Band 6 Nurse- Sexual Health

Integrated Care System; Loughborough; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Loughborough is seeking a Band 6 Senior Sexual Health Practitioner. This role involves providing essential sexual health services across various locations while ensuring excellent patient care. Ideal candidates will have recognized competencies and at least 2 years of sexual health experience. The position also offers excellent professional development opportunities and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms

Access to mental and physical wellbeing support

Membership of My Reward Hub for discounts

Access to eLearning and career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be an existing Band 6 Senior Sexual Health Practitioner or Band 5 seeking promotion.
• Recognised competencies in sexual health required.
• Experience managing sexual health services independently.

Responsibilities

• Manage and triage patients for sexual health, contraception, and HIV care.
• Provide STI/HIV screening and treatment.
• Promote sexual health through education and interventions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Maintain clinical governance and accurate records.

Skills

Sexual health competencies (STIF Foundation or Intermediate)

Faculty Diploma in Contraception (DFSRH)

At least 2 years of sexual health experience

Job description

We are excited to announce the launch of our new Leicestershire and Rutland Sexual Health Service and are looking for a Band 6 Senior Sexual Health Practitioner to join our team.

Based at our Loughborough Health Centre, with service locations across Rutland, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, and Coalville, this part or full-time role offers a unique opportunity to provide free, confidential sexual health services to the local community. This role will involve travel across our localities.

We would welcome an existing Band 6 Senior Sexual Health Practitioner or an existing Band 5 Sexual Health Practitioner seeking promotion, who has recognised sexual health competencies (STIF Foundation or Intermediate), Faculty Diploma in Contraception (DFSRH), and at least 2 years of sexual health experience at Band 5/6. You will work as a member of the sexual health team as an autonomous practitioner providing sexual health services. You will collaborate with colleagues and commissioners to develop services in line with commissioning objectives.

We're excited to welcome the Leicestershire and Rutland Sexual Health team - HCRG Care Group Careers

Main duties of the job

• Manage and triage patients for sexual health, contraception, and HIV care, escalating to the multidisciplinary team when necessary.
• Provide STI/HIV screening, treatment, and partner management following clinical protocols and Patient Group Directions (PGDs).
• Insert and remove contraceptive implants and intrauterine devices after appropriate training.
• Promote sexual health through education, brief interventions, and positive health messaging.
• Work autonomously to manage a caseload, ensuring patient choice and effective care pathways.
• Offer specialised advice, develop care plans, and support colleagues with clinical leadership.
• Maintain accurate records and uphold clinical governance and organisational policies.
• Participate in audits, research, and service development initiatives.
• Commit to ongoing professional development and evidence-based practice.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of responsibilities for this role.

About us

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’s 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 may need to close it earlier than the shown date. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you, so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

You will feel valued as a Band 6 Nurse - Sexual Health within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• AFC Band 6 £37,338 - £44,962 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases, cashback, and voucher offers for treats for you and your loved ones
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high-interest rates
• Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges to post-trauma support, legal, debt, and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways, and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas that help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care, backed by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organization committed to the highest clinical and quality standards, with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a disclosure check will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.