Integrated Sexual Health Team Lead

Provide Community; Harlow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide Community seeks an Integrated Sexual Health Team Leader to guide nursing leadership and clinical expertise for the Integrated sexual health service in Harlow and surrounding areas. You will oversee a small team of specialist sexual health nurses and support workers, ensuring training and development within the service.

This role requires strong clinical skills in sexual health care, line management experience, and collaboration with the wider Essex service.

Qualifications

• Recent or current work within a sexual health field.
• Demonstrable leadership and management experience in nursing.
• Strong clinical knowledge in sexual health care and contraception.
• Evidence of specialist knowledge in sexual health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing leadership and clinical expertise for Integrated sexual health services.
• Line manage nursing team and support workers.
• Collaborate with wider Essex sexual health service and navigation hub.
• Participate in quality assurance meetings and processes.
• Train and develop the nursing team with senior staff.

Skills

Sexual health leadership

Nursing leadership

Team management

Clinical duties

Education

Nursing Diploma / CSRH

Job description

Job Overview

The Stow provides a level 3 service in all aspects of sexual health care for the prevention, screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infection and the provision of contraception, including long acting methods. The Integrated sexual health team leader will provide nursing leadership and clinical expertise in the provision of Integrated sexual health services for the population of Harlow and surrounding areas. Managing a small team of specialist sexual health nurses and support workers including the training and development of the nursing team.

Main duties of the job

• Collaborative working with the wider Essex sexual health service, liaising with the navigation hub (telephone administration team) to ensure provision of service to include daily review of clinic slot availability and utilisation.
• Clinical duties across the full range of interventions.
• Line management of nursing team.
• Participation in service wide quality assurance meetings/processes.
• Training and development of the nursing team, supported by the practice development nurse for the wider service, medical staff, online nursing lead, and outreach and education team among others.

Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider

We Expect Our Colleagues To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times:

• Vision: Transforming Lives
• Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
• Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for a full list of the main responsibilities for this role. Thank you for taking the time to apply for a role within Provide.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Recent or current work within a sexual health field
• Diploma from CSRH or equivalent qualification
• STIF intermediate competencies
• Evidence of specialist knowledge

Desirable criteria

• Competent to carry out implant or IUD procedures
• Management/leadership development programme or qualification
• Competent to carry out implant or IUS procedures

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination. We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or [e-mail].

Work Trials

Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Successful Applicant

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators. The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.