Bank SARC Sexual Offences Examiner (Nurse)

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in Gloucester is looking for a professional to provide specialist advice, assessment, and forensic medical examinations for victims of rape and sexual assault. The candidate will handle sensitive information and collaborate with police and health professionals. Relevant qualifications and experience are necessary to manage distressing situations competently.

Responsibilities

• Provide telephone information and support to police and victims, handling sensitive information.
• Assess and provide aftercare in forensic medical examinations.
• Carry out independent forensic medical examinations according to specific guidelines.

Job description

Main duties include:

• To provide telephone information, support and specialist advice to police, professionals, crisis workers and victims/carers; handling information that is highly sensitive and often distressing in nature.
• To provide specialist advice, assessment and aftercare including delaying attendance where medical needs should take priority and taking part in best interest discussions and involving families when a victim lacks capacity to consent to the forensic medical examination.
• To independently carry out Forensic Medical Examinations of victims of rape and sexual assault for Police and self-referrals in accordance with Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine (FFLM), Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) and NMC guidelines. This should include obtaining consent for the examination and information sharing (including with police and the criminal justice system) details of the reported crime, ascertaining whether any activities may have affected the potential forensic yield, obtaining a medical, surgical, mental health, gynaecologic, obstetric (and for children, developmental) history.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.