Job Introduction
Are you an experienced GUM clinician looking for a role where you can make a real difference, develop your career, and work within a forward-thinking, integrated sexual health service?
We are seeking a passionate and skilled Specialty Grade Doctor to join our Level 3 Integrated Contraception & Sexual Health service in Cheshire West & Chester—delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across a diverse and dynamic community.
About the role
You’ll play a key role in delivering a high-quality, prevention-focused sexual health service, including:
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Running ICASH and HIV clinics (6–7 per week)
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Managing complex STI and HIV cases
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Supporting clinical governance, audit, and teaching
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Contributing to regional HIV MDTs and service development
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Delivering patient-centred, inclusive care for all communities
You’ll primarily be based at Fountains Health Centre in Chester, with opportunities to work across community clinics.
This is a full-time (40 hours per week) opportunity.
Why join HCRG Care Group?
✅ True clinical variety
Work across GUM, HIV care, and contraception, including LARC and integrated clinics, with access to onsite microscopy and a well-established HIV service.
✅ Career progression built in
We actively support:
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CESR progression and entry to higher specialty training
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Diplomas in GUM & HIV
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Leadership development & service innovation roles
✅ Work with a collaborative MDT
Join a well-established team including Consultants, Specialist Doctors, experienced nurses, and trainees in a service seeing ~18,000 patient attendances per year.
✅ Protected development time
With 2.5 SPA sessions, you’ll have dedicated time for:
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Clinical governance
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Audit and research
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Teaching and service improvement
About you:
We are looking for a doctor who brings:
✔️ At least 4 years’ post-qualification experience, including 2+ years in sexual health / GUM / HIV
✔️ Expertise in STI management and integrated sexual health
✔️ Strong communication and teamwork skills
✔️ A passion for education, service improvement, and patient-centred care
✔️ GMC registration and commitment to professional development
Desirable: DFSRH, STIF competency, HIV experience, teaching or research background.
About the service:
Our service provides free, confidential, and inclusive sexual health care across Cheshire West & Chester, supporting people of all ages, genders, and orientations.
We are proud to deliver:
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Comprehensive contraception services
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STI testing and treatment
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Integrated HIV care
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Community-based outreach and education
Our vision: empowering people to achieve positive sexual health and wellbeing.
Package Description
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An annual salary of £73,383 - £102,689 (depending on experience)
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NHS Pension!
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Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
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Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
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Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
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Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
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An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
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The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
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Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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