Job summary
The successful candidate will be expected to provide a high-quality service in all aspects of STI diagnosis and management, complex Genito-urinary medicine presentations, including syphilis, genital and pelvic pain syndromes, genital dermatology, HIV care and Contraceptive and Sexual Health Services. This will include adoption and maintenance of best practice guidelines as offered by BASHH, BHIVA and FSRH, and continuing and enhancing our profile and engagement with local, regional and national colleagues, groups and networks.
The service is flexible and evolving, and as such represents a great opportunity for pushing forward and developing innovative services in line with best practice.
The contract is a part time post of 8 PAs per week, comprising of 6.5 DCCs and 1.5 SPA. The job plan can be flexible to reflect the specialist interests of the successful candidate. It requires no evening, weekend or on call work. During SPA time, the Consultant will be required to work on Trust directed activities as agreed with the Directorate Manager/Clinical Director alongside managing their CPD. The post holder will have their job plan reviewed regularly to monitor delivery of service level objectives in line with Trust policies.
More details can be found within the Job description attached.
This is a fixed term contract covering Maternity Leave from October 2023 - May 2024
Main duties of the job
The Sexual Health Service will have three Consultants (2.4 WTE) in Genito-Urinary Medicine (Sexual Health + HIV), working collaboratively (9PAs, 7PAs and this post (8 PAs)). The successful applicant will be expected to take a role in Safeguarding and STI diagnosis and management within the service, although all 3 Consultants will cover GUM clinics. One of the consultants is currently Sexual Health Service Clinical Lead and HIV clinical duties will be shared across all 3 Consultants.
Contraception services are led by one of the two existing Consultants (0.8 WTE), who has developed a special interest in Complex Contraception, and an experienced SRH Speciality Doctor (0.4 WTE); they are both FSRH-registered trainers. They are supported by colleagues in Gynaecology through defined advice and referral pathways e.g. acute gynae assessment clinic, hysteroscopy, menopause clinic. Both existing GUM Consultants are LARC fitters and it is anticipated that the new Consultant will also ideally have Letters of Competence in IUT and Implants. The successful applicant will be expected to provide contraception within GUM walk in clinics, including Emergency IUDs, and may be asked to provide SRH clinic cover according to their interest and level of experience.
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is a well-established acute Trust with a track record of high performance. It has excellent clinical networks both locally and nationally, developing specialist services according to the needs of the population.
The Trust has an open and honest culture of involvement and engagement and effective feedback mechanisms for staff. We take pride in having had consistently good staff survey results compared with other acute Trusts in the South and Southwest.
The Trust provides acute services primarily to the populations served by Wiltshire, Dorset and West Hampshire. It also supplies regional services for plastics, burns, cleft lip and palate and a supra-regional service for spinal injuries. Trust staff provide outpatient clinics in other locations in Dorset and Hampshire and specialist staff hold outreach clinics in hospitals within the Wessex area.
The Trust's clinical services are managed within Clinical Directorates by a Clinical Director, a Directorate Manager and a Directorate Senior Nurse covering clinical support and family services, medicine, surgery and musculoskeletal services. The hospital has around 470 beds and the Trust employs just under 4,000 staff (including bank and locum staff).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Person specification
Essential
- Possession, or within 6 months of possession, of a CCT in Genito-Urinary Medicine leading to entry onto GMC Specialist Register
- Diploma GUM
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Evidence of wide experience and a high level of competence in GUM , HIV and Contraception
- DFSRH
- Letter of competence in sub-dermal implants & intra-uterine techniques.
- Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems: demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach
- Knowledge and application of up to date evidence based practice
- Ability to perform effectively as a member of a team, including a multidisciplinary team and to motivate and develop staff
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance targets
- Ability to balance individual requirements against those of the department/Directorate
- Commitment to active clinical governance and learning from errors
- Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication.
- Always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options
- Demonstration of an interest and commitment to teaching
- Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and others. Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others
- Experience in, and commitment to clinical audit
- Experience of hosting or recruiting patients to NIHR CRN portfolio research and understanding of GCP in Clinical Research
- Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Person Specification
Person specification
Essential
- Possession, or within 6 months of possession, of a CCT in Genito-Urinary Medicine leading to entry onto GMC Specialist Register
- Diploma GUM
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Evidence of wide experience and a high level of competence in GUM , HIV and Contraception
- DFSRH
- Letter of competence in sub-dermal implants & intra-uterine techniques.
- Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems: demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach
- Knowledge and application of up to date evidence based practice
- Ability to perform effectively as a member of a team, including a multidisciplinary team and to motivate and develop staff
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance targets
- Ability to balance individual requirements against those of the department/Directorate
- Commitment to active clinical governance and learning from errors
- Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication.
- Always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options
- Demonstration of an interest and commitment to teaching
- Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and others. Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others
- Experience in, and commitment to clinical audit
- Experience of hosting or recruiting patients to NIHR CRN portfolio research and understanding of GCP in Clinical Research
- Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
