Locum Consultant Dermatologist | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust


Company:	St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	St Helens, WA9 3DA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	17 Aug 2026
Closing date:	16 Sept 2026

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Summary

This post is for a Locum Consultant in Dermatology.

This is a whole-time fixed term 12-month post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (UK or equivalent qualifications), to be fully registered with the General Medical Council via one of the following:

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview)

Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) (CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation upon successful application)

This post holder will be employed for a full time post (10PA), although consideration will be given to candidates who are planning to work less than full time.

Provision of ward consultations for inpatients is necessary according to requirements.

The post holder is required to participate in the management structure of the Medical Division.

Proposed job plan:

4 out-patient clinics per week (three general dermatology, one skin cancer)

1 minor surgery session per week (likely to be held at St Helens)

0.5 session for ward referrals and MDT

2 sessions for direct patient administration (including time allocated for Advice & Guidance)

1 session for continuing professional development “Grand Round” (Broadgreen Hospital three weeks per month /Clatterbridge once monthly)

1.5 sessions for teaching/audit /research/clinical management/non-clinical

Clinic templates are in accordance with the guidelines issued by the British Association of Dermatologists. A typical clinic consists of 5 new patients, 10 follow up patients. There is no on-call commitment.

This post has 2.5 SPA

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Clinical Responsibilities

• The appointee along with existing speciality doctors/clinical lead will be responsible for the care of:

• All patients referred by their GP.

• All patients referred by the Emergency Medicine Department

• All patients referred by internal & external specialities.

Professional Responsibilities

All aspects of Dermatology including:

• Minor skin surgery operations

• Urgent and routine GP referrals

• In patient referrals and referrals from other specialities

• The job plan will be in line with the terms and conditions of the new consultant contract and guidelines issued by the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD).

• The successful applicant will have 4 clinics per week, three of which will be a general clinic and one skin cancer clinic. This will be negotiable, dependent on service needs and the applicant’s specialist interests.

• The timing and location of clinics will be dependent on the needs of the service at the time of commencement of the post.

• There will be a weekly continuing professional development (CPD) session based at Broadgreen or Clatterbridge Hospital (once per month at Clatterbridge). This session involves participation in the Dermatology Grand Round, audits and journal clubs. It is attended by all regional dermatology consultants. Travel time is included within the job plan in order to attend.

• There is also a monthly departmental meeting for local audit, teaching, service planning and discussion of management issues.

• Additionally, there is monthly histopathology meeting attended by all dermatology consultants in the department together with our histopathology colleague to discuss individual listed cases with the aim of getting clinic-pathological correlation.

Non-clinical

• Responsible for the training of Speciality Trainees within the department

• Develop Nurse Specialists role

• Undertake and supervise Audit/Quality improvement projects and CME

• Attend relevant MDT meetings.

• Attend weekly MDT specialty meetings including monthly Clinical Governance Meeting

• Development and promotion of evidence-based practice and guidelines

• Active contribution to departmental Clinical Governance structure

• Multi-disciplinary team working and leadership.

• Relevant participation in management

• Other appropriate duties and responsibilities

• On-Call Commitments

• Currently this post does not have any on call commitments.

This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Sep 2026

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