Sexual & Reproductive Health Nurse

Job description

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
• Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels
• 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

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Previous experience as a practice nurse
• Involvement in mentoring/teaching learners
• Good understanding of primary care

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered nurse
• Current UK driving licence and insurance
• FRSH Diploma

Desirable

• Non-Medical Prescriber

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of primary & community health care
• Knowledge of when to seek advice, escalate 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

Desirable

• Local & national health policy and impact on General Practice

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Westbury Group Practice

Address

The White Horse Health Centre

Mane Way

Westbury

Wiltshire

BA13 3FQ

Employer's website

https://www.westburygp.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)