Specialist Doctor in Integrated Sexual Health | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Salford is seeking a highly experienced Specialist Doctor to join their integrated sexual health and contraception services team. In this role, you will provide clinical leadership, maintain high standards, and support the training of medical staff. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in sexual and reproductive health. As part of a dynamic team within a large NHS Trust, you will address the health needs of local communities, contributing to both patient care and medical education.

Qualifications

• Experience in sexual and reproductive health services.
• Ability to provide clinical leadership and supervision.
• Skills in effective communication and patient management.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of care and system leadership.
• Maintain high clinical standards in all practices.
• Teach and supervise medical students and nurses.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Sexual health expertise

Teaching and supervision

Job description

The successful candidate will join a dynamic, forward looking and well established team of consultants and Specialty Doctors providing integrated sexual health and contraception services across Manchester, Salford and Trafford. The department provides services in partnership the local authority, voluntary organisations and other agencies that provide health and social care to meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of our local communities.

We seek to recruit a highly experienced individual to a Specialist Doctor position within the Northern Contraception, Sexual Health & HIV Service for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the Northern Medical team to support delivery of care and provide system leadership across the Northern footprint.
• Utilise professional skills in all relevant areas of sexual health and reproductive health in the provision of care for patients accessing the service.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision for the local clinical team.
• Maintaining the highest clinical standards at all times and in accordance with accepted good medical practice and the various clinical policies of the Service.
• Transmission of relevant clinical information to other medical, technical and nursing staff both within and external to the department.
• Teaching and supervision of medical students, nurses in matters relating to the treatment of patients.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Jan 2026