Job summary
The Band 5 Staff Nurse post holder will provide sexual health and contraception specialist nursing care across Northamptonshire,. You will be based in our Kettering hub (Ashwood Centre) but may also be expected to visit our spoke sites Rushden, Corby and Wellingborough. They will be supported by the multidisciplinary countywide team within Northamptonshire Integrated Sexual Health and HIV Services (NISHH). The MDT includes a team of Consultants, Pharmacy, Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Band 7 senior nurses, Band 5 and 6 nurses, support workers and healthcare assistants.
You will be line managed by the Band 7 Senior Nurse.
Main duties of the job
- Adminstering and dispensing treatment of Sexually transmitted infections (STI's) under Patient Group Direction (PGD)
- Partner notification
- Venepuncture
- Asymptomatic STI testing
- Symptomatic STI testing
- Results management
- Sexual health advice and health promotion
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Evidence of specialist qualifications relevant to area of practice or willing to work towards a sexual health qualification
- Mentorship or Student Assessor/Supervisor training
Knoweldge, skills and experience
Essential
- Experience or demonstrable knowledge and interest of working in a sexual health service
- Experience of using EPR systems
- Experiencing or demonstrable knowledge of partner notification for STI's
- Ability to communicate effectively to patients including sensitive information
- Understanding of confidentiality in sexual health
- Demonsrates effective team work
Desirable
- Microscopy
- Venepuncture
- Previous use of PGD's
- Experience or knowledge on managing patients