Consultant Physician in Genitourinary Medicine

This is a full time (10PA) substantive NHS Consultant Post in Genitourinery Medicine and Sexual Health. The post holder will be employed by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT). The post will be based within the Liverpool axess service (Hub clinic at Royal Liverpool University Hospital) with clinical sessions provided to axess Wirral satellite HIV unit in Birkenhead. We are seeking to recruit a Consultant with specialist skills in Genitourinary medicine/integrated sexual health (including outpatient HIV clinics, management of sexually transmitted infection & contraception). The appointee will contribute in the Clinical Governance programme within the wider axess sexual health service and will have dedicated time to be Liverpool audit lead. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in research supported by our research lead and dedicated research nurse dependant on individuals experience and interest.

The appointee must hold the MRCP or equivalent and hold Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent and/or specialist registration with the GMC in Genitourinary Medicine, or be within six months of CCT at the time of the appointment.

Axess Sexual Health Liverpool is the largest Sexual Health service provider in Cheshire & Merseyside.

Axess has a total annual attendance of approximately 83,000 patient contacts per year. The service is open 6 days a week and provides open access sexual health clinics. There are specialist clinics available for Young People, HIV, PrEP, men who have sex with men (MSM), Trans and non-binary people, Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) clinics, Complex contraception (including ultrasound), Genital Dermatology and sexual problems (Sexual Problems Service).

The appointment will be a full-time (10 PA) Consultant Physician in GU / Sexual Health, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with office accommodation provided at axess Liverpool - Royal Liverpool Hospital.

The post is based at axess Liverpool (Linda McCartney Centre @ Royal Liverpool Hospital) with provision of 1 x HIV clinic at our Wirral Satellite HIV clinical unit (Birkenhead Medical Centre, Wirral)., Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Plus 2% on call availability supplement