Specialist Nurse in Sexual & Reproductive Health

NHS; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Maidstone seeks a Specialist Nurse in Sexual & Reproductive Health. The successful candidate will provide high-standard care to improve community sexual health and will be required to work flexibly, including late shifts and weekends. Key qualifications include being a registered nurse with relevant sexual health qualifications. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package including annual leave and NHS pension.

Benefits

At least 27 days of annual leave

Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme

Blue Light card eligibility

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in sexual and reproductive health.
• Experience working as an autonomous practitioner.
• Proven teaching and assessing skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Sexual and Reproductive Health needs.
• Work flexibly to meet service needs.
• Facilitate comprehensive care to the local population.

Skills

Ability to manage time effectively

Advanced contraceptive skills

Experience of change management

Involvement in standard setting and audit

Evidence of innovation and creativity

Education

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Recognised Sexual Health Qualification

Teaching Qualification

Management or supervision qualification

Job description

Specialist Nurse in Sexual & Reproductive Health

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a commitment to deliver the highest standard of care in treating and preventing the transmission of sexually transmitted infections and HIV, with partner notification/ contact tracing processes, applying public health principles, to reduce transmission of STIs/HIV and to improve the sexual health of the community. The successful candidate will deliver Sexual and Reproductive Health needs, including the fitting of LARC devices.

The candidate will have excellent interpersonal, communication and administration skills to facilitate comprehensive care to the local population.n

You will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, which would involve working late shifts, weekends, and also working at satellite services on a rotational basis as required.

Main duties of the job

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust manages the largest integrated Sexual Health Service in Kent (Genito-Urinary Medicine, Contraception and HIV), including the Kent-wide home testing, SH:UK. Our services are across Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Gravesend & Dartford.

About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.

We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.

Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.

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Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:

• At least 27 days of annual leave plus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
• Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below

Job responsibilities

Weve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at EnhancedLevel. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list.

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.

Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trusts 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please [e-mail] if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (adult) with current NMC registration
• Recognised Sexual Health Qualification including: DFSRH, STIF core, plus, intermediate.
• Teaching Qualification
• Management or supervision qualification or program of study.

Experience/Knowledge

• Experience in sexual and reproductive health
• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner and clinical decision -making
• Proven teaching and assessing skills
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health care and educational policy and processes as it relates to nursing practice.
• Knowledge of relevant national, local policies, strategies and guidance
• Knowledge of legal and clinical governance and application to the services.
• Clinical audit
• Experience of developing clinical pathways and policy
• Knowledge of current epidemiological trends within locality

Skills

• Ability to manage time effectively, priorities and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Advanced contraceptive skills such as intrauterine techniques and subdermal implants
• Experience of change management
• Involvement in standard setting and audit.
• Evidence of innovation and creativity

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.