Clinical Lead Sexual Assault Referral Centre

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Clinical Lead for the Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth. This role requires a dedicated professional to provide clinical leadership and ensure high standards of care for victims of sexual assault. Candidates should have a medical qualification, experience in forensic services, and the ability to lead a specialist team. The position is part-time (24 hours a week) with a fixed-term contract of 18 months.

Qualifications

• Minimum of four years’ experience in sexual assault services.
• Ability to work with vulnerable, frail individuals compassionately.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership ensuring standards are met.
• Manage challenging clinical and business needs.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Compassionate care

Innovative thinking

Education

Medical qualification on the GMC full register

Membership of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine

Job description

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Lead Sexual Assault Referral Centre

Closing date: 07 December 2025

The Treetops SARC is a joint NHS and Hampshire Constabulary commissioned service for victims (of all ages) of sexual assault from across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Treetops SARC provides forensic, medical and aftercare services to victims of rape/sexual assault of all ages who either self‑refer or are referred via the police or other agencies.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Lead to join the team at the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC). The post covers the Sexual Assault Referral Centre that serves Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, as well as spending some time working in collaboration with the Sexual Health and HIV Service (SHHS).

The post will be 24 hours a week (6 PAs, 3 days a week) and will be fixed term for 18 months. The current base is Cosham but will be moving to Fareham.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to the team at SARC ensuring clinical and forensic standards are met.
• Work closely with the SHHS management team and report to the Clinical Director for SHHS.
• Work closely with partnership agencies including the police and sexual assault support services Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
• Represent the service at contracts meetings with commissioners and support and influence the strategic direction of the service.
• Manage the challenging clinical and business needs to ensure safe provision of the service and always maintain a high‑quality service.

Main Duties

We are looking for someone who is passionate, innovative and resilient, with highly developed interpersonal skills and has the ability to lead a specialist service, ensuring it is represented nationally. The successful candidate will need to be able to manage the challenging clinical and business needs to ensure safe provision of the service and always maintain a high‑quality service.

Qualifications

• Minimum of four years’ experience as a forensic clinician within sexual assault services.
• Medical qualification on the GMC full register.
• Membership of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine or membership of a Royal College and a Licentiate of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine.
• Ability to work with vulnerable, frail people, who may be distressed or experiencing pain, in a caring and compassionate way.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application Information

Please note that should this post attract sufficient interest, we may choose to close at an earlier date. We strongly suggest that you apply at an early stage. If we have not contacted you within four weeks of the closing date of this post, please presume that you have not been selected.

Candidates selected for interviews will be contacted within 2-3 weeks; therefore, you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working – all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Please direct any enquiries to Dr Marie‑Elle Vooijs on marie‑[e-mail].

About the Trust

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.