Integrated Sexual Health Nurse

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare organization is seeking a dedicated nurse to manage clinics and provide specialized care within their Pregnancy Advisory Service. Responsibilities include taking charge of daily operations, running nurse-led clinics, and supporting patients. The ideal candidate should adhere to professional conduct standards and may need to perform ultrasound scanning depending on qualifications. Weekend hours may be required.

Qualifications

• Work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Experience in assessing care and health education needs.
• Ability to perform ultrasound scanning or willingness to undertake training.

Responsibilities

• Take charge of clinics and manage daily service operations.
• Run nurse-led clinics for assessment and diagnosis.
• Provide nursing skills within the Pregnancy Advisory Service.
• Support and nurse patients attending for termination of pregnancy.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines, taking responsibility for the assessment of care and health education needs.
• To take charge of clinics and to ensure the continuity of the day to day management of the service.
• Participate in and run nurse-led clinics (to include assessment and diagnosis). Use professional judgment to seek advice or refer to medical colleagues as clinically indicated.
• To provide a range of nursing skills within the Pregnancy Advisory Service to include the termination suite, Integrated Sexual Health clinics and outlying locality clinics, these skills will include (but not limited to) examination, microscopy, venepuncture, consent for terminations etc. This will include some evenings and possibly weekends.
• To support, monitor and nurse patients attending for termination of pregnancy.
• To perform ultrasound scanning for the assessment of patients in pregnancy advisory and complex contraception (if qualified to do so), or be prepared to undertake training to do so.

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