Consultant in Genitourinary and General Internal Medicine
Accepting applications until: 25-Jun-2026 08:00
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 25-Jun-2026 08:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Guy's and St Thomas' Sexual and reproductive Health Clinical sites (Burrell Street, Walworth, Road, Minnie Kidd House)
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 0UN
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 32 hours per week (1 in 8 weekends)
Salary
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Specialty
- Main area
- Genitourinary Medicien
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
This is the first substantive,combined Consultant post in Genitourinary Medicine and General Medicine in GSTT. The post holder will provide general and complex GUM including LARC and a specialist area to be defined, and 8 weeks of internal medicine cover per year divided between ward cover and the acute assessment unit.
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This is a part-time (8 programmed activities/0.8 Whole time equivalent) . The post holder will provide complex sexual health care, leadership within the sexual and reproductive health department, training, as well as general clinical and managerial responsibilities in the department.
The post holder will contribute to clinical, teaching, audit and research support for the department and management support for the medical staff and the department in general. The service currently operates a senior doctor model where the named senior doctor provides oversight and support for the service as well as managing referrals and hospital/primary care queries.
The post holder will provide leadership for a specialist area of GUM to be negotiated within the consultant team. There is potential to develop other areas of interest as the department requires.
The post includes a regular General Internal Medicine commitment, delivered in discrete blocks across the year. This includes weekend and out of hours commitments and comprises:
- Four separate 1-week Acute Admission Ward/acute medicine blocks
- One 4-week block on the North Wing general medical ward.
Working for our organisation
The Sexual and Reproductive Health department at Guy’s and St Thomas’ (GSTT) provides a Tier 3 service and incorporates two integrated clinics. We provide a full range of sexual and reproductive health services based at Burrell Street ( London Blackfriars) , and Minnie Kidd House ( Clapham) , covering a diverse client group across Southwark and Lambeth. We run a walk-in service across five days at Minnie Kidd House, and a ssix-day service at our Burrell Street location.
It is a busy department seeing 66000 patient attendances annually.
Organisational Values:
Our strategy to 2030 is to deliver 'better, faster, fairer healthcare for all'. It sets out our plans to respond to the challenges being faced across the NHS, but also to build a better future for our patients, staff, and communities.
To help us achieve our strategy, our values guide us in everything we do. They define who we are as an organisation, shape our culture and are central to how we deliver our plans.
It is important that you understand and reflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust.
The post holder will be:
- Caring - Put patients first
- Ambitious - Innovate and strive for excellence
- Inclusive - Respect each other and work collaboratively
Our strategy and values| set out who we are, what we're going to do and how we're going to do it.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical:
The post holder will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of Sexual and Reproductive healthcare services to the Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to include:
- Complex sexual health services
- Specialist Genitourinary medicine clinics
- Consultant referral and review clinic
- Advice and guidance for Sexual health:
- Other hospital departments
- Primary care
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
- The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice
- To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
- To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
- To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
Research, Teaching and Training
- Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s research and academic training portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
- To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Lead.
- To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Lead to ensure external accreditation of training post.
Performance Management
- To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
- Clinical efficiency e.g. optimising clinic capacity with demand and reducing DNA rates.
- Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing rebook rates.
- Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, ensuring clinical teams code activity accurately so tariffs are not missed
- Operational efficiency e.g. waiting list activity and demand management.
Medical Staff Management
- To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors’ hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal.
- To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas,
- To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.
- To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
- To be responsible for the annual appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Lead/General Manager
Strategy and Business Planning
- To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
- To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Lead.
Leadership and Team Working
- To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.
- To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required.
- To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
- To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
- Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
2. The indicative Job Plan
The job plan is anticipated to contain 8 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out on Guy’s & St Thomas’ sites. It includes 1 in 12 Saturdays for GUM as well as weekend and out of hours commitments in the medicine blocks. The timetable will be flexible and change between GUM, Acute medicine and General Medicine blocks.
This is an outline programme and the post holder will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including personal and professional objectives with the clinical lead within 3 months of your start date.
The job plan will be negotiated between the consultant and their clinical lead at least annually. The initial job plan for this post is planned to be:
General medicine component – these weeks are worked full time.
General Internal Medicine commitment, delivered in discrete blocks across the year. This comprises:
- Four separate 1-week Acute Admission Ward/acute medicine blocks.
- One 4-week block on the North Wing general medical ward.
During the AAW/acute medicine weeks, Start times vary between 08:00 and 09:00, with daytime availability into the afternoon, and additional out-of-hours commitments including twilight shifts from 17:00–21:00, weekend working, day take and night on-call depending on the rota week. These weeks include both routine ward-based activity and acute unselected take responsibilities.
