Consultant Integrated sexual health and HIV in Bury St Edmunds

Consultant Integrated sexual health and HIV

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area Integrated Sexual Health & HIV Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 828-PROVIDE4309

Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Abbeyview clinic Town Bury St Edmunds Salary Dependant on experience Closing 19/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Suffolk Sexual Health offers a level 3 integrated sexual health service for the prevention, management and treatment of sexually transmitted infection and the provision of contraceptive services, including long acting methods. The service is delivered at three main hubs at Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft, with a satellite clinic at Haverhill. The Suffolk HIV service is delivered at our Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds clinics, providing specialist assessment and management of HIV and associated conditions, to support individuals to stay well, remain engaged in care, and to prevent ongoing transmission. The post holder will work for both services, and will be based at our Bury St Edmunds clinic.

Main duties of the job

Provision of expert clinical care, complex case management and medical oversight for the services. Training and development for nursing and medical staff. Innovation and service development. Leading and participation for clinical audit, clinical governance and multi-disciplinary team activities. Role modelling preventative care programmes and working to national professional guidance.

Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision: Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In conjunction with the existing team, the post holder will have responsibility for the provision of advice, screening and diagnosis of service users with sexually transmitted infections and HIV and specialist contraceptive services including long acting reversible methods. They will provide the required support and expertise for the further development and innovation required for the Suffolk Sexual Health and HIV services. Clinical expertise and broad experience is required in order to support the further training and development of nursing and medical teams and for service delivery which meets national standards and guidance. Contribution to the clinical governance and safeguarding arrangements for the service is required.

Person specification

Qualifications

• On GMC specialist register or within 6 months of gaining certificate of completion of training (CCT) in community sexual and reproductive healthcare (CSRH) speciality.
• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in all aspects of GUM, HIV and contraception.
• Letter of competence in LARC for SDI and/or IUD
• Post graduate certificate in medical education
• Diploma in GUM, diploma in HIV, DCSRH
• Experience in service delivery change and modernisation
• Experience of working with young people and vulnerable groups
• CSRH Faculty Registered Trainer and/ or STIF Trainer
• Ultrasound specialist skills and/ or special interest such as psychosexual medicine, colposcopy, vasectomy, TOP surgery, menopause, forensic gynaecology.

Experience

• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in all aspects of Genito-Urinary Medicine, HIV and contraception.
• Experience of, and commitment to participation in, clinical governance.
• Understanding of relevant national strategies
• Commitment to CPD
• Experience in service delivery change and modernisation within a sexual health/HIV service health service.
• Experience of working with young people and vulnerable groups.
• Experience in public health

FURTHER INFORMATION:

How will we contact you?

• All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
• As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
• If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.

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Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.

We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.

Work Trials

Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

SuccessfulApplicant:

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.

The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

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