GUM & HIV Consultant

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 82,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV to join the integrated service.

The post holder will provide expert assessment and management of complex sexual health conditions, supervise junior medical and nursing staff, lead service development and governance, and drive research and quality improvement across KGH Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital Romford.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert assessment, diagnosis and management of complex sexual health conditions.
• Lead clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities, and supervise junior medical and nursing staff.
• Lead service development and research; drive collaborative projects and education within a multidisciplinary team.

Job description

This senior-level post supports the delivery of high-quality integrated Sexual Health and HIV services. The post holder will provide expert assessment, diagnosis and management of complex sexual health conditions, delivering safe, evidence-based, patient-centred care.

The role requires experience in genital dermatology, including the assessment and management of complex genital skin conditions and competence in performing genital skin biopsies.

The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership, supervise and educate junior medical and nursing staff, and contribute to a positive multidisciplinary learning environment.

They will lead research, audit and quality improvement activities, helping to expand the department's research portfolio, develop collaborative projects, present findings at regional and national meetings, and contribute to peer-reviewed publications., We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV to join the Barking Integrated Sexual Health and HIV Service.

The successful candidate will provide consultant leadership in delivering high-quality, integrated Sexual Health and HIV care, managing complex cases, providing expert clinical advice, supporting multidisciplinary working, and supervising and teaching junior staff.

The role includes leading service development, clinical governance, audit and research, with opportunities to expand the department's research portfolio and drive innovation.

The post holder will also provide specialist genital dermatology services, including the assessment and management of complex genital dermatoses and performing genital skin biopsies.

Applicants should demonstrate specialist expertise, excellent clinical judgement, leadership, communication skills, and a commitment to patient-centred care and continuous service improvement.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.