The Ward commitment is delivered as a 4-week block as consultant on a general medical ward.. The usual weekday commitment is approximately 09:00–17:00, with some 08:00 ward round starts depending on the day. The North Wing rota also includes weekend ward cover on a 1 in 4 basis.
GUM timetable
|
|
Monday |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tuesday |
09:00-12:00 |
Specialist GUM MDT and related admin |
0.75 |
DCC |
|
|
|
12:00-16:00 |
General SRH / LARC- During 6 out of 8 GIM weeks |
0.135 |
DCC |
|
|
Wednesday |
8:30-11:30 |
Departmental CPD |
0.75 |
SPA |
|
|
|
11:30-12:30 |
Senior Dr meeting SRH, monthly |
0.25 |
SPA |
|
|
|
12:00-20:00 |
General GUM/SRH / LARC - when not doing GIM |
1.6 |
DCC |
|
|
Thursday |
08:00-12:00 |
Specialist GUM - when not doing GIM |
0.769 |
DCC |
|
|
|
12:00-16:00 |
General GUM / SRH / LARC - During 6 out of 8 GIM weeks |
0.135 |
DCC |
|
|
|
16:00-17:00 |
Specialist GUM clinic admin- when not doing GIM |
0.365 |
DCC |
|
|
Friday |
08:00-12:00 |
General GUM/ SRH / LARC - weekly when not doing GIM |
0.769 |
DCC |
|
|
|
12:00-16:00 |
General SRH / LARC - every other week when not doing GIM |
0.385 |
DCC |
|
|
Saturday |
08:00-16:00 |
1 in 12 Saturdays, corresponding TOIL during the week |
|
DCC |
|
|
Flexible |
GIM |
4 weeks General Internal Medicine North wing, 4 weeks acute admisisons |
1.6 |
DCC |
|
|
|
Educational Supervision |
F2 / IMT2 / GUM trainees |
0.25 |
SPA |
|
|
|
Service development |
|
0.35 |
SPA |
|
Programmed Activities (PA) category |
Number of PAs |
% |
|
Direct Clinical Care |
6.4 |
80% |
|
Supporting Professional Activity |
1.6 |
20% |
|
Total |
8 |
|
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent and full GMC registration and a Licence to Practice and on Specialist register for Genitourinary medicine or within 6 monbth sof cobtaining certificate of completion of training in Genitourinary medicine by the AAC /interview date or has submitted a CESR application for entry to the specialist register for genitourinary medicine by the AAC/interview date
- MRCP/FRCP
- Diploma in Genitourinary Medicine
- Diploma in HIV medicine
- Diploma of the Faculty of sexual and Reproductive Health
- Letter of Competency for Subdermal implants
- Letter of Competency for Intra-uterine techniques
Desirable criteria
- Current LoC Med Ed/PGEA in Medical Education
- Faculty registered trainer for the FSRH
Clinical experience and skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of broad-based training experience and competence in sexual health, contraception (including LARC) and HIV care equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
- Wide experience in Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV work including experience in community clinics
- Understanding of and training in safeguarding issues (young people and adults)
- Training and broad experience of general and acute medicine
- Understanding the need for an integrated sexual health service and the commissioning requirements for these.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in service and care pathway development including outreach services
- Experience in managing an acute medical take at consultant level
Audit, Management & IT
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a depth of understanding of audit.
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary working, organisational skills, and IT skills.
Desirable criteria
- Training/qualification in Quality Improvement
- Experience in clinical guideline development.
Research, Teaching Skills & Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research.
- Demonstration of an interest in research and willingness to help developing academic activity aligned with the King’s Health Partners’ strategy.
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates, junior medical staff and wider clinical multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of clinical and educational supervisor, with training
- Publication of relevant articles or case reports, experience of presentation in national and/or international meetings or conferences.
Desirable criteria
- Research skills and experience in sexual health research
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Formal teaching qualifications
Leadership/ Management skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate with clarity ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
- Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
- Knowledge of finance and budgets.
Desirable criteria
- Management training or qualification.
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services.
- Appraisal training
- Experience of working with colleagues, including commissioners at a regional or national level to help develop services or the specialty itself
Other Attributes
Essential criteria
- Awareness of the challenges of an inner city, multicultural community
- Ability to travel to all clinic sites
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jessica Doctor
- Job title
- Consultant Sexual Health
- Email address
- [email protected]
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