Sexual Health Nurse

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for an experienced sexual health nurse to join our team in Andover/Eastleigh. A training post (band 5-6) would be considered for the right candidate, part time at 32 hours per week.

You will assess client needs, provide contraception advice, and treat STIs within a patient-centred, evidence-based framework. You will work under PGDs or as an independent prescriber, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to

Qualifications

• Experience as a sexual health nurse with NHS practice.
• Ability to assess client needs and provide contraception advice.
• Excellent communication and team-working skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess sexual health needs and provide contraception advice.
• Treat STIs within PGDs or as an independent prescriber.
• Work with multidisciplinary team to support service improvements.

Skills

Communication skills

Job description

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced sexual health nurse to work as part of our team based in Andover/Eastleigh. A training post (band 5-6) would be considered for the right candidate.

You will assess individual client needs and provide advice on all methods of Contraception and Sexual Health issues within a variety of settings, as directed by the management team. As part of the nursing team the jobholder works within standard operating procedures and will receive training to ensure evidence-based practices are followed. The post holder will issue first time and repeat hormonal and emergency contraception and treatment for sexually transmitted infections working to Patient Group Directions or as an independent prescriber.

We are a busy Level 3 integrated, open access Sexual Health Service covering Portsmouth, Southampton, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We operate a hub and spoke model of care to provide screening, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. We are digitally innovative; patient focused and continually strive for service-wide quality improvement.

You will have excellent communication skills, written and verbal. You will support and promotes a positive approach to diversity and equality of opportunity, they will promote a culture which respects and values diversity, and support patients, visitors and staff in exercising their rights. The jobholder can work collaboratively with colleagues across a range of agencies.

This role is part time for 32 hours per week.

The postholder will be dual trained to provide sexual health and contraceptive care to service users, working within a suite of Patient Group Directives or as an independent prescriber to issue medications.

They will work autonomously in accordance with nationally recognised and locally developed guidelines, and in partnership within the multidisciplinary team, supporting service improvements and innovations.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence