Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine / Sexual Health - Fixed term

The Department The Consultant is part of the medical team which is made up of: 2.1 wte Consultant 1x wte Specialty doctor 2x Junior Clinical Fellows 2x CSRH SpRs 2x GP trainees The Post This post specifically will provide specialised STI care and HIV care. The post holder is expected to take the lead for an area of management, this may be education, developing links with one of our many companion services or linking in with primary care providers to support development and access of services. There are three other part-time GUM Consultant posts in Rotherham and the post holder will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of a clinical Sexual Health and HIV service to Rotherham. Any Rotherham Sexual Health patients requiring admission are either admitted under the care of general physicians at Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, with appropriate input from the GUM consultants regarding clinical management, or for more complex HIV cases, they are admitted to the Infectious Diseases Wards at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital under the care of the Sheffield HIV Service. There is no on-call commitment at Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be expected to work in partnership with all other members of the multidisciplinary team to deliver clinically effective, safe, high quality Genitourinary Medicine Services to the population served. The post holder is expected to undertake service development review and evaluation to improve/expand current practice. All appointees are required to participate in all departmental activities, including audit, sharing the administrative responsibilities and contributing to the further development of the department and the Trust. Job description Job responsibilities The Department The Consultant is part of the medical team which is made up of: 2.1 wte Consultant 1x wte Specialty doctor 2x Junior Clinical Fellows 2x CSRH SpRs 2x GP trainees The Post This post specifically will provide specialised STI care and HIV care. The post holder is expected to take the lead for an area of management, this may be education, developing links with one of our many companion services or linking in with primary care providers to support development and access of services. There are three other part-time GUM Consultant posts in Rotherham and the post holder will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of a clinical Sexual Health and HIV service to Rotherham. Any Rotherham Sexual Health patients requiring admission are either admitted under the care of general physicians at Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, with appropriate input from the GUM consultants regarding clinical management, or for more complex HIV cases, they are admitted to the Infectious Diseases Wards at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital under the care of the Sheffield HIV Service. There is no on-call commitment at Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be expected to work in partnership with all other members of the multidisciplinary team to deliver clinically effective, safe, high quality Genitourinary Medicine Services to the population served. The post holder is expected to undertake service development review and evaluation to improve/expand current practice. All appointees are required to participate in all departmental activities, including audit, sharing the administrative responsibilities and contributing to the further development of the department and the Trust.