Junior Clinical Fellow - HIV / GUM

Job summary

We are looking for a Doctor who is motivated, enthusiastic and possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with the ability to work with a complex range of clients in a sexual health and HIV service setting.

The successful applicant work in a 12 month fixed term rotational post for 6 months in John Hunter Clinic for Sexual Health followed by 6 months on our main HIV inpatient ward Ron Johnson

You will also cover our HIV Day care unit which is a tertiary referral centre for HIV oncology.

The post also includes an on call commitment as part of the HIV Inpatients/HIV Day-care team and a banding supplement is payable in addition to basic salary.

Working flexibly the post holder will ensure that they provide a gold standard, patient focused service at all times.

We have a full in-house Audit and Education programme which the successful applicant is expected to take a keen interest in.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for relevant application criteria

Successful applicants will have be able to demonstrate they meet the essential criteria in the person specification in their application and if shortlisted and at interview.

Please note that we recruit to this post on a 12 month fixed term contract to start in August

*This is a 1B banded post

*The post holder will work a 40 hour week and participate in an on call Rota at a frequency of 1 in 5Please note on calls are in the evenings and weekends (no night shifts)

Main duties of the job

HIV - The Doctor will work for six months under supervision of seniors investigating, diagnosing and treating HIV infection, hepatitis B and C co-infected patients and other conditions associated with these infections as well as appropriate onward patient referrals and discharge summaries.

GUM - The doctor will then work for six months in GUM OPD at John Hunter Clinic, St Stephens Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital under supervision of seniors investigating, diagnosing and treating STI and other conditions associated with sexual problems as well as appropriate onward patient referrals and discharge summaries.

The Doctor will also be responsible for checking and acting on laboratory and radiology results and discussion of these results with senior medical staff as appropriate.

The post holder will be encouraged to do audit, research, attend teaching and teach.

About us

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that care for nearly one million people locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We are one of the best performing FTs in London for A&E waiting times, and mortality rates are better than average. Since the Care Quality Commission last inspected our hospitals we have taken on responsibility for a range of new services. Our new services include:

• Cardiac catheter service and a paediatric assessment unit on the West Middlesex site
• Surgical assessment unit on the Chelsea site
• New sexual health clinic at 10 Hammersmith Broadway
• Virtual fracture clinics
• Learning disabilities passports

Plans are in place for a £30 million expansion to critical care facilities and refurbishment of the children's unit at West Middlesex, both in partnership with the Trust's dedicated charity CW+.

We will look to continuously improve the quality of care and patient experience through the most efficient use of available resources.