Highly Specialist Sexual Health Practitioner

NHS; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Highly Specialist Sexual Health Practitioner

Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust

Greater Lincolnshire Integrated Sexual Health Services (G-LiSH) have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced clinician to join our Countywide service as a Highly Specialist Sexual Health Practitioner.

G-LiSH provides services to a range of patients requiring sexual health and contraceptive needs.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful candidate will have achieved a portfolio of competences to provide autonomous care within G-LiSH.

We are looking for an individual who can evidence relevant experience in a sexual health/contraception role with associated skills and knowledge.

There will be an expectation to travel and cover clinics when needed; therefore, the ability to travel is essential. Lincolnshire Community Health Services support travel costs from the successful candidate's base.

About Us

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 percent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism, and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more here.

Job Responsibilities

Main duties of the job are:

1. Responsible for the complex clinical assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment and/or referral of patients within G-LISH services.
2. Work collaboratively with the team, external providers and commissioners, to ensure the right care, by the right person, at the right time and in the right place.
3. Support the delivery of policy and procedures, contributing to the achievement of a quality, evidence-based service, excellence in clinical practice.
4. Act as a positive role model to teams at all times and always act within LCHS core values.
5. Act as an expert resource for patient care and decision making.
6. Initiate and provide skilled supervision/coaching of others. Ensure that staff access clinical supervision and training, receiving appropriate support from their line managers, and working to objectives set via a current appraisal.

Person Specification

Essential

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent level of experience working at a level in a specialist area and having gained specialist knowledge in sexual health.
• Evidence of accredited learning with Faculty Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare.
• Evidence of working with PDGs with enhanced skills.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of national and local policy context. Extensive knowledge of sexual health.
• Clinical supervision and education of less experienced staff and students. Experience of mentoring and supervising pre and post-registration students.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Self-motivated and the ability to motivate others. Versatile, flexible and resourceful.
• Ability to cope in potentially stressful and distressing situations maintaining clinical judgement under pressure.
• Evidence of recent and ongoing personal development including obvious leadership development.
• Strong analytical skills to support business planning, performance management and assurance.
• Teaching qualification or relevant experience in higher education.
• Evidence of multi-agency & professional working.

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.

Address

Northern Lincolnshire - Scunthorpe and Grimsby. Base to be discussed with candidates - Scunthorpe or Grimsby.