locum consultant in community sexual & reproductive health/community gynaecology
sandyford sexual health services
INFORMATION PACK
REF: 43136d
cLOSING DATE: nOON 8th july 2016
www.nhsggc.org.uk/medicaljobs
SUMMARY INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS POSITION
Post: locum consultant in community sexual & reproductive health/community gynaecology
base: sandyford sexual Health Services
Applications are invited from an enthusiastic consultant to provide direct clinical care within integrated sexual health and related services at Sandyford or any of its other sites, with particular emphasis on provision of consultant support to the medical gynaecology and termination assessment services. To provide clinical leadership, participate in local and national audit, to assist in research as required, to provide and take part in educational activities, undertake administrative tasks in order to ensure smooth liaison and partnership development with all relevant statutory and non-statutory agencies. Any other task deemed suitable that may arise as a result at the request of the Sandyford management team.
This post is locum appointment for six months in the first instance.
Sandyford offers a comprehensive range of Sexual Health services, including Genitourinary Medicine, Sexual & Reproductive Health and Counselling. The service commitment and training opportunities would be tailored according to the successful applicants’ core skills and development needs.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde /Locum Consultant in community Sexual & Reproductive Health/
Community Gynaecology
1.0 WTE
Start date: ASAP for six months
SANDYFORD SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES
2-6 SANDYFORD PLACE
GLASGOW G3 7NB
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
1. This information package has been compiled to provide prospective candidates with details of the post and background information about the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde – Glasgow City CHP (Northwest Sector.
2. The contents of this package are as follows:-
a. Job Description
b. Terms and Conditions of Service
Also included separately is the NHSGG&C Equal Opportunities monitoring form. Please note, this monitoring form is required for monitoring purposes only and will not be made available to the interview panel prior to shortlisting.
3. Informal enquiries will be welcomed by Dr Pauline McGough, Clinical Director on 0141 211 8605 and Dr Audrey Brown, lead clinician for cSRH at Sandyford on 0141 211 8642
A.
Job Description
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Locum Consultant in Sexual & Reproductive Health/
Community Gynaecology
Sandyford Sexual Health Services, Glasgow
Up to 1.0 WTE for 6 months
1. Job details
Job title: Consultant in Gynaecology or Sexual and
Reproductive Health
Employer: NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Location: Based at Sandyford Central, G3 7NB
Professionally accountable to: Clinical Director, Sandyford
Managerially accountable to: Head of Sexual Health Services, Sandyford
2. Qualifications
Candidates must hold a CCT in Obstetrics & Gynaecology or community Sexual & Reproductive Health or be within 3 months of obtaining CCT at the interview date. Experience and demonstrable skills in medical gynaecology and early pregnancy ultrasound are essential. Experience of working within integrated sexual health services is desirable, as are experience of abortion care, sexual offences examination and the care of victims of sexual assault.
3. Sandyford
Sandyford is the comprehensive specialist service for sexual, reproductive and emotional health for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The service covers a population of 1.1 million and there are approximately 110000 patient contacts per year. The Sandyford ethos is ‘to provide health improving services in a client focused, inclusive and anti-discriminatory way, through constantly innovating to meet the needs of men and women’, promoting excellence in sexual and reproductive health and to influence others to provide positive, open access approaches to health and well-being for all.
Sandyford delivers an integrated range of services based around genitourinary medicine and sexual and reproductive health.
While mainly based in Sandyford Central, G3 7NB, services are also delivered in 14 community hubs and satellites across the Health Board area. All services provide integrated sexual health care, with patients attending generic services with a range of issues and being seen by members of a multidisciplinary team who will work within their skills and competencies to meet the patient’s needs or refer on to appropriate team members or other professionals.
A comprehensive Genitourinary Medicine service is provided for both men and women, with specialist clinics for people with complex or chronic conditions. Men who have sex with men are seen both in routine integrated services at Sandyford Central and the hubs and in the specialist Steve Retson Project.
There is an on site laboratory at Sandyford Central, staffed by a biomedical scientist who provides a rapid slide-reading service for Sandyford Central and the community clinics. There is excellent local laboratory support with an emphasis on molecular diagnostics. There are excellent relations with reference laboratories, public health and epidemiologists.
