Job overview

The post is for a band 6 Nurse when fully trained, if applicant doesn’t have all essential criteria, it will be a Band 5 training position until completed OTE and BASHH competencies.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for the client group accessing Sexual Health Services. This will include the assessment and treatment of sexually transmitted infections including the care of patients who are affected and infected by HIV. Inform and advise individuals on all methods of contraception including LARC, regardless of age, gender or sexual orientation and to provide up to date advice and excellent sexual health promotion.

Main duties of the job

·  To deliver a high standard of patient care as a Sexual Health Nurse Specialist

·  To support, assist and advise patients providing excellence in Sexual Health Promotion.

·      Work as an autonomous practitioner at specialist nurse level within latest guidance and best practice.

·     Managing self and time to ensure you are physically and mentally well to perform your duties.

To assess, examine, undertake investigations including the skills eg. microscopy and phlebotomy, manage and treat STI's within agreed areas of expanded practice working to Patient Group Directives.

To provide risk assessment for individuals who may identify as high risk and perform the necessary testing required, including the provision of pre and post test discussion for HIV.

To undertake a public health role to the reduction of infection by performing partner notification.

 To promote the provision of LARC (long-acting reversible contraception) and to be confident and competent in Implanon and IUD/IUS insertion and removal techniques.

To provide appropriate sexual health provision to young people applying Fraser guidelines and be confident in relation to safeguarding referral policies.

Cervical cytology screening and be aware of the referral process to colposcopy for any abnormal smear results.

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. 

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.