Job summary
- Main area
- Dermatology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- 6 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-7238308-P
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Operational Support for the Tele-Dermatology community Service
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
To work closely with the Community photographers and the Lead Consultant to ensure that the tele dermatology service runs smoothly.
The post holder will be expected to run their own tele-dermatology photography clinics and to provide supervision and managerial over site of the other photographers and the administration support staff.
Main duties of the job
- To work clinically with the community tele dermatology service,
- To demonstrate and understanding the need for clear photography’s of the lesions, both at a distance and close up, including the need to be some size and position.
- To use a dermatoscope attachment on the iphone for the take close up photography’s of lesions, to enable clinical assessment and diagnosis.
- To demonstrate excellent verbal communication skills through the ability to give basic information about the tele dermatology process that enables and supports the patient to understand the process. Modifying these communication skills to the individua
- Ensures that the patient understands the consent issues
- Ability to intrepret and assess the patient against the inclusion criteria/protocols for telederm service
- Liaises directly with clinical staff to clarify any related photographic requirements
- Ensure safe practice to minimize infection risk to patients
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see full job description and person specification attached for more details on job role and responsibilities.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria
- Educated to Degree Level or equivalent training or experience.
- Holds Business Administration related qualification or willingness to undertake
Desirable criteria
- A Levels and working towards a degree
- Teaching/Training qualification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of working across a wide range of managing projects along with their administrative procedures
- Good knowledge of an IT clinical systems environment, a range of computerised software including Excel and Power Point
- Experience of managing change and associated behaviours
- Experience of training delivery
- Experience of implementing and delivering e-learning
- Experience of facilitating groups
- Experience of working within a tele-dermatology service
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience, including working with clinical staff
- Evidence of cross-organisational working
- Experience of training needs assessment and analysis
- Experience of directorate specialised terminology
- Experience of managing administration staff
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent planning & organisational skills
- Good interpersonal skills at all levels
- Ability to work under pressure, within set timescales
- Able to assimilate and act upon complex information
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences
- Skilled user of IT, including Microsoft office and tele dermatology platforms
- Able to work within a multi-professional team
- Ability to engage and motivate others and to use influencing skills without direct line management
- Flexibility - adapts to ensure achievement of objectives within changing environment
- Ability to interpret and adhere to local and national legislation and guidance
- Able to take dermatoscopic pictures to a high level suitable for clinical assessment
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated and able to work autonomously
- Enthusiastic, determined and energetic
- Able to accept advice and give help when needed
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen McKinnon
- Job title
- Senior Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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