Nursing Staff jobs in Großbritannien

In this role, you will work closely with the SHIP team leader to provide visible and supportive leadership to the SHIP team. You will act as a clinical role model, ensuring the provision of patient-centred sexual health interventions and prevention care.

A key part of the role will be maintaining robust processes for partner notification, results management, contact tracing, health promotion, and risk reduction interventions, as well as contributing to behavioural support and focused psychological care for patients accessing our services.

We are looking for a nurse with substantial experience in sexual health, strong leadership skills, and the ability to support and develop teams. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach are essential, along with a commitment to patient-centred care, service improvement, and reducing health inequalities.

• To provide health promotion, risk management/reduction, behavioural interventions and focused psychological support for identified patients attending Sexual Health and HIV Services.
• To take referrals from within the sexual health teams and external sources as required to provide enhanced expertise and support to patients with identified vulnerabilities or increased sexual health risk factors.
• To maintain clinical credibility by acting as a clinical practitioner in own area of expertise including the provision of history taking, sexual health screening, diagnosis and treatment of STI's.
• To supply and administer medication as required via PGD or Independent prescribing as appropriate.
• To utilise advanced knowledge and skills and undertake procedures and practices such as bimanual examination, proctoscopy contraceptive implant insertion and removal, IUD insertion and removal, cervical cytology and specialist follow up clinics.
• To develop and participate in specialist nurse delivered clinics as appropriate to the intervention and prevention needs of the service.
• To ensure that robust procedures for enhanced partner notification are implemented in practice in line with National Guidance.
• To ensure that there is a clear and consistent approach to results management across the service and the health improvement team actively support and directly contribute to the delivery of positive results as required.
• To ensure that all patients are managed and processes are in place to support a consistent and effective active recall procedure for patients at risk of STIs, HIV, unplanned pregnancy and repeat abortion.
• To act as the team lead on adult and child safeguarding processes and to ensure clinical staff are supported in managing complex cases.

• To assist in the resolution of any conflicts within the clinical area, resolving informal complaints locally and assisting in the investigation of and response to formal complaints as required.
• To investigate accidents and incidents; identify and implement corrective action where necessary, in conjunction with the matron.
• To lead on specific service and team development projects as agreed with the matron.
• To actively participate and support the use of Adverse Incident reporting within the service.

• To lead and promote the development of the educational environment by actively contributing to the educational development of all qualified and unqualified staff.
• To work with the team in assessing the clinical skills required to deliver a safe and high quality service, identifying any deficits in this and developing programmes to address these issues.
• To deliver training and workforce development for members of the multidisciplinary sexual health and HIV team to ensure basic health improvement, prevention and intervention skills are maintained within the department.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.