Trust Doctor

Job overview

To provide, in conjunction with consultant colleagues, a comprehensive Sexual Health service across Northumberland and North Tyneside localities.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver Genitourinary Medicine, HIV outpatient and Contraception services in keeping with competencies and experience.
• To work with professional colleagues and local managers to ensure the efficient running of the Sexual Health Service.
• To share, with other practitioners, the medical contribution to Service management and leadership.
• To participate in the management of change to ensure a responsive and flexible service and to enable all staff to adapt and contribute fully.
• To provide advice to GPs and other medical and non-medical staff, internally and externally.
• To support specialist nurses in the delivery of the nurse-led, service model.
• To prescribe and issue prescription-only medicines and support nursing staff with the use and development of Patient Group Directions.
• To contribute to appropriate health promotion and education within the clinic.

To ensure good clinical governance and participate in local audit and quality improvement activity.

• To contribute to teaching and education in order to improve access to sexual health services.
• To actively participation in annual appraisal and CPD activities and complete personal CPD programme in accordance with Royal College guidance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Registered Medical Practitioner with GMC.

Evidence of post-graduate education, knowledge and clinical skills in the sexual health field.

• Assist the GUM Consultants in positive STI related management.
• Provide consultations within contraceptive/sexual health clinics including:
• Full screening and management of STIs (sexually transmitted infections)
• Management of new and review patients using PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis)
• Vaccination programmes such as Hepatitis B and HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)
• Issuing contraception (first issue, repeat or change of contraception) after taking history, appropriate measurements and requesting appropriate investigations.
• Following training:
• Insertion and removal of intrauterine devices including using local anaesthetic.
• Management of IUD (intrauterine device) problems I difficult insertions and removals.
• Insertion and removal of subdermal contraceptive implants.
• Performing cervical smears.
• Referral of patients within and without the Sexual Health Service for pregnancy management.
• Offering sexual health advice (including telephone advice).
• Offering sexual health advice (including telephone advice) to staff working within Northumberland and North Tyneside.
• Involvement in the management of new and review patients living with HIV.
• Be aware of, and adhere to, the safeguarding guidelines and procedures of the Trust and the Safeguarding Team.
• Engage in the further development of the DFSRH and LARC (Long-acting reversible contraception) training within Northumbria Healthcare Sexual Health Service as appropriate.

Partake in clinical governance and audit. Commitment to the provision of high-quality services through evidence-based practice. Good communication and interpersonal skills. Good organisational and time management skills.

• IT skills.

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.