[ref. w66380118] Locum Consultant Sexual Health & Reproductive Health (CSRH) - Kingston upon Thames
Home, community, hospital
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development.With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work.We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
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- Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
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- Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen to appoint a Locum Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, covering maternity leave for one year from mid-April 2025. The post holder will provide specialist SRH care and work closely with colleagues from SRH, GUM/HIV, Gynaecology and Primary Care.
Main duties of the job
The Locum Consultant will be expected to work with clinical colleagues in providing and supporting a safe, efficient, and effective integrated sexual health service for Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at the Wolverton Sexual Health Centre.The post holder will actively contribute to the governance and quality improvement projects within the department.
Main duties of the job will include leading the multidisciplinary vulval pain service, provision of complex contraception, and supervision of the integrated GUM/SRH clinic at The Wolverton Sexual Health Centre as Duty Senior Clinician and provision of menopause care.As part of the role, the postholder will be involved in the development, support, and delivery of work within a new Women’s Health Hub locally.
Working for our organisation
The Trust is actively involved in the development of a women’s hub and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of this exciting new work, and planning services there.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will be required to support quality improvement, audit, research and management of integrated sexual health services and there will be opportunities to contribute to service development particularly in community services and the development of services in our local Women’s Health Hub.They will be expected to be involved in the training and teaching schedule for both undergraduate and postgraduate doctors and nurses and will also be involved in clinical supervision of trainees in the department.
There is currently no on call associated with this post.
Please find attached Job Description for further information regarding this post.
Interviews will provisionally be held w/c 24th February 2025.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Full GMC Registration with licence to practice
- Relevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by PMET/GMC by date if Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC))
- Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register
- MFSRH or equivalent
- FSRH Registered trainer (FRT) or equivalent
- Higher research degree (MD or PhD)
- Teaching Qualification
- Training in Management
- Dip GUM
- STIF Intermediate or equivalent
- FSRH Advanced Menopause qualification, Menopause ATSM or BMS advanced certificate in Principles and practice of Menopause care or equivalent
- FSRH SSM in abortion care or RCOG ASM in safe practice in abortion care
- IPM Diploma/Membership or COSRT Membership
- GCP
Experience
Essential criteria- Evidence of broad-based training experience and competence in routine and complex contraception and sexual health care equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
- Experience of managing vulval pain conditions
- Experience of safeguarding adults and children’s procedures and management
- Experience of providing services to young people including under 16s
- Experience of audit, quality improvement and other aspects of clinical governance
- Experience of setting up and evaluating new sexual health or outreach services.
- Medical gynaecology experience
- Experience of managing unplanned pregnancy and evidence of experience in MVA and abortion care
- Ability to assess and manage presentations of menopausal symptoms including complex cases
- Experience of developing patient centred healthcare, especially for individuals with increased vulnerability and /or complexity
- Experience of setting up and conducting clinical research studies and collaborating with other researchers
- Experience of working with colleagues, including commissioners at a regional or national level to help develop services or the specialty itself
- Specialist interest in genital dermatology
- Clinical and educational supervision experience
Skills
Essential criteria- Extensive knowledge and skills of relevant SRH and GUM practice
- Good understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.
- Computer skills and IT literacy
- Managing self effectively
- Understanding of the principals of Clinical Governance
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria- Flexible, dynamic, confident and assertive
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrable evidence of being able and willing to understand the Trust values
- Evidence of excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Ability to lead change and quality improvement
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form.If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Salary:
For applicants without prior NHS experience at the same pay band or higher, the salary will start at the lower value within the advertised range.