Trust Registrar - Sexual Health & HIV

at  Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

This is an opportunity for a 12 month Trust Registrar position at Croydon Sexual Health Centre.
The HIV department is based on the acute hospital site. Our HIV cohort at Croydon University Hospital is growing with over 900 patients, the majority of whom are on antiviral therapy. Croydon HIV clinic serves a diverse community with a large female cohort that we support through their pregnancies each year. HIV inpatients are admitted under the HIV team. Inpatient numbers are growing with approximately 100 admissions annually.
The Sexual Health centre is co-located with the HIV outpatient clinic. It sees 22,000 patients annually serving a population with a high incidence of STIs
The role is split between Sexual Health clinics and care of HIV patients. You will work alongside another Junior Doctors and coordinate departmental teaching. The post holder will be encouraged to conduct research and audit projects.

OUR VISION:

“Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it”

Our 5 key ‘Here for you’ promises to the people of Croydon are:

• You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff
• You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff
• You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians
• You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home
• You feel it’s getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services

“ As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.”
Please refer to the the document below for further details on the job description and main responsibilities

PURPOSE OF THIS POST

This post is intended to support Sexual Health and HIV care. This post offers an excellent opportunity to gain clinical experience in HIV medicine and sexual health within a supportive department.
Comprehensive induction
Continuing medical education through MDTs, case based discussions, ward rounds and patient reviews
Weekly Grand Round
Departmental sexual health & HIV teaching
Weekly consultant ward round
Encouragement and support to enable abstract submission to relevant national conferences
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.