Locum Consultant - Sexual and Reproductive Health

Job overview

Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV

Applications are invited to apply for the above locum Consultant post in the Oxfordshire Sexual Health Service (OSHS). The successful candidate will primarily based at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, but may also have commitments in our level 3 service in Banbury.

The post is an opportunity to work in a comprehensive integrated sexual health and HIV service providing a countywide service. In addition to sexual health the department hosts the following services: diagnosis and treatment of complex genital conditions; holistic care of patients who present following sexual assault;  HIV care; community gynaecology;  psychosexual counselling and outreach. This is a maternity cover post for a 12 month period.

Main duties of the job

BACKGROUND

In April 2014 Oxfordshire’s GUM/HIV and contraceptive services merged, providing a single comprehensive level 1-3 sexual health service across Oxfordshire. The service is the largest in the Thames Valley. Attendances by a mobile student population represent a significant proportion of the clinical workload in Oxford.

In 2020, with the beginning of the COVID-18 Pandemic, service delivery was forced to change, with the closure of clinics and rapid redesign of our service. As restrictions  eased, a new service model evolved – and we are providing services above and beyond what we were previously: with continuation of some telemedicine services, opening up all our level 3 services to full capacity and re-establishing our peripheral clinics. With this hybrid of different services, we have on average 50,000 patient interactions a year. In addition, our postal kit service has hugely expanded. In the last 4 years the service has evolved to ensure we deliver a full online service, with clinical care that is tailored to all patient’s needs.

The HIV service in Oxfordshire is provided by OSHS and the Infectious Diseases team. We have an approximate 1200 patient cohort and this workload is shared jointly between the two departments. OSHS delivers outpatient HIV service whereas our Infectious Diseases team delivers the inpatient and outpatient HIV service. There are joint MDTs and the potential in the future to merge the services completely.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

BACKGROUND

In April 2014 Oxfordshire’s GUM/HIV and contraceptive services merged, providing a single comprehensive level 1-3 sexual health service across Oxfordshire. The service is the largest in the Thames Valley. Attendances by a mobile student population represent a significant proportion of the clinical workload in Oxford.

In 2020, with the beginning of the COVID-18 Pandemic, service delivery was forced to change, with the closure of clinics and rapid redesign of our service. As restrictions  eased, a new service model evolved – and we are providing services above and beyond what we were previously: with continuation of some telemedicine services, opening up all our level 3 services to full capacity and re-establishing our peripheral clinics. With this hybrid of different services, we have on average 50,000 patient interactions a year. In addition, our postal kit service has hugely expanded. In the last4 years the service has evolved to ensure we deliver a full online service, with clinical care that is tailored to all patient’s needs.

The HIV service in Oxfordshire is provided by OSHS and infectious disease team. We have an approximate 1200 patient cohort and this workload is shared jointly between the two departments. OSHS delivers outpatient HIV service whereas our Infectious Disease team delivers the inpatient and outpatient HIV service. There are joint MDTs and the potential in the future to merge the services completely.