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

Job overview

The post is for a 10 PA Consultant in Sexual Health & HIV Medicine.

1 x Locum (Fixed Term 12 months)

56 Dean Street is an award winning HIV and sexual health service based in Soho with a particular emphasis on HIV prevention and the sexual health care needs of LGBTQI+ people. It is Europe’s busiest sexual health clinic with an attendance of approximately 110,000 patients per year. It cares for the third largest HIV cohort in the country with approximately 4,600 patients. The clinic also runs an Integrated Gender Dysphoria Service called TransPlus, we are particular interested in candidates who have an interest in Gender Dysphoria Care as part of these Job Plans includes time developing experience within TransPlus.

The HIV inpatient service merged with the Imperial College Hospitals Trust service in 2019 and now provides care on Ron Johnson ward at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital site for inner northwest London as well as Hertfordshire.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will, in conjunction with the existing consultants, have responsibilities for providing advice, screening, diagnosis and treatment of patients with STIs, including HIV infection. They will be committed to developing integrated HIV & sexual health services, optimize cost efficiency of the service, implement new technologies and develop new initiatives. The post holder will have an opportunity to work within our TransPlus service.

The post-holder will also be required to participate in quality improvement, research and management of the service. It is anticipated that the post-holder will engage in specific management tasks and contribute to monthly departmental meetings in agreement with the Clinical Lead. The post-holder will also be expected to work with the other consultants at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust to deliver and improve outpatient HIV care, including recruitment to clinical trials. They will be expected to manage their own HIV cohort.

They will also be expected to work alongside the other consultants in providing educational supervision for the multidisciplinary team and participate in Wednesday morning educational activities, the virtual clinic and the weekly Directorate HIV resistance meeting. In particular, the post-holder will have educational supervisory responsibility for nominated junior staff. This role will include appraisal of the individuals concerned.

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)

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.