Specialty Doctor in Stoke-on-Trent

The appointment is to the Partnership Trust-wide Sexual Health Service, and you will be expected to further strengthen service elements of the Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Sexual Health service.

You will need to demonstrate adequate clinical experience in sexual health service provision and meet the person specification for the Specialty Grade.

There will be an opportunity to apply or develop a special interest to augment and expand on current services.

You should have experience in the management and prevention of STIs within a specialist service and hold the Diploma of the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (DCSRH).

The role will need to support development of spoke services as well as evening service provision. Strong team-working skills and an interest in training, education and service development are essential.

Main duties of the job

In addition to providing clinical care, the post holder will have opportunities to support, train, supervise, assess and mentor other clinical staff in the service, including West Midlands GUM specialist registrars, GP resident doctors and nursing staff as well as contribute to the undergraduate Sexual Health teaching programme through Keele University.

Contribution to departmental research, audit and clinical governance is expected.

The post holder will be responsible for keeping up to date with patient and non-patient related administration.

About us

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust provides physical and mental health, learning disability and adult social care services across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire and beyond. We provide a vast range of community services for adults and children and specialised services such as rheumatology and rehabilitation, which are delivered in venues ranging from health centres, GP practices, community hospitals and people\’s own homes. Integrated sexual health services are provided in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire and Leicester. These include HIV services in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire.

We have close links with local universities including Keele and Staffordshire and are engaged in active teaching and research programmes.

What do we stand for?

Our Mission: Together we are making life better for our communitieso Our Values: People, Partnership, Empowermento Our Behaviours: Respectful, Honest and Trustworthy, Caring and Compassionate, Listen and Engage, Lead by Example

We are committed to keeping service users and carers at the heart of everything we do, and we actively promote a culture where the views of all those using, or interested in what we do, are sought and valued as essential to the development and improvement of our services.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for full description of responsibilities, including but not limited to:

Clinical Duties:

• Counselling on all aspects and prescribing of appropriate contraception
• Providing advice on and prescribing of emergency contraception

Professional Practice:

• To provide advice and support to medical, health advising and nursing staff
• To promote continuing quality improvement of sexual health services

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
• Holds Diploma of the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (DCSRH)

Qualifications

• Holds LOCs IUT and SDI and STIF intermediate (or willingness to undertake early in post)
• Evidence of qualification or meaningful intention to prioritise early in post

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.