Sandyford provides a complete range of contraceptive services including LARC and vasectomy counselling and operating. Specialist reproductive and sexual health clinics include menopause clinics, psychosexual medicine service, gender identity service, medical gynaecology clinic, colposcopy diagnosis and treatment, pelvic ultrasound, hysteroscopy and minor operative procedures. Sandyford also offers early pregnancy counselling services with direct referral for termination of pregnancy within the termination of pregnancy assessment and referral service (TOPAR).
The unit has many services which are tailored to meet the needs of specific groups such as people involved in prostitution, young people, asylum seekers, lesbians, men who have sex with men, transgendered people, different ethnic groups and people with disabilities. An equality impact assessment of the service was undertaken in 2015.
Sandyford Counselling and Support Services (SCaSS) provide comprehensive counselling services for men and women, particularly for issues which have an impact on sexual health.
Sandyford is committed to a social and holistic model of health and has very close ties with the Board’s health improvement team for sexual health which is based at Sandyford. Sandyford has a part-time Community Access Co-ordinator whose role is to ensure the views of users are taken into account in designing and delivering services and the strategic direction of the service. She also liaises with different community groups in an effort to reach non-users.
Sandyford is involved in education with many different groups ranging from the general public to youth groups and medical undergraduates, health care professionals, teachers and many others. Special Study Modules are provided for undergraduate medical students from Glasgow University and the Directorate has close links with Caledonian University and University of the West of Scotland.
There is a comprehensive sexual health IT system (NaSH) in use across Scotland. All routine consultations are paperless. The system provides a significant amount of routine reportable information and facilitates dispersed working, secure messaging, and a high degree of automation. Test results are imported and interpreted automatically and made available via an automated telephone system.
Archway Glasgow is Scotland’s first and only SARC (sexual assault referral centre), which aims to improve the care provided for those who have been raped or sexually assaulted by providing forensic and medical services, counselling and follow-on support for women, men and adolescents who have been raped or sexually assaulted in the Greater Glasgow area. Archway is a partnership between the statutory and voluntary sector including the NHS, Glasgow City Council, Strathclyde Police, Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service and Glasgow Violence Against Women Partnership and is hosted within Sandyford.
HIV out-patient care in Glasgow is provided at the Brownlee Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital. There are currently 1600 patients attending the integrated service led by Consultants in both GUM and Infectious Diseases. The cohort is supported by a shared multidisciplinary team including out-patient nurses, clinical nurse specialists,liaison psychiatry, HIV pharmacists, health advisers, OT, peer support and a counselling service.Consultations and prescribing are administered paper free using Clinical Portal e-forms. There is a data manager at the Brownlee Centre who maintains a comprehensive unit database for quality and reporting purposes.
If required, in-patients are admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital under the care of the ID team. The regional virology laboratory service is also based in Glasgow and providescomprehensive support including HIV genotypic resistance testing.
NHSGGC sexual health services are part of the West of Scotland Managed Care Network for sexual health, with many shared protocols and a collaborative approach to clinical care, audit and research. More details are available at http://www.wossexualhealthmcn.org.uk/west-of-scotland-managed-clinical-network
4. General Responsibilities
1) Provide direct clinical care to men and wormen within integrated sexual health and related services at Sandyford or any of its other sites, with a particular emphasis on the management of complex contraception and gynaecological presentations and support for the multiprofessional team.
2) Provide clinical leadership.
3) To participate in local and national audit.
4) To assist in research as required.
5) To provide and take part in educational activities.
6) Undertake administrative tasks in order to ensure smooth liaison and partnership development with all relevant statutory and non-statutory agencies.
7) Any other task deemed suitable that may arise as a result at the request of the Sandyford management team.
8) It is emphasised that duties and responsibilities of this post may change as a result of new evidence and service development.
5. Areas Of Special Responsibility
1) This post is to cover staff shortages in the medical gynaecology team at Sandyford due to retiral and long term absence. The immediate service need is to provide consultant support to integrated urgent care clinics and booked medical gynaecology and termination assessment clinics at Sandyford Central, as well as supporting the multiprofessional team with management of more complex sexual and reproductive health conditions.
