Sexual & Reproductive Health Nurse - Maternity Leave Cover

The Westbury Group Practice; Westbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Minimum 27 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Job summary

The Westbury Group Practice is seeking a Sexual & Reproductive Health Nurse to cover maternity leave for up to one year. You will deliver high quality sexual and reproductive health services, contraception consultations, and cervical screening within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Applicants should have CoSRH Diploma and experience with menopause and HRT; you will work with GPs, maintain records, and promote patient wellbeing. The practice offers NHS Pension and generous leave.

Qualifications

• Must have CoSRH Diploma and current practice in sexual & reproductive health.

Responsibilities

• Provide sexual and reproductive health advice and support to patients.
• Deliver contraception consultations and reviews.
• Support the provision of long-acting reversible contraception (where trained).
• Undertake sexual health assessments, testing and treatment within scope of practice.
• Carry out cervical screening clinics.
• Promote sexual health, wellbeing and disease prevention.
• Maintain accurate patient records and ensure confidentiality.
• Work closely with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns.
• Participate in training, clinical audits and service improvement activities.

Skills

CoSRH Diploma

Fit/Remove Coils & Implants

Experience with Menopause Patients

Experience with HRT

Education

CoSRH Diploma

Job description

Sexual & Reproductive Health Nurse - Maternity Leave Cover

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Sexual Health Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team on a temporary 1 year contract.

Main duties of the job

The Sexual and Reproductive Health Nurse will provide high-quality, patient-centred sexual and reproductive healthcare services, promoting sexual wellbeing, preventing ill health, and supportinginformed choices for patients of all ages and backgrounds.

Main Duties of the Job

• Provide sexual and reproductive health advice and support to patients.
• Deliver contraception consultations and reviews.
• Support the provision of long-acting reversible contraception (where trained).
• Undertake sexual health assessments, testing and treatment within scope of practice.
• Carry out cervical screening clinics.
• Menstruation support
• Promote sexual health, wellbeing and disease prevention.
• Maintain accurate patient records and ensure confidentiality.
• Work closely with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns.
• Participate in training, clinical audits and service improvement activities.
• Maintain clinical competence and comply with NMC standards and practice policies.

Skills required:

• CoSRH Diploma
• Fit/Remove Coils and Contraceptive Implants
• Experience of Menopause Patients
• Experience with patients on HRT.

About us

WGP is a large GP practice serving over 25k patients in the area. Based in the town of Westbury, Wiltshire it has excellent transport links and plenty of free staff parking.

Other benefits include:

• Minimum 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive sufficent applications.

Job responsibilities

• Up to date knowledge of current issues on contraceptive practice and womens health, sexuality and sexual health.
• Ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care.
• Understanding the role, values, procedures and standards of family planning and sexual health services.
• Evidence of experience in embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health outcome.
• Ability to work in a sensitive, confidential and non-judgemental manner.
• Ability to discuss sexual health issues with clients regardless of gender, age, culture, sexual orientation and disability.
• Awareness of and understanding child protection issues.
• Accurately carry out health assessments and continue to monitor patients as needed.
• Undertake diagnostic tests including cervical cytology.
• Provide pre and post-test counselling.
• To undertake home visits for patients who are housebound
• Promote health and wellbeing
• Fitting and removal of contraceptive implants.
• Fitting and removal of intrauterine device or intrauterine system.
• Support and mentor other colleagues/students within the practice

General Duties

• To maintain comprehensive, accurate and contemporaneous computerised records of all consultations and contacts with patients and when appropriate written or printed records.

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care.

• Making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team.
• Refer patients directly to other services or agencies as appropriate
• Providing assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice.
• Undertake pathological specimens and investigatory procedures
• Support and mentorship to other colleagues within the practice who are seeing similar patients.
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
• Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care and support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care
• Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery
• Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services
• Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician.
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs
• Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
• A duty to advise senior members of staff of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.

Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

Person Specification

Experience

• Team working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Up to date knowledge of current issues on contraceptive practice/womens health including menopause and HRT, sexuality and sexual health.
• Able to fit and remove IUCDs/IUSs and contraceptive implants
• Experience of reflective practice and supervision
• Previous experience as a practice nurse
• Involvement in mentoring/teaching learners
• Good understanding of primary care

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of primary & community health care
• Knowledge of when to seek advice, elevate care and who the appropriate professional for help and advice would be
• Understands and acts in line with the NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code
• Understands requirements for NMC professional revalidation
• Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
• Can autonomously make decisions & management plans
• Able to use IT based clinical record system
• Time management and ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
• Ability to communicate effectvely (written, verbal and non verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
• Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
• Willingness and motivation to learn
• Local & national health policy and impact on General Practice

Qualifications

• Current UK driving licence and insurance
• CoRSH Diploma
• Non-Medical Prescriber

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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