Consultant In GUM & HIV

Job overview

Consultant in GUM & HIV (10PA)

The HIV and Sexual Health department has an exciting opportunity for a permanent consultant to join our busy team. This is a 10 PA consultant post which includes HIV and GUM outpatient clinics, blocks of ward cover and on call duties.

The HIV department is situated in purpose-built premises on the acute hospital site. The HIV cohort at Croydon University Hospital (CUH) continues to increase yearly, currently seeing a large cohort of >1,000. CUH has a different and diverse cohort with older heterosexuals and women making up the majority of patients. HIV inpatients are admitted under the HIV team or as shared care with other teams. Inpatient admissions number around 100 admissions annually, some of whom require complex interventions and management.

The Trust started opt-out HIV testing in all Emergency Department patients in May 2020 successfully engaging or re-engaging over 100 additional HIV positive patients . We are a leading centre of excellence for opt-out blood borne virus testing diagnosing 447 new cases of treatable blood borne viruses since April 2022.

The Sexual Health centre is situated on the same premises as the HIV department. It sees 22,000 patients annually and has a high prevalence of STIs.

Main duties of the job

Work Schedule (Job Plan to be provided upon appointment):

> Ward cover:

• Alternating with other consultants (1 in 3) - usually 1 month at a time.
• Senior review of HIV inpatients supporting the ward doctors of the HIV team.
• 1 ward round per week (when covering the wards).

> Weekly HIV outpatient clinic - providing routine monitoring and treatment

> An HIV cohort to manage.

> Weekly MDT meetings, audit and educational activities.

> Monthly antiretroviral MDT

> HIV antenatal meetings with O&G and Paediatric teams.

> Weekly radiology meeting.

> GUM Outpatient clinics in Croydon Sexual Health Centre.

> Educational and clinical supervision of Registrar and/or Clinical Fellows

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post involves GUM outpatients and both outpatient and inpatient care for HIV. It is envisaged that the post holder will have a special interest in the management of HIV infected inpatients and will contribute to the leadership for both the HIV & Sexual Health services with the other consultants.

It is expected that the post holder will work collaboratively with staff in the Sexual Health and HIV department towards service development. In addition, as a consultant the post holder will be expected to perform clinical supervision activities alongside the other consultants in the department.

Please refer to the attached job description for further information.