Sexual Health and HIV Consultant

This is an exciting opportunity to recruit a substantive consultant in Sexual Health and HIV medicine to join Sexual Health Dorset working from our East Hub located in Bournemouth. This is a key appointment to support the service to support our fully integrated Sexual Health and HIV service to the population of Dorset.

Services provided by Sexual Health Dorset:

o Two Integrated Sexual Health Hubs based in Bournemouth and Weymouth providing sexual health, contraception and HIV services

o Satellite clinics for integrated sexual health in Blandford, Bridport, Poole and Shaftesbury

o In-reach sexual health services to three Dorset prisons and provision of HIV services to the two prisons based on Portland, To contribute to the clinical leadership and development for service delivery of the Sexual Health and HIV Service as follows:

To provide treatment, care and clinical expertise for patients with sexually transmitted infections, genitourinary conditions and HIV, including medical termination of pregnancy.

To actively contribute to the development and implementation of the sexual heath and HIV integrated model.

To provide clinical input and advice for HIV Inpatients admitted to Royal Bournemouth Hospital, University Hospitals Trust Dorset (UHD) as required as part of the HIV team.

Contribute to a triumvirate model of shared leadership between medical leads, nursing leads and service management.

Undertake managerial and administrative roles as required, in consultation with the senior management team.

To actively contribute to all aspects of clinical governance; including safeguarding, audit, demonstrable clinical outcomes and clinical excellence.

Contribute actively to all aspects of the Trust's affairs.

Manage directly or indirectly the medical staff including job planning.

To act as Clinical Supervisor for medical staff and contribute to staff training and education to other healthcare practitioners.

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.