Specialty Doctor - Dermatology

Specialty Doctor – Dermatology

The closing date is 22 February 2026

This post is for a Specialty Doctor in Dermatology. It is a whole‑time position 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 must be eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment.

• 8.5 DCC (Dermatology Clinical Care)
• 1.5 SPA (Specialist Practitioner Activities)
• Participation each week in the Dermatology Grand Round, Audit, Journal Club and Histopathology meetings attended by all consultants and dermatology colleagues in the region.
• No on‑call commitment.
• Each week except the first week of the month when a departmental meeting is held, one session is based at Broadgreen Hospital and includes participation in the Dermatology Grand Round, Audit, Journal Club and Histopathology meetings.

Detailed Job Plan to be agreed upon successful appointment.

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.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

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 continues rehabilitation for patients needing acute hospital beds. 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 Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

• 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

For more information regarding the main responsibilities and requirements essential for this role please refer to the supporting documents heading and review the job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including a proposed job plan.

Serving a population of approximately 650,000 people, with a workforce of around 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL) is one of the UK’s largest Trusts. The Trust provides a wide range of healthcare services at 5 hospitals and 16 community sites to people across St Helens, Knowsley, Halton, Southport, Ormskirk, parts of Liverpool and the surrounding areas.

Whiston Hospital – A busy teaching hospital offering comprehensive acute medical and surgical services, emergency services, maternity, paediatrics, and older people’s medicine, with the Regional Burns Unit and Mersey Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery Unit on site.

Southport Hospital – A general hospital with accident and emergency services, intensive care and a range of medical and surgical specialities. It hosts the Northwest Regional Spinal Injuries Centre.

St Helens Hospital – An ambulatory care centre with intermediate care, day surgery, and full outpatient services. It houses dermatology and diabetes services and is home to leading cancer and chemotherapy units.

Ormskirk Hospital – A general hospital providing women’s and children’s services, paediatric A&E, surgery, maternity and extensive physiotherapy and occupational therapy services.

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