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Wirral Community Health & Care Nhs Foundation Trustare; Birkenhead; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Birkenhead seeks a Specialty Doctor specialized in Sexual Health. The role involves working in a multidisciplinary team, providing reversible contraception, and managing sexually transmitted infections. Candidates should have relevant experience and skills in assessing and advising patients. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact on patient care within the community.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in providing Sexual Health services.
• Ability to manage symptomatic sexually transmitted infections.
• Skills in advising on reversible methods of contraception.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and manage sexually transmitted infections.
• Provide reversible contraception methods including LARC.
• Utilize professional skills in sexual health care.

Skills

Experience in Sexual Health services

Confident fitter of IUD and SDI methods

Counseling skills

HIV and STD management

Education

Relevant medical degree

Job description

Overview

The role of Specialty Doctor requires experience in the provision of Sexual Health services. The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing integrated Sexual Health services, including provision of all methods of reversible contraception and management of sexually transmitted infections. To assess patients, advise on and provide reversible methods of contraception including long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods to patients requesting contraception. To be a confident fitter of IUD and SDI methods of contraception. Ideally the successful candidate will have experience of using local anaesthetic where needed for IUD fittings that require cervical dilatation.

Responsibilities

• To assess patients, advise on and screen for asymptomatic sexually transmitted infection including HIV, syphilis and hepatitis and to manage common symptomatic presentations to a sexual health service, including vaginal discharge, urethral discharge, genital ulcers and genital warts.
• Management of uncomplicated sexually transmitted infections including chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomonas vaginalis, mycoplasma genitalium, genital HSV and genital warts.
• To utilise professional skills in all relevant areas of contraception and sexual health care, including counselling and referral for unplanned pregnancy.

About Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas. As an aspiring outstanding Trust, we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust's policies, always.

Additional information

• Reference information: Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/ education history over the last three years and include valid business email addresses for them. The Trust will not accept personal references from friends or family.
• Salary expectations: The Trust pays staff in line with national NHS Terms and Conditions. Relevant experience may be considered when salary offers are made. For all part-time positions, salaries are pro-rata.
• Restricted Applications: Staff on the Trust's Redeployment Register will be given priority access to vacancies at their substantive band.
• Flexible Working: Flexible working is very important to the Trust in both the provision of this to staff and also in staff supporting the provision of our services.
• A.I. Tools: The selection processes at Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values; please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't reflect their skills.
• English Language: In order to comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, we require that all employees possess the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through English. If you have not studied at an English speaking institute, or do not possess an English language qualification, provide evidence in your application of how you meet this requirement.
• Trust information: Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults; we are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer. We support the armed forces as an employer and are veteran aware.
• Student Visas: Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. If you are a Student visa holder, we will not offer a full-time permanent contract unless you have Graduate visa status.

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