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This is an opportunity for a 12 month Trust Registrar position at Croydon Sexual Health Centre.

The HIV department is based on the acute hospital site. Our HIV cohort at Croydon University Hospital is growing with over 900 patients, the majority of whom are on antiviral therapy. Croydon HIV clinic serves a diverse community with a large female cohort that we support through their pregnancies each year.  HIV inpatients are admitted under the HIV team. Inpatient   numbers   are   growing   with approximately 100 admissions annually.

The Sexual Health centre is co-located with the HIV outpatient clinic. It sees 22,000 patients annually serving a population with a high incidence of STIs

The role is split between Sexual Health clinics and care of HIV patients. You will work alongside another Junior Doctors and coordinate departmental teaching. The post holder will be encouraged to conduct research and audit projects. 

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MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The work schedule includes:

• Regular ward rounds
• Assessment of HIV & Sexual Health patients presenting to the Emergency Department and Medical Assessment Unit
• One HIV clinic per week – providing routine monitoring and treatment of HIV Outpatients
• Weekly MDT meetings, audit, and educational activities
• Monthly viral load meetings
• Perinatal HIV meetings with obstetrics, midwifery, and paediatric teams
• Weekly radiology meeting
• Five outpatient clinics per week in Croydon Sexual Health Centre
• Supervision of Junior Clinical Fellow and support of nursing staff and wider team
• Coordination of weekly departmental teaching programme

PURPOSE OF THIS POST

This post is intended to support Sexual Health and HIV care. This post offers an excellent opportunity to gain clinical experience in HIV medicine and sexual health within a supportive department.

• Comprehensive induction
• Continuing medical education through MDTs, case based discussions, ward rounds and patient reviews
• Weekly Grand Round
• Departmental sexual health & HIV teaching
• Weekly consultant ward round
• Encouragement and support to enable abstract submission to relevant national conferences

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.

These include:
• Croydon University Hospital 
• Purley Hospital 
• The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath 
• Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside 
• A minor injuries unit in New Addington 

The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our Vision:

“Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it”

Our 5 key ‘Here for you’ promises to the people of Croydon are:

• You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff 
• You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff 
• You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians 
• You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home
• You feel it’s getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services

“As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.”