We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and ambitious individual to join Barking Integrated Sexual Health and HIV Service as a Consultant. This position is initially offered on a one-year fixed-term basis, with the potential to transition into a substantive role in the future.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in leading and delivering high-quality, safe, and effective care to patients accessing our integrated sexual health and HIV services. Responsibilities will include managing complex cases, as well as providing supervision and mentorship to junior staff members.
Additionally, the post holder will be instrumental in shaping the future of our service by leading Research and Audit initiatives, with the goal of diversifying and expanding our current research portfolio.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Duties
- Diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV.
- Prescribing and monitoring treatments for sexual health conditions.
- Providing contraception advice and services, including emergency contraception and long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC).
- Managing complex cases, such as recurrent infections, sexual dysfunction, or genital dermatology issues.
- Care of patients with HIV, including antiretroviral therapy and long-term monitoring.
Service Management & Leadership
- Leading a multidisciplinary team of nurses, health advisors, and other clinicians.
- Overseeing sexual health clinics, including safeguarding and service quality.
- Developing clinical guidelines and protocols for care delivery.
- Ensuring compliance with public health regulations and policies.
- Involved in contract negotiations with local commissioners.
Research and Training
- Overseeing and developing clinical research in sexual health and HIV medicine.
- Teaching and training junior doctors, medical students, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
About us
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. We're no longer in special measures we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH) and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 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. Our patients are benefitting from our 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 in Hornchurch. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year. The majority of our 8,000 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. We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work alongside a skilled multidisciplinary team, contributing to clinical excellence and innovation.
- Active participation in clinical guideline development and supporting service contract negotiations is expected.
- Contribute to the training and supervision of junior clinical staff.
- Support professional development across the team by fostering a learning and research-informed environment.
A central aspect of this role is to lead on research and audit within the department:
- Collaborate with the Trusts Research & Development (R& D) team to identify and initiate relevant research opportunities.
- Develop and expand the departments research portfolio, including clinical trials in Sexual Health and HIV.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement through clinical audits and quality assurance initiatives.
Person Specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential
- On GMC Specialist Register with Certificate of Training in Genitourinary Medicine
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP or equivalent
- Diploma in Genitourinary Medicine
- Diploma in HIV medicine HIV medicine
- Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
Desirable
- LoC IUT & LoC SDI
- FSRH Faculty Registered Trainer
- PI or SubPI for Clincial Trials
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