Clinical Lead Sexual Assault Referral Centre - EOI
The closing date is 07 December 2025
Job summary
Treetops SARC provides support, advice, forensic examination services and wrap around care for people of all ages living in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (HIOW) who have experienced rape or sexual assault. The service is based in Cosham, Hampshire and is open 365 days a year, and staffed by on-call crisis workers and sexual offences examiners out of hours. Please note the service will be moving to Fareham.
Main duties of the job
*To assume responsibility for providing clinical leadership, ensuring compliance with all clinical standards in relation to HIOWH SARC provision.
*To review, develop, implement and maintain robust clinical governance processes in order to ensure the service provides timely, effective and high quality delivery.
*To provide clinical leadership, ensuring audits of the current service delivery are carried out and any clinical risks are identified, escalated and mitigated where possible, to ensure safe effective care for clients.
*To contribute to the development, verification and reporting of robust clinical indicators and outcome measures relevant to the services.
*To champion SARC services and establish effective working relationships with key stakeholders to promote services, continuously upholding the core values and beliefs set by the SARC Strategic Board.
*To manage peer review, governance review meetings (including both SARC, integrated SHHS and the Trust) and to provide clinical review of patient files.
*To professionally oversee SARC delivery in line with national guidelines (FFLM, Forensic Science Regulator, RCPCH, BASHH, FSRH) relating to:
emergency interventions and support following rape and sexual assault
forensic examinations including immediate aftercare
sexual health (sexually transmitted infections and HIV)
emergency contraception
follow-up for all of the above processes
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Details
Date posted
20 November 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
348-SOL-9745
Job locations
Treetops
Northern Road
Cosham
Hampshire
PO6 3EP
Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Treetops
Northern Road
Cosham
Hampshire
PO6 3EP
Employer's website
https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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