Job summary
This post offers an exciting opportunity to join a highly motivated team of health professionals providing high quality sexual and reproductive healthcare across the life course model to the population of Hywel Dda University Health board (HDUHB).
The Sexual Health Service within Hywel Dda is a fully integrated, paperless service, delivering care across three counties; Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion. Over 37 000 contacts occurred across three counties, 2023-2024, with an expectation that this will increase in line with national statistics. Staff are dual trained in contraception and sexual health working out of seven clinical sites, which are currently a combination of community and hospital based. The service manages the early medical abortion service at home (EMAH) and leads on the development of abortion services across HDUHB.
Main duties of the job
This post will assist in increasing provision and access to specialist sexual and reproductive health services in the east of the region focusing on supporting services within Carmarthenshire primarily, but with flexibility to cover services across the three counties when necessary.
The Specialty Doctor will be an integral part of the service working alongside the senior management team and specialist nurses to further the development of the services inline with national standards
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on this vacancy.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on this vacancy.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (DFSRH)
- Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice
- MRCOG
- 4 years full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent), at least 2 of which in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty Or as fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty
Desirable
- MFSRH
- DipGUM
- Letter of competence in Medical education (LoC MEd) or equivalent.
- Letter of competence in intra-uterine techniques and sub-dermal implants
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Proven experience in sexual healthcare in specialist services or general practice or gynaecology
- Commitment to a team approach and disciplinary working
- Counselling and communication skills
- Up to date with current practices in Integrated Sexual Health
- Experience of delivering care to women requesting abortion
Clinical Governance
Essential
- -Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
- -Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal/revalidation and review process
Research & Audit
Essential
- -Experience of undertaking a full audit cycle with good understanding of the audit process and benefits within a service
Desirable
- -Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding audit or research projects with publication
- Research Degree
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (DFSRH)
- Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice
- MRCOG
- 4 years full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent), at least 2 of which in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty Or as fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty
Desirable
- MFSRH
- DipGUM
- Letter of competence in Medical education (LoC MEd) or equivalent.
- Letter of competence in intra-uterine techniques and sub-dermal implants
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Proven experience in sexual healthcare in specialist services or general practice or gynaecology
- Commitment to a team approach and disciplinary working
- Counselling and communication skills
- Up to date with current practices in Integrated Sexual Health
- Experience of delivering care to women requesting abortion
Clinical Governance
Essential
- -Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
- -Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal/revalidation and review process
Research & Audit
Essential
- -Experience of undertaking a full audit cycle with good understanding of the audit process and benefits within a service
Desirable
- -Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding audit or research projects with publication
- Research Degree
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).
