Job summary
- Main area
- Sexual Health
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 359-MSD6453653
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone Hospital
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £100,870 - £111,441 per annum / pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Doctor - Integrated Sexual Health and HIV
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic applicant(s) for a FTC Specialist Doctor post (up to 10PAs) in Integrated Sexual Health commencing as soon as possible to work alongside a dynamic team of sexual health professionals at Maidstone Hospital.
We are looking for support in augmenting our services; help developing the clinical leadership of the service and support developments for our diverse local population. We are looking for an applicant who wants to develop innovative ways to provide sexual health care and collaborate with our experienced and flexible team.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be responsible for managing a caseload of GUM and HIV patients and supporting nurse led clinics. The successful applicant will also be expected to provide safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults attending the service. A Safeguarding lead nurse and the Trust Safeguarding team will support the service.
Working for our organisation
In this year's NHS staff survey, our employees voted MTW in the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and second in the South East of Trusts to work for.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant will be expected to work 8 PAs (of a 10 PA job plan) of Direct Clinical Care with each PA being a 4-hour session. Face to face and telephone consultations are 30 -45 minutes depending on the type of clinic. DCC admin time is included within each session to allow for patient related admin and to provide clinical support of the nursing staff who run clinics alongside the Doctors. It is expected that Specialty Doctors will support the training of sexual health staff, medical students and other professionals interested in sexual health.
The successful applicant will be expected to attend and contribute to relevant clinical and management meetings including a monthly team meeting, Clinical Ops meeting and any additional clinical meetings that require their presence. Time is allocated within the job plan for these and can be adjusted as responsibility changes.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS (or equivalent)
- Registered with GMC with a license to practice
- Diploma in GUM and /or Diploma in HIV or working towards this within first 12 months of the post
- Membership of a relevant national body/bodies (BASHH, BHIVA or FRSH)
Desirable criteria
- Letters of competency in subdermal implants and IUD fitting
- Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
- Other degrees, e.g. BSc, MSc, MD
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Understand the principles of audit
- Ability to lead a clinical project
- Enthusiasm for teaching staff, students and other health professionals
- An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of research literature
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in national audit, action plan development and implementation of change
- Evidence of completion of regional or local audit projects
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in day to day organisation of services in a busy outpatient sexual health department
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
- Understanding of recent initiatives and changes, including Clinical Governance and Appraisal
- Experience in the development of clinical guidelines including clinical care pathways or submissions to drug and therapeutics committees
- Enthusiasm to take on management and leadership roles to help support the development of the sexual health service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michele Gordon
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622 228292
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