Consultant in Dermatology; Paediatrics

Required to fill this replacement post within The Leeds Centre for Dermatology at Chapel Allerton Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary.

Thisis a substantive 10PA appointment for a Consultant Dermatologist with special interest in Paediatric Dermatology. This post will be available from March 2026.

The Leeds Centre for Dermatology is internationallyrenowned for its clinical and academic excellence. In addition to General Dermatology, the department provides specific expertise at a tertiary level inconnective tissue disease, complex medical dermatology, genital disorders,laser dermatology, photobiology, contact allergy, dermatological surgeryincluding Mohs surgery, melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer, paediatricdermatology and clinical trials.

Thepost-holder will become a key senior member of the paediatric dermatology teamas well as supporting adult general dermatology, skin cancer services and dermatologicalsurgery.

Thepost will be based at Chapel Allerton Hospital with clinics at Leeds General Infirmary as well as advisory participation in the acute dermatology on-call rotacovering the whole Trust.

The successful applicant should possess MRCP (or equivalent) and should be includedon the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview,if currently within a training programme within the UK. In accordance with the consultant appointmentregulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the Specialist Register.

The applicant must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of dermatology including specific experience in paediatric dermatology, acute presentations and skin cancer diagnosis/treatment.

Astrong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and a research interestis desirable.

Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.

If shortlisted, you will be required togive a 10-minute presentation on:

Developing an Integrated Paediatric Dermatology Service

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leedsitself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1billion. Our 20,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat over1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 daycases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments.

We operate from 7 hospital son 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be thebest for specialist and integrated care.

Our vision is based onThe Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, foundedon values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Accountable

Empowered

We believe that by beingtrue to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve our results in relation to our goals, which are to be:

1. Thebest for patient safety, quality and experience

2. Thebest place to work

3. Acentre of excellence for specialist services, education, research and innovation

4. Hospitalsthat offer seamless, integrated care

5. Financiallysustainable

In relation to this post,within the Leeds Centre for Dermatology, principally based at Chapel Allerton Hospital, offers the successful candidate the opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative department, primarily within the paediatric dermatology team which currently comprises 3 consultant roles and team of Clinical Nurse Specialists.

The role will also involve working within the world recognised skin cancer unitwhich hosts the Regional Specialist MDT for Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer, Melanomaand

Cutaneous Lymphoma. Thereare also close working relationships with the Head and Neck MDT

and the Sarcoma MDT.

The post holder will be amember of the non-melanoma MDT.

In addition to activity in paediatric dermatology and skin cancer the role involves providing clinicsin general dermatology with an opportunity for further sub-specialisationdepending on individual skill set and experience.

The post will primarily support the Specialist Paediatric Dermatology service with additional roles within the skincancer and adult general dermatology services.

Specifically:

• To contribute to and enhance the provision of the paediatric dermatology service
• To enhance the currentprovision of rapid access diagnostic skin cancer clinics and enable the
• Trustto meet agreed levels of activity and access targets.
• To enhance the currentprovision of skin cancer surgery.
• To contribute to the provision of a comprehensive skin cancer multidisciplinary team.
• To contribute to enhancing the current provision for adult general dermatology services.

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of dermatology including…