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CONSULTANT IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE

HIGHLAND SEXUAL HEALTH

RAIGMORE HOSPITAL, INVERNESS

FULL TIME (10PA / 40 HOURS)

£87,534 - £116,313 per annum

The team at Highland Sexual Health are seeking to appoint an additional full-time (10PA) Consultant in Sexual & Reproductive Health.  Based in Inverness in the beautiful Highlands of Scotland you will be part of an enthusiastic, passionate and progressive team who embrace the exciting advances and increasing demands within the speciality.

The Highlands of Scotland are home to over 300,000 people living in 40% of the geographical area of Scotland. The area offers an excellent quality of life with unparalleled opportunities for outdoor pursuits from hill walking & mountaineering to sea kayaking.  Inverness and the surrounding areas are wonderful places to live and work, and an ideal place to raise a family, with local schooling of very high standards.

Highland Sexual Health provides a comprehensive range of services including Sexual & Reproductive Health, HIV medicine, Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) and Gender Identity to North Highland. This Level 3 service provides open access, trauma informed, confidential integrated sexual health care such as STI management and contraception as well as access via formal referral for specialist and complex care including Gender Identity medicine, sexual dysfunction and menopause.

Integrated Sexual & Reproductive Health Services within Scotland are provided by the NHS and are not commissioned services.

There are currently ten sessions available over five days (Monday to Friday), based mainly at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, with monthly sessions in Caithness and ad hoc sessions at the peripheral clinics in Invergordon and Fort William. Applications are welcomed from those who wish to work less than full time. There is no on-call commitment for this post.

You must be fully registered with a licence to practise in the UK and require to be placed on the GMC specialist register in community Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare or within 6 months of completion of specialty training (CCT) at the interview date.

For informal enquiries please contact:

Service Clinical Director: Dr Hame Lata (hame.lata@nhs.scot) or

Service Manager: Kimberley MacInnes (kimberley.macinnes@nhs.scot)

Closing date for completed applications: 14/08/2022

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