Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV

Responsibilities

This post will involve working within the varying opening hours of the service including some early mornings, evening clinics and a Saturday morning clinic in Reading or Thatcham on a rotation. Time in lieu will be given for working Saturday clinics.

To provide care for patients attending integrated sexual health appointments and walk-in sessions.

To contribute to the 'Doctor of the day' (DOD) rota and provide an advisory role within clinic, including support for nursing and resident doctor colleagues.

To provide training and supervision of medical students and postgraduate trainees.

To provide, with colleagues, expert advice and decision making within multidisciplinary team meetings for HIV, genito-urinary medicine (GUM) and safeguarding.

To provide care for patients in specialist/complex clinics, including:

• HIV
• complex GUM
• genital dermatology

To provide review of patients in inpatient settings and expert advice to other medical specialities.

Provision of cover for colleagues' periods of leave and flexible working as required.

Diversity makes us interesting… Inclusion is what will make us outstanding. Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.

The base clinic will be at the Royal Berkshire Hospital site (21a Craven Road, Reading) but the appointee will need to work flexibly across the satellite locations also. The location of clinics may be changed in the future. The opening hours of the service are continually reviewed and may be changed in the future.

This post is outpatient-based but will also include providing expert advice to inpatient teams and reviews of inpatients on an ad hoc basis.

The appointee will have active involvement in education, teaching and research. The appointee will be the named Lead for Oxford, Brunel and Southampton medical students within the department.

They will have the pre-requisite leadership, management and team working skills to play an active part in leadership and service development.

Applicants should have full General Medical Council (GMC) Registration with a current licence to practice. They should have obtained CCT in Genito-Urinary Medicine, or expect to obtain within 6 months of the interview date.