2) Contribution to the care of women requesting abortion is part of the role. Those who have conscientious objection to some aspects of this work are urged to contact the Clinical Director before making an application.
3) There is an opportunity to undertake forensic and clinical work within Archway, Scotland’s only Sexual Assault Referral Centre, for suitably trained and interested individuals. Additional areas of interest may be included by mutual arrangement.
6. NHS Scotland
The Scottish Government’s Sexual Health Strategy (Respect and Responsibility), launched in 2005 and updated in 2015, made recommendations on how sexual health should be delivered and emphasised the importance of patients having choice in obtaining services and the role of primary care in partnership with other service providers. The Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework combines areas of work surrounding Sexual Health, HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B. It is a multi-agency, cross agenda approach based on five high level outcomes. http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0048/00484414.pdf.
NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland (formerly Quality Improvement Scotland) developed standards for sexual health services in 2008. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde had an external review of compliance with these standards in 2011 http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/reproductive,_maternal_child/sexual_health/nhs_board_reports.aspx .
7. ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
Sandyford is hosted within the North West Locality of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership.
Sandyford Management Team
Ms Rhoda Macleod Head of Sexual Health Services
Dr Pauline McGough Clinical Director & Lead Clinician for Sexual Health NHSGGC, Consultant in SRH
Mrs Lorraine Forster Nurse Consultant & head of profession
Mrs Fiona Noble Performance and Planning Manager
Mrs Jennifer Schofield Operations Manager
The successful applicant will join a medical team which includes 15 Consultant staff across four specialties, 1 FY2 Doctor, 4 specialist trainees in GUM and 2 in cSRH, specialty and associate specialist doctors. The wider multidisciplinary team includes advanced nurse practitioners, specialist sexual health nurses and health care support workers, health advisers, administrative & clerical staff and biomedical scientists, counsellors and others.
9. Provisional Job Plan
A final job plan will be agreed with the postholder on appointment and will be reviewed periodically as necessary to take account of the evolving needs of the services. See appendix D for an indicative plan. Applications from those who wish to work less than full time or job share will be considered.
Direct Clinical Care 8 PAs
· These will be divided between integrated urgent care and specialist appointment clinics and case review work. One session should take place in the early evening when the Consultant will also provide clinical support for all Sandyford services. Timetabling is flexible subject to mutual consent.
Supporting professional activities 2 PAs
· This will encompass audit, CPD, appraisal, revalidation, teaching and training of the multidisciplinary team and service development activities.
· Monthly meetings are chaired by the lead clinician. The post holder will be expected to attend these and the monthly integrated consultants meetings.
· Appraisal occurs annually and links to but is separate from the annual Job Plan Review. Appraisal will be undertaken by NES trained appraisers in NHSGGC.
10. Continuing Professional Development
· A comprehensive range of postgraduate courses, lectures and meetings is available and will be tailored to the postholder’s individual learning plan. The postholder will be expected to use study leave to fulfil reasonable CPD requirements in line with their personalised learning plan. For those consultants with little experience of integrated sexual health support and additional training in this area will be offered.
11. Teaching and Training
The postholder will make a contribution to both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. This will include commitment to Sandyford workshops in integrated sexual health and HIV (SWISHH), Diploma in sexual and reproductive health courses, and undergraduate medical student teaching, and additional activities by mutual agreement. There is an opportunity for interested and qualified individuals to act as named Clinical Supervisor to a cSRH or GUM ST; if so time will be allocated in the job plan by mutual consent.
12. Research
A wide range of opportunities are available within Glasgow. The department has a profile in epidemiological and health services research. Current collaborators include Health Protection Scotland, the Glasgow University Department of Public Health, Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian Universities, University of West of Scotland and the MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit.
There are also close working relationships with the West of Scotland Specialist Virus Laboratory and other microbiology departments in Scotland, including the National Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Reference Laboratory in Edinburgh, which provide valuable collaborative research opportunities.