Vacancies

Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine

Main Responsibility

• The post holder will be expected to work with the MDT. They will undertake 5 consultant clinics per week.
• Have an important role in the training of junior medical staff and nurses, both within and outside of the organisation.
• Attendance at occasional relevant hospital grand rounds is expected as would be a contribution to teaching for Foundation and Internal Medical Training at the Countess of Chester. The department also hosts medical and nursing student placements.
• The consultant would be expected to take up significant positions on various groups dealing with sexual health initiatives e.g. the Cheshire, Merseyside and North Wales HIV Managed Care Network, the Regional BASHH branch, Sexual Health Commissioning and the HCRG Care Group Sexual Health network.
• The appointee will participate in Clinical Governance, Clinical Audit, CME and meet the annual CPD requirements of the appropriate Royal College / Faculty.
• HCRG Care Group supports the requirements for continuing professional development and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.
• The post holder will be required to follow the policies and practices laid down within HCRG Care Group
• The post holder will undertake annual appraisal and ensure they meet the requirements for continuing professional development in line with GMC good medical practice and to meet requirements for revalidation. The post holder would also be supported to undertake further training in to become a revalidation appraiser consultant/SAS doctor colleagues.
• All medical and dental staff employed by HCRG Care Group are expected to comply with its risk management and Health and Safety policies, procedures and guidelines, and information Governance policies.
• All staff are personally responsible for record keeping. A record is anything that contains information and any medium e.g., paper, tapes, computer information etc which have been created or gathered to document NHS activity.
• All individuals within HCRG Care Group are responsible for any records they create. Records must be retained in accordance with the records management policy and stored in a manner that allows them to be easily located in the event of a Freedom of Information request.
• The post holder must ensure complete and accurate data is collected to the highest standard. Data collection should be supported by adequate documentation and processes should be reviewed regularly. All staff should ensure that processes conform to national standards and are fit for purpose. All staff should comply with Information Quality Policy.
• All staff are expected to have or to gain a minimum of basic IT skills to enable them to use the IT systems to support the organisation`s services and needs.
• Staff should be familiar with relevant IT systems, security policies and procedures.
• The post holder will be encouraged to participate in the mentoring scheme run jointly by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) and the British HIV Association (BHIVA).

The Ideal Candidate

• Basic medical qualification registrable in UK
• Entry on the GMC specialist register for Genitourinary Medicine or equivalent via:
  • CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview)
  • CESR or European community rights
  • Other approved method of entry
  • MRCP, MRCOG or equivalent
  • Diplomas in HIV, GUM and DFSRH
• Letter of competence in sub-dermal implants or equivalent
• Specialist skills relevant to sexual and reproductive health
• Application/acknowledgement of evidence-based practice
• A working understanding of child protection issues
• Letter of competence in intrauterine techniques
• Management training
• Research/publications in sexually transmitted infections, contraceptive/reproductive health, and other aspects of sexual health
• Teaching qualification appropriate to sexual health (e.g.  BASHH STIF trainer, Royal College of Physicians or University) and/or GMC registered trainer status
• Appropriate higher degree (e.g., MSc, MD /PhD

Package Description

As a permanent Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine (GUM), you’ll be part of our valued team:

• £88,364 - £119,133 based on experience with NHS pension
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you are encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

About the Company

• We change lives by transforming health and care. 
• Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. 
• We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, di-verse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. 
• While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. 
• As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people, and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance, so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and every-one who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. 
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