Sexual Health Nurse

Kent Community Health NHS Trust; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community health trust as a Sexual Health Nurse, delivering compassionate care and support in a dynamic team environment. This role emphasizes community-based healthcare, offering opportunities to provide high-quality services for sexual health needs in Eastbourne.

Qualifications

• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Experience in sexual health service or relevant discipline.
• Evidence of specialist qualifications in practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care to manage sexual health needs.
• Monitor quality and progress in service delivery.
• Provide sound clinical judgment and develop patient-centered care.

Skills

Communication

Clinical Judgement

Leadership

Education

Nursing or Midwifery Qualification

STIF Intermediate

DFSRH

Tools

Microsoft Office

E-Pay

E-roster

TAPs

CIS

Job description

Main area Sexual Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed term/ Secondment) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (part time avaliable) Job ref 846-7142891-EP

Site Avenue House (cross site working) Town Eastbourne Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Sexual health nurse to join our caring and progressive team in Eastbourne.

We’re a close team but we’re never exclusive, if you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Our team delivers high-quality evidence-based care to people to support their sexual health needs.

You’ll be part of an enthusiastic and passionate team dedicated to keeping people in Kent and Medway safe and well, now and in later life, by providing contraception, treatment for sexually-transmitted infections, and advice and support to maintain healthy relationships.

You’ll provide sound clinical judgement and leadership to support our team to safely deliver patient-centred care, and consistently monitor quality and progress in a challenging but rewarding environment.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here .

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Nursing or midwifery qualification and registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• STIF Intermediate

Qualifications

• Evidence of Specialist qualifications relevant to area of practice or willing to work towards a Sexual health qualification
• DFSRH

Experience

• Experience in working within a sexual health service or infectious disease service or acute medical experience or other relevant discipline.
• Experience with the use of Microsoft Office and a variety of IT packages (E-Pay / E-roster/ TAPs/ CIS)

Experience

• Practical experience in managing health related projects/ complex caseloads
• Understand and experience of partner notification for all sexually transmitted infections including HIV.

knowledge

• Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to individuals and groups

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.