Job summary
Are you passionate about delivering outstanding sexual health and HIV care while helping shape the future of integrated services?

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic Consultant in GUM and HIV to join our forward-thinking and supportive multidisciplinary team delivering services across North Kent.

This exciting substantive post offers the opportunity to work within a well-established integrated sexual health service providing Genitourinary Medicine, HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health care to a diverse population. The successful candidate will join a highly experienced team of consultants, speciality doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who are committed to delivering innovative, accessible and patient-focused care.

Our service delivers more than 38,000 patient contacts each year and includes:

• Consultant-led HIV and GUM services
• Walk-in and booked integrated sexual health clinics
• HIV prevention and PrEP services
• Specialist contraception and complex SRH services
• Outreach and safeguarding programmes
• The Kent-wide online STI testing service (SH : UK)

We are particularly interested in candidates who are enthusiastic about clinical leadership, service development, teaching, training, clinical governance and quality improvement.

Come and join Team MTW and help us improve sexual health and wellbeing across the communities we serve.

Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will:

• Provide expert clinical care for patients attending integrated sexual health and HIV services.
• Deliver consultant-led GUM, HIV and complex sexual health clinics.
• Manage a caseload of patients with complex sexual health and HIV needs.
• Support and provide clinical leadership to nurse-led services and multidisciplinary teams.
• Lead and develop the department's clinical audit programme and quality improvement activities.
• Contribute to service development and implementation of national sexual health priorities.
• Participate in clinical governance, risk management and service improvement initiatives.
• Provide safeguarding support and expertise for children, young people and vulnerable adults attending the service.
• Support undergraduate, postgraduate and multidisciplinary education and training.
• Participate in the supervision and development of trainee doctors, medical students and clinical colleagues.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across sexual health, HIV, gynaecology, obstetrics, dermatology, paediatrics, urology, pharmacy and primary care.
• Contribute to the strategic development of integrated sexual health services across Kent.

About us
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is one of the best performing hospital trusts in England. We are regularly in the top five for emergency department performance and offer some of the fastest access to cancer treatment in the country.

We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in west Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 7,000 staff we provide specialist cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.

We operate from three main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital, Tunbridge Wells Hospital and Fordcombe Hospital, and provide outpatient clinics across Kent and East Sussex.

Looking for flexible working? We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it's adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.

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Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a employer contribution of 23.7% and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below

Details
Date posted: 18 August 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 359-MSD8130908-GYNAE
Job locations: Gravesham Community Hospital, Bath Street, Gravesend, DA11 0DG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Weve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list.

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date has been agreed.

As part of your induction, you will be required to attend face-to-face training sessions and/or complete e-learning modules relevant to your role. If you have previously worked for another NHS organisation before joining Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW), we can transfer eligible mandatory training records where appropriate, helping to avoid unnecessary duplication of learning.

Person Specification
Qualifications/ Experience/ Knowledge
Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• GMC registration with licence to practise.
• On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT.
• Diploma in GUM and/or HIV.
• Membership of relevant professional bodies (BASHH, BHIVA, FSRH).

Desirable

• Letters of competency in subdermal implants and IUD fitting
• Distinctions, prizes or scholarships.
• Other degrees (BSc, MSc, MD).

Skills
Essential

• Effective communication skills.
• Clinical leadership skills.
• Ability to lead clinical audit projects.
• Teaching and training skills.
• Ability to work within multidisciplinary teams.
• Basic IT skills including Microsoft Office, email and clinical systems.
• Ability to develop clinical pathways and service improvements.

Desirable

• Educational supervisor qualification.
• STIF trainer or other recognised teaching qualification.
• Presentation skills.
• Intermediate or advanced IT skills.

Attributes
Essential

• Professional, reliable and enthusiastic approach.
• Commitment to high quality patient care.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and innovation.
• Respect for diverse and marginalised groups.
• Flexible and collaborative approach to service delivery.

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership in service development.
• Research publications or conference presentations.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Address: Gravesham Community Hospital, Bath Street, Gravesend, DA11 0DG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.mtw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Director
Dr Katie Conway
katie.conway2@nhs.net
03003730709

Supporting documents
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