does not have dermatology beds. If dermatology patients are admitted it is under the general physicians and the dermatologist consults as needed.

·       Patient related administration.

·       All posts at the hospital have 1.5 SPA’s in line with other hospitals locally. If additional duties such as Educational Supervisor are undertaken extra payment can be negotiated.

·       On-call 1 in 5

Provisional timetable

This gives 3 to 4 unprogrammed half days a week. The MDT and the dermatology unit meetings do not occupy a full session.

The clinic profiles would be expected to be 5 new and 7 follow ups with 15 minute appointments for new patients and 10 minute slots for follow-ups. The rapid access clinic profiles are 10 minute appointments with 12 patients. This profile gives sufficient time to both see patients and complete clinic correspondence.

Ward referrals: demand is low. Usually see between 0 and 3 a day.

The details of the timetable will be discussed with the post holder.

Standard Duties and responsibilities

a) To participate in development of and undertake all duties and functions pertinent to the Consultant’s area of competence, as set out within the Clinical Directorate Service Plan  and in line with policies as specified by the Employer.

b) To ensure that duties and functions are undertaken in a manner that minimises delays for patients and possible disruption of services.

c) To work within the framework of the hospital / agency’s service plan and/or levels of service (volume, types etc.) as determined by the Employer. Service planning for individual clinical services will be progressed through the Clinical Directorate structure or other arrangements as apply.

d) To co-operate with the expeditious implementation of the Disciplinary Procedure 

e) To formally review the execution of the Clinical Directorate Service Plan with the Clinical Director / Employer periodically. The Clinical Directorate Service Plan shall be reviewed periodically at the request of the Consultant or Clinical Director / Employer. The Consultant may initially seek internal review of the determinations of the Clinical Director regarding the Service Plan.

f) To participate in the development and operation of the Clinical Directorate structure and in such management or representative structures as are in place or being developed. The Consultant shall receive training and support to enable him/her to participate fully in such structures.

g) To provide, as appropriate, consultation in the Consultant’s area of designated expertise in respect of patients of other Consultants at their request.

h) To ensure in consultation with the Clinical Director that appropriate medical cover is available at all times having due regard to the implementation of the European Working Time Directive as it relates to doctors in training.

i) To supervise and be responsible for diagnosis, treatment and care provided by non-Consultant Hospital Doctors (NCHDs) treating patients under the Consultant’s care.

j) To participate as a right and obligation in selection processes for non-Consultant Hospital Doctors and other staff as appropriate. The Employer will provide training as required. The Employer shall ensure that a Consultant representative of the relevant specialty / sub-specialty is involved in the selection process. 

k) To participate in clinical audit and proactive risk management and facilitate production of all data/information required for same in accordance with regulatory, statutory and corporate policies and procedures.

l) To participate in and facilitate production of all data/information required to validate delivery of duties and functions and inform planning and management of service delivery

Essential Requirements

This post is open to doctors who hold Registration as a Specialist in the Specialist Division of the Registrar of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of General Medicine: Dermatology

Office Accommodation

The post holder will undertake administrative work associated with their clinical and other professional duties.  Adequate time and facilities for clinical administration, including appropriate office space, secretarial support and access to a personal computer, software & internet access, will be available.

Management Responsibility

All Consultants are required to attend the monthly Directorate Meetings. Post holders will be expected to share in administrative duties allocated by mutual agreement within the Directorate. As part of the Consultant Team, the consultant  will offer mentoring support and lead the existing clinical team through; joint clinics, one-to-one support, individual case management and complex cases, identifying development needs and suggesting CPD (Continuous Professional Development) opportunities and responding to clinical enquiries via e-mail and telephone.

Service Provision and Cover during Absences

The consultant has a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and for the proper functioning of the service allowing for appropriate delegation for the training of his/her staff.

He/she must be available by telephone and able to attend the hospital in a timely fashion when on-call (40 minutes journey time).

Consultant staff must ensure that services are covered during his/her planned absences. Where fixed commitments need to be cancelled during planned absences appropriate notice (8 weeks) must be given. Absences must be co-ordinated with other consultant staff in the specialty to ensure senior cover is always available.

If you are interested in working in growing your career and increasing your income, then talk to our healthcare team today. If you can fill the above requirements, we will give you the following benefits:

*** Visa & Work Permit for FREE!

*** Guidance, Training & Career Development

*** Dedicated & Supportive team- Consultant available when you need.

*** Excellent Basic Pay, Overtime paid for extra hours
***Assistance provided with relocation

We look forward to helping you progress your career and find you the ideal position.

The hospital welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion- essentially the applicant must meet the criteria mentioned above

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Call us today on +44 (0) 1234 889213 to discuss this vacancy or email your CV to info@workplacedoctors.co.uk  or apply online today (see below).

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