Job summary
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust provides an outpatient Level 2 and 3 Sexual Health/ Genito-Urinary Medicine service based at the Trafalgar clinic, within the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich,London.
The clinic provides Sexual Health and HIV services to the local and wider community both as patient led self-referral and referrals from our community colleagues within Sexual and Reproductive Health services (SRH) and local GP practices.
The Trafalgar clinic is looking to recruit an experienced Nurse to cover a 12-month maternity leave period. The ideal candidate would complement our existing team of skilled and enthusiastic nurses.
Main duties of the job
This post provides an opportunity to work within a dedicated multidisciplinary team providing seamless care to our client group.
We welcome applications from persons who have experience within Sexual Health/HIV and have specialist knowledge of and are fully competent in current HIV & Sexual Health clinical practice. Banding at AFC 6 or 7 dependent on experience.
We are a research active department and we are committed to undergraduate and post graduate education.
Applicants should have evidence of continuous professional development.
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To co-ordinate the specialty care within the Trust/CCG, including outreach clinics within the region.
- To become an essential member, and point of contact and resource for the multi-disciplinary team and patients and carers.
- Carries out diagnostic/therapeutic interventions as an independent practitioner, interprets, writes reports and commences further possible treatment on the basis of the findings.
- Carries out complex therapeutic/investigational procedures under indirect supervision of the Consultant. Ensuring that they are carried out using safe practice and under agreed guidelines/protocols to ensure that the highest possible standard is obtained based on competent clinical practice.
- To demonstrate the ability to develop new skills, to provide an expert high quality, nurse-led service/midwifery-led service.
- To provide ongoing follow-up care and support (home visits / telephone support / nurse/midwife led clinics / outpatient clinics and outreach clinics)
- To develop the service in a structured interdisciplinary way, initiating on-going change and progression in the expanding role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist/Specialist Midwife.
- To develop interdisciplinary clinical management protocols and work within them.
- Autonomously or in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, manage the care of patients carrying out relevant interventions, within agreed clinical protocols and in line with current practice/trends.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To co-ordinate the specialty care within the Trust/CCG, including outreach clinics within the region.
- To become an essential member, and point of contact and resource for the multi-disciplinary team and patients and carers.
- Carries out diagnostic/therapeutic interventions as an independent practitioner, interprets, writes reports and commences further possible treatment on the basis of the findings.
- Carries out complex therapeutic/investigational procedures under indirect supervision of the Consultant. Ensuring that they are carried out using safe practice and under agreed guidelines/protocols to ensure that the highest possible standard is obtained based on competent clinical practice.
- To demonstrate the ability to develop new skills, to provide an expert high quality, nurse-led service/midwifery-led service.
- To provide ongoing follow-up care and support (home visits / telephone support / nurse/midwife led clinics / outpatient clinics and outreach clinics)
- To develop the service in a structured interdisciplinary way, initiating on-going change and progression in the expanding role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist/Specialist Midwife.
- To develop interdisciplinary clinical management protocols and work within them.
- Autonomously or in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, manage the care of patients carrying out relevant interventions, within agreed clinical protocols and in line with current practice/trends.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oMSc level learning
- oRN / RM - Part 1
- oRelevant specialist course or similar
- oMentorship course (supervising and assessing)
- oAdvanced training/skills in invasive/therapeutic/diagnostic procedures relevant to speciality
- oIn-depth knowledge of anatomy related to speciality
- oKnowledge of conditions, management and treatment
Desirable
- oKnowledge of quality standards
- oCounselling course
- oNon-Medical Prescribing
Experience
Essential
- oSenior clinical experience within their speciality
- oExperience in Practice Guideline Development
- oAudit and Research Experience
- oEvidence of clinical leadership qualities
- oAbility to prioritise and organise workload
- oAbility to work autonomously and as a member of a multi-professional team
- oEvidence of using primary and secondary healthcare teams and resources
- oAbility to clinically lead and direct staff
- oExperience in patient advocacy
Desirable
- oLead an audit and/or research study
- oPresentation and publishing experience
- oCaseload management
- oLeading a service
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oMSc level learning
- oRN / RM - Part 1
- oRelevant specialist course or similar
- oMentorship course (supervising and assessing)
- oAdvanced training/skills in invasive/therapeutic/diagnostic procedures relevant to speciality
- oIn-depth knowledge of anatomy related to speciality
- oKnowledge of conditions, management and treatment
Desirable
- oKnowledge of quality standards
- oCounselling course
- oNon-Medical Prescribing
Experience
Essential
- oSenior clinical experience within their speciality
- oExperience in Practice Guideline Development
- oAudit and Research Experience
- oEvidence of clinical leadership qualities
- oAbility to prioritise and organise workload
- oAbility to work autonomously and as a member of a multi-professional team
- oEvidence of using primary and secondary healthcare teams and resources
- oAbility to clinically lead and direct staff
- oExperience in patient advocacy
Desirable
- oLead an audit and/or research study
- oPresentation and publishing experience
- oCaseload management
- oLeading a service
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
