Locally Employed Doctor (F3) Sexual and Reproductive Health

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will undertake regular sexual health clinics. The post holder will need to cover basic contraception care within sexual health clinics and cover basic contraception clinics in the event of staff absence. The principle requirement for clinical face to face input is currently sited at Castle Circus Health Centre, with remote consultation clinics worked either on site or at home.

You will be expected to participate in a variety of professional activities to support your personal clinical practice and the overall work of the department and Trust. Time will be allocated, within the sexual health part of the contract, to enable professional development, for example to support training towards achieving your dip-GUM, DFSRH and/ or Letters of Competence for insertion of intra-uterine devices and sub dermal implants. Specifically, you will be expected to participate in Quality Improvement projects, ongoing research activities and teaching of medical students and other allied health professionals.

• This is a new post designed to support the delivery of high quality integrated sexual health and contraception care
• The successful candidate will be supported in developing independent competence in managing common and complex Sexual Health presentations and common Contraception presentations.
• Teaching and training of medical students, other junior doctors, nurses and other staff
• Participation in audit and quality assurance and improvement processes
• Participation in Research

Our acute hospital is big enough to provide genuine opportunities for innovation and research, but small enough for your work to make a real impact. We have close-knit teams with quick lines of communication and that means we make things happen.

The Sexual Health team is a small multi-disciplinary team based at Castle Circus Health Centre. Our aim is to provide sexual health services that support healthy relationships and sexual well-being in Torbay and South Devon in a caring and non-judgemental way.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• Completion of Foundation Programme Training

Desirable

• Good Clinical Practice Research Certificate

Knowledge

Essential

• A clear, logical approach to clinical problems and an appropriate level of clinical knowledge
• Demonstrates understanding of the research governance framework

Desirable

• Previous experience in sexual health
• Teaching experience

Specific Skills

Desirable

• A willingness to support the termination of pregnancy service.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to 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 Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Castle Circus Health Centre

Abbey Road

Torquay

TQ2 5YH

Employer's website

https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)