Sexual Health Nurse Practitioner - Homeless & HIU service

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Sexual Health Nurse Practitioner to lead an outreach model for homeless services. The Band 7 role involves providing high-quality sexual health care, managing a caseload, and participating in a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in sexual health education and experience with marginalized populations. Hybrid working is available, and this is a maternity cover position until December 2026.

Qualifications

• Evidence of comprehensive professional development in sexual health and contraception.
• Working towards a Registered Nurse Prescriber.
• Recent experience in health inclusion providing services to marginalised groups.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients within the specialty.
• Lead others in providing patient-oriented care.
• Ensure high quality clinical care and good patient experiences.

Skills

Autonomous practitioner

Computer literate

Negotiation with agencies

Project management

Education

Sexual health course

Masters degree

Contraception qualification (DFSRH)

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Sexual Health Nurse Practitioner - Homeless & HIU service

The closing date is 07 December 2025

The Homeless Service is an excellent award-winning service (MBE award, two-time Winner of Lammy Award, Regional Winner of Health and Social Care Award for Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities, Winner of GSTT Care Award, Winner of Ab Fab Award) and friendly team delivering services to those experiencing homelessness. You will work in non-NHS sites such as hostels, day centres and street nursing when required and will be expected to travel to the Gracefield Gardens office when needed and we offer hybrid working and flexible working opportunities.

We are currently recruiting to a Band 7 Nurse Practitioner Sexual Health Trained (Adult) post - Maternity Leave cover ending December 15 2026.

External secondments or fixed term contracts will be considered.

The post holder will provide an outreach model of sexual health care and lead a sexual health Homeless service

Main duties of the job

Leading the sexual health service - attending meetings and holding a case load of clients.

Running sexual health in-reach clinics at hostels for the homeless and providing street outreach services in Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham

Sexual health treatment - administration of PGD medications

Safeguarding referrals - high risk client group.

Advocating for individuals

Liaising with accommodation providers, Local authority and stakeholders.

Participating in the running and development of the inclusion service service.

Leading on key roles within the homeless team and participating, as a senior member of the team in the leadership and development of the whole team.

Supporting the service leads in up holding the 7 pillars of governance

Leadership/management

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world‑class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

The Band 7 nurse will work closely with the other band 7's to offer leadership and support to the whole team.

To work autonomously, managing a caseload of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.

Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the specialty.

To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.

Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.

Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.

Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.

Direct, support, encourage and advise clinical teams, by the provision of specialist knowledge and advice in the care of patients within the area.

Participate in the promotion of patient centred care, and establish and maintain a supportive relationship with the patient and their family during the period of assessment, treatment and after care.

Support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions relating to their treatment and management.

Promote high quality clinical care, and assist in the development of the specialist service, through the use of evidence based practice and clinical standards.

Please see attached job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of comprehensive professional development in sexual health and contraception. This will include a sexual health course and a recognised contraception qualification such as the DFSRH
• Have or working towards a Masters degree
• Evidence of recent updating in Health inclusion - providing service to marginalised groups.

Professional registration

• Completed or working towards Registered Nurse Prescriber

Skills/Knowledge

• oAbility to work as an autonomous practitioner being responsible and accountable for choices made
• oComputer literate. Internet, email, Excel spreadsheet, Word, patient systems
• oAble to independently run nurse-led clinic for clients, and manage client care as appropriate
• oAble to work in partnership with and negotiate with a wide variety of partnership agencies, and other NHS providers
• Previous experience of running a project with direct relevance to this clinical area
• Demonstrated experience of managing clinical services in this clinical area

experiance

• Teaching experience informal and formal
• Experience of managing, supervising and monitoring junior members of staff and students in 1:1s
• Experience of dealing with complex issues
• oPrevious experience of running audits with direct relevance to this clinical area

Trust Values and Behaviour

• Demonstrate Trust Values and Behaviour

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.

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