Sexual Health Nurse

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Band 6 Nurse specializing in Sexual Health Services. The role requires assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care for clients, with a focus on STIs and contraception methods. Candidates must have a registered nurse qualification and experience in delivering compassionate care by adhering to best practices.

Benefits

Compassionate care environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Fully trained as a Band 6 Nurse or a Band 5 training position.
• Competencies in sexual health nursing required.
• Experience in assessing and treating STIs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-standard patient care as a Sexual Health Nurse Specialist.
• Document and manage sexual health assessments.
• Promote and perform insertion/removal of LARC methods.

Skills

Patient Care

Sexual Health Promotion

Risk Assessment

Microscopy

Phlebotomy

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Job description

The post is for a Band 6 Nurse when fully trained. If the applicant doesn’t meet all essential criteria, it will be a Band 5 training position until competencies are completed, including OTE and BASHH.

To assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for clients accessing Sexual Health Services. This includes the assessment and treatment of sexually transmitted infections and the care of patients affected or infected by HIV. The role also involves informing and advising individuals on contraception methods, including LARC, and providing up-to-date sexual health promotion.

Responsibilities include:

1. Delivering high-standard patient care as a Sexual Health Nurse Specialist.
2. Supporting, assisting, and advising patients to promote sexual health.
3. Working autonomously at a specialist nurse level within current guidelines and best practices.
4. Managing personal well-being and time to ensure optimal performance.
5. Assessing, examining, and undertaking investigations such as microscopy and phlebotomy, managing and treating STIs within expanded practice areas, following Patient Group Directives.
6. Providing risk assessments for high-risk individuals, including testing and pre/post-test discussions for HIV.
7. Performing partner notification to reduce infection rates.
8. Promoting and performing insertion/removal of LARC methods like Implanon and IUD/IUS, with confidence and competence.
9. Providing sexual health services to young people, applying Fraser guidelines, and adhering to safeguarding policies.
10. Conducting cervical cytology screening and managing referrals for abnormal results to colposcopy.

We employ over 6,500 staff delivering compassionate care across our hospitals and community sites, including Calderdale Royal Hospital, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, and community health centres like Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. Our services include urgent and emergency care, medical, surgical, maternity, gynaecology, critical care, children’s services, end-of-life care, outpatient, and diagnostic imaging.

We also provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale, focusing on modernisation and quality improvement. Our foundation trust status allows us to respond swiftly to community needs, invest in services, and prioritize patient care.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Gillian Bristow
• Job Title: Clinical Nurse Manager
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]