Consultant Integrated Sexual Health And Hiv

Provide Community (Provide Cic); West Stow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide Community (Provide Cic) is seeking a medically qualified professional to deliver expert clinical care for Suffolk Sexual Health and HIV services. The post holder will manage complex cases, contribute to training and service development, and uphold clinical governance and safeguarding standards within a multidisciplinary team.

The role requires GMC CSRH registration or CCT, extensive experience in GUM, HIV, contraception, and training in medical education; desirable ultrasound and trainer

Qualifications

• Essential: GMC CSRH registration or CCT in CSRH
• Essential: experience in GUM, HIV and contraception
• Essential: LARC competency letter
• Essential: postgraduate certificate in medical education
• Essential: Diploma in GUM and HIV, DCSRH
• Desirable: experience in service delivery change and modernisation
• Desirable: experience with young people and vulnerable groups
• Desirable: CSRH Faculty Registered Trainer or STIF Trainer
• Desirable: ultrasound skills or related special interests

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical care, complex case management and medical oversight for the services.
• Train and develop nursing and medical staff.
• Lead and participate in clinical audit and governance.
• Contribute to safeguarding and clinical governance.
• Support service development and innovation for Suffolk Sexual Health and HIV services.

Skills

Clinical governance

CPD

Public health

Communication skills

Education

GMC CSRH specialist register or within 6 months of CCT in CSRH

Evidence of training in GUM, HIV and contraception

Letter of competence in LARC (SDI/IUD)

Post graduate certificate in medical education

Diploma in GUM

Diploma in HIV

DCSRH

Tools

LARC competence letter (SDI/IUD)

Ultrasound skills

Job description

Job summary

Suffolk Sexual Health offers a level 3 integrated sexual health service for the prevention, management and treatment of sexually transmitted infection and the provision of contraceptive services, including long acting methods. The service is delivered at three main hubs at Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft, with a satellite clinic at Haverhill. The Suffolk HIV service is delivered at our Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds clinics, providing specialist assessment and management of HIV and associated conditions, to support individuals to stay well, remain engaged in care, and to prevent ongoing transmission. The post holder will work for both services, and will be based at our Bury St Edmunds clinic.

Main duties of the job

Provision of expert clinical care, complex case management and medical oversight for the services. Training and development for nursing and medical staff. Innovation and service development. Leading and participation for clinical audit, clinical governance and multi‑disciplinary team activities. Role modelling preventative care programmes and working to national professional guidance.

About us

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision:Transforming Lives

Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men's Networks.

Job responsibilities

In conjunction with the existing team, the post holder will have responsibility for the provision of advice, screening and diagnosis of service users with sexually transmitted infections and HIV and specialist contraceptive services including long acting reversible methods. They will provide the required support and expertise for the further development and innovation required for the Suffolk Sexual Health and HIV services. Clinical expertise and broad experience is required in order to support the further training and development of nursing and medical teams and for service delivery which meets national standards and guidance. Contribution to the clinical governance and safeguarding arrangements for the service is required.

Qualifications

Essential

• On GMC specialist register or within 6 months of gaining certificate of completion of training (CCT) in community sexual and reproductive healthcare (CSRH) speciality.
• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in all aspects of GUM, HIV and contraception.
• Letter of competence in LARC for SDI and/or IUD
• Post graduate certificate in medical education
• Diploma in GUM, diploma in HIV, DCSRH

Desirable

• Experience in service delivery change and modernisation
• Experience of working with young people and vulnerable groups
• CSRH Faculty Registered Trainer and/ or STIF Trainer
• Ultrasound specialist skills and/ or special interest such as psychosexual medicine, colposcopy, vasectomy, TOP surgery, menopause, forensic gynaecology.

Experience

Essential

• oEvidence of thorough and broad training and experience in all aspects of Genito‑Urinary Medicine, HIV and contraception.
• oExperience of, and commitment to participation in, clinical governance.
• oUnderstanding of relevant national strategies
• Commitment to CPD

Desirable

• oExperience in service delivery change and modernisation within a sexual health/HIV service health service.
• oExperience of working with young people and vulnerable groups.
• Experience in public health

Additional Information

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).