SMO Sligo Sexual Health Clinic

The Role:

A Sexual Health Senior Medical Officer (Grade Code 183T) is required to provide short-term support to the HSE Sligo Sexual Health Clinic (SHC). The assignment is for 6 hours per week, for an initial period of 3 months, commencing July 1^st 2025. The assignment will involve, though is not limited to, the Senior Medical Officer assisting the Consultant and medical and nursing staff in the delivery of the Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) service in the Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan area. The Senior Medical Officer will demonstrate clinical experience in the delivery of Sexual Health / GUM / STI.

Note that the duration of the requirement may be extended, subject to service needs.

Service Overview:

The Sexual Health Service in the North West (Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim) is a busy, community based that delivers free, safe, clinically effective and quality driven Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) to key at risk population groups in the North West, and beyond. It is a consultant led and supervised model in which nurses and Senior Medical Officers (SMOs) provide clinical care from 2 clinic sites – Sligo and Letterkenny. This includes the screening, diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Role Description/Requirements:

The following role description (which is not exhaustive) serves as a guide for the work that will be undertaken by the Senior Medical Officer for Sligo SHC:

Operational

• Attend the clinic at such times as specified.
• Work with the Consultant and nursing staff to deliver the GUM service

Clinical

• Sexual history taking
• Male and female genital examination
• Diagnosis and treatment of STIs and related conditions
• Follow up and contact tracing of clients
• Provision of health promotion in relation to healthy sexual practices
• Provision of HIV PrEP, doxyPEP and relevant vaccinations
• Maintenance of  appropriate clinical records in respect of all clients and ensure these are updated and on a regular basis
• Provide all necessary direction to clinical staff as to the classification and treatment of clients

Hours of Work/Work base:

The Senior Medical Officer will work for 6 hours per week as follows:

• Tuesdays from 1800 – 2100
• Thursdays from 1800 – 2100