Locum Consultant in HIV Medicine and Sexual Health - 56 Dean Street

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Provide advice, screening, diagnosis and treatment of patients with STIs, including HIV infection.
• Participate in the local HIV multidisciplinary meeting at 56 Dean Street.
• Contribute to implementation of clinical pathways
• Provide consultant advice and support to multidisciplinary team working in HIV and GUM clinics. Review complex cases requiring senior input.
• Manage their own caseload of HIV patients.
• Provide supervision and support for nursing colleagues and junior medical colleagues providing management of stable patient cohorts, management of seroconversion, starting/switching treatment and management of complex or unwell patients.
• Work with colleagues to modernise the HIV care pathway to ensure effective use of resources.
• Develop a special interest clinic (e.g. Gender dysphoria, complex PrEP, anoscopy, chronic problem)

Person specification

Essential and Desirable Criteria

Essential criteria

• Relevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by PMET/GMC by date if Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC))
• Dip HIV
• DIP GUM
• Extensive knowledge and skills of relevant GUM & HIV practice
• Experience of audit, quality improvement and other aspects of clinical governance
• Clinical and educational supervision experience
• Ability to lead change
• Full GMC Registration
• MRCP (or equivalent)
• DFSRH
• LoC SDI
• LoC IUT
• Evidence of broad based training experience and competence in sexual health, contraception and HIV care equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
• Clinical and educational supervision experience

Desirable criteria

• Teaching Qualification
• Experience of developing patient centred healthcare, especially for individuals with increased vulnerability and /or complexity
• Experience in gender dysphoria medicine
• Higher research degree (MD or PhD)
• Experience of developing patient centred healthcare, especially for individuals with increased vulnerability and /or complexity
• Training in and practical experience of safeguarding
• Experience of working with colleagues, including commissioners at a regional or national level to help develop services or the specialty itself
• Training in Management

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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