Specialist Grade Doctor in Dermatology

Specialist doctors are senior and experienced clinicians who will work autonomously to a level of defined competencies, as agreed within local clinical governance frameworks. Specialists will be responsible for patients in their areas of practice as an expert decision maker. Specialist doctors provide expertise in a specialised area, whether delivering care in a specific specialty or in a generalist service and will manage the full range of presentations in their area of practice. The role will primarily focus on providing direct clinical care, meeting service delivery and improvement requirements. However, the role will be supported by suitable development opportunities including management roles and leadership responsibilities in, teaching, academia research and service development. The details of the balance between clinical care and other elements of the role would be dis-cussed during the job planning process.