Sexual Health Nurse

Inclusion; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Leicester is looking for a B6 Sexual Health Nurse to provide high-quality care. You will work in a supportive environment focused on patient need, offering services across multiple locations. Ideal candidates possess strong communication skills, a nursing qualification, and experience in sexual health. Flexibility in working hours is required, including some evenings and Saturdays.

Benefits

Development packages

In-house training

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in managing sensitive situations effectively.
• Ability to undertake risk assessment and clinical examination.
• Capable of fitting and removing sub-dermal implants.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality integrated care within Sexual Health Services.
• Conduct assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
• Lead and undertake nurse-led clinics for continuity of service.

Skills

Sexual health experience

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Understanding of data protection

Patient care commitment

Education

Nursing or midwifery qualification

Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health Diploma

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a permanent full time (part-time will be considered) B6 Sexual Health Nurse post to work across Leicester City. Leicester Sexual Health Service is a 6 day a week service and the post holder will be required to be flexible to service needs including working evenings and one Saturday a month.

We offer development packages, in-house training and a supportive approach for all staff within the service.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual with previous sexual health experience who possesses excellent communications skills, is able to work under their own initiative and has the skills to manage difficult and sensitive situations. You must be non-judgemental in your approach, be able to deal with challenging and delicate situations and have a good understanding of data protection and confidentiality. Also, you must be committed to the delivery of high standards of patient care.

This role will be based at Haymarket Health in the Haymarket Shopping Centre, Leicester and will include assisting and chaperoning clinical staff for procedures and having your own 'no-talk testing' clinic. Maintaining excellent standards of infection control, phlebotomy and microscopy. The setting up and closing down of the clinic is also part of the role.

Main duties of the job

The Sexual Health Service covers Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Leicester, and is a highly complex and sensitive environment. The service provision is designed to provide safe, supportive and confidential settings to help clients assess their sexual health needs and make informed choices within a framework of high standards of care.

• To be responsible for setting high standards of care within the resources available and to review and monitor these on a continuous basis, through the process of audit, to ensure continuing quality of care.
• Contribute to the delivery of evidence-based personalised and compassionate care which places quality at the heart of specialist practice. Care will be responsive to individual needs and reflect current local protocols and national guidelines
• To lead and undertake nurse led clinics working alongside nursing colleagues, to ensure continuity of service provision.
• Assess the contraceptive need of the client, taking a comprehensive medical, gynaecological, sexual and social history as appropriate.
• Undertake risk assessment, clinical examination and testing for sexually transmitted infection, and issue treatments under PGD or as an independent prescriber.
• To assess and deliver contraceptive care as required, including pregnancy testing and contraception provision of all methods, including LARCs.
• To fit and remove sub-dermal implants competently or to work towards this.

About us

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex.We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide.We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support.Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

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Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:

Support the provision of high-quality integrated care within Sexual Health Services.

Work as part of a team and independently in nurse-led and outreach community settings as required.

Provide a high quality and holistic service and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.

Provide high quality genito urinary medical care to patients, including the assessment, examination, diagnosis and management of common genito urinary conditions in line with current guidelines.

Provide a full range of contraception choices to patients, in line with current guidance.

Issue selected treatments and contraception under advanced Patient Group Directions or as an Independent non medical prescriber.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing or midwifery qualification and registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health Diploma (or equivalent)

Experience

• Sexually Transmitted Infection competencies in line with BASHH guidelines

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.