ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY / FREEMAN HOSPITAL

DIRECTORATE : Community

CONSULTANT in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

REF. 317-CON-21-193

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious, individual to join two excellent departments each made up of well-integrated multi-disciplinary teams of clinicians dedicated to the provision of high quality secondary and tertiary care. The successful candidate will work in the integrated sexual health service at New Croft Centre (NCC) and within the gynaecology services at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI).

This 8PA post provides an exciting opportunity to work across two departments and to develop further links between the gynaecology department and the sexual health services. Applicants must have a certificate of completion of specialist training in Community Sexual and Reproductive Health or be within 6 months of completion.

New Croft Centre is the largest level 3 sexual health service in the region. Prior to coronavirus there were more than 32,000 consultations delivered annually, with over a third of the patients being seen for both contraception and genito-urinary medicine needs at the same time.  The centre offers sexual health screening and management of sexual infections and partner notification.  All methods of contraception including emergency intrauterine contraception and contraception for patients with complex needs are offered through a combination of telephone and face to face consultations.  The service is a key provider of HIV Pre-exposure prophylaxis and offers remote self-sampling for asymptomatic DIY screening.  There is a busy HIV outpatient service based at NCC with nearly 400 patients managed by GUM and Infectious Disease physicians. Psychosexual counselling is offered within NCC.

Gynaecology at New Croft is an outpatient service providing medical gynaecology and complex contraception at NCC.  The successful candidate would join this service and would work two sessions at the Royal Victoria Infirmary offering hysteroscopy and abortion care. Currently there are 8 Consultant Gynaecologists working at the RVI gynaecology department. which is part of the Women’s Health Directorate.  The Women’s Health Unit is a specialist clinical area providing outpatient gynaecology services including one stop clinics for postmenopausal bleeds, heavy menstrual bleeding and rapid access patients. Furthermore, there are colposcopy, manual vacuum aspiration (MVA), hysteroscopy and a unique outpatient conscious sedation clinic for endometrial ablation and minor gynaecological procedures. The department is multi-disciplinary and a recognised centre of excellence in minimally invasive and robotic surgery. It is recognised national centre for endometriosis and mesh removal surgery.

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer the successful applicant opportunities in education, research and audit.

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the most successful teaching NHS Trusts in the country. We have one of the highest numbers of hospital specialist services in the UK. With around 14,000 staff, Newcastle Hospitals is one of the region’s major employers. We have a long-standing reputation for high quality clinical care with our staff’s commitment to excellence reflected in our consistent performance at the highest level. We are committed to being an “employer of choice” offering our staff superb benefits, looking after their wellbeing, and providing access to high-quality education, training, career progression and support which enables them to provide “healthcare at its best – with people at our heart”.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment.  We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve and equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under-represented groups.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity, please contact Dr Kathryn Clement via kathryn.clement@nhs.net and/or Mr Tony Chalhoub Head of Gynaecology via email tony.chalhoub@nhs.net or telephone 0191 28 29944

To apply for this post, please visit NHS Jobs and complete the application form in full, please ensure that you provide references to cover the last 3 years. For any further queries, please contact Colin Sakhe, HR Advisor at Colin.Sakhe@nhs.net , quoting the post reference number.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

This post is subject to the rehabilitation of 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 Services (formerly known as the Criminal Records Bureau) to check for any previous criminal convictions. 

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS pay for their DBS certificate.  The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail, and may be required to complete psychometric tools in advance of the assessment process.

Closing Date:               15 April 2021

Interview Date:            5 May 2021