Job summary
- Main area
- Sexual Health Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 327-25-779
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hope House
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/10/2025
Employer heading
Integrated Sexual Health Nurse
Band 6
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are full-time, 37.5 hours per week.
The role is centred upon working within Gloucestershire’s Integrated Sexual Health (ISH) service and the Pregnancy Advisory Service (PAS). ISH is a hub and spoke model whilst PAS is based at our hub (Hope House). To provide confidential and consistent contraception and sexual health services within nurse led clinics and alongside medical colleagues.
Working as an Independent Practitioner, the role requires professional leadership – acting as a role model to junior staff and treating patients within Sexual Health, as well as acting as the Senior Nurse at clinics when required and deputising in the absence of the Lead Nurse.
Main duties of the job
- Work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines, taking responsibility for the assessment of care and health education needs.
- To take charge of clinics and to ensure the continuity of the day to day management of the service.
- Participate in and run nurse-led clinics (to include assessment and diagnosis). Use professional judgment to seek advice or refer to medical colleagues as clinically indicated.
- To provide a range of nursing skills within the Pregnancy Advisory Service to include the termination suite, Integrated Sexual Health clinics and outlying locality clinics, these skills will include (but not limited to) examination, microscopy, venepuncture, consent for terminations etc. This will include some evenings and possibly weekends.
- To support, monitor and nurse patients attending for termination of pregnancy.
- To perform ultrasound scanning for the assessment of patients in pregnancy advisory and complex contraception (if qualified to do so), or be prepared to undertake training to do so.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To deliver high quality sexual health care in Integrated Sexual Health and the Pregnancy Advisory Service after appropriate training. Identifying the needs of the patient using a professional non-judgemental approach, respecting their views and values, accepting responsibility to run clinics as requested by the Band 7 lead.
Triage patients and assess those requiring routine or urgent treatment within an agreed clinic protocol and care pathway.
Participate and run Nurse led clinics to assess individual patient needs and requirements, without supervision. Planning, implementing, and evaluating relevant programmes of care for individual patients aligned with national and local guidance, using professional judgement to seek advice or refer to medical colleagues as required.
Undertake a full range of symptomatic screening procedures in both male and female patients, whilst being responsible for the equipment used.
To provide the full range of nursing interventions, within the specific competency framework for the Pregnancy Advisory Service, providing non – directive support, and care for patients attending for termination of pregnancy.
To provide ultrasound scanning assessment for patients attending the Pregnancy Advisory Service or the Complex Contraception Clinic.
Provide Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) options for service users by the fitting and removal of LARC devices.
Administer and record medication, including Patient Group Directions (PGD) and repeat prescriptions, in accordance with service policy and following Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) professional guidelines.
Communicate expertly with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their sexual health, being sensitive to issues of age, sexuality, ethnicity, spirituality, cultural needs and socio-economic status, with the aim of minimising their risk of acquiring STI’s & Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
To work within Fraser Guidelines regarding the provision of care for patients under 16 years of age. To assess Fraser competence and be aware of the referral pathways for safeguarding children and ensure follow up completed.
The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse - Adult (Diploma and or Batchelors/Masters Degree)
- DFSRH or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- NMP or willing to undertake
- SDI/IUD fitter.
- Ultrasound qualification
NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Relevant sexual health experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adam Godwin
- Job title
- Lead Nurse ISH
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 421 6548
- Additional information
Judith Suddes
Lead Nurse PAS
0300 4216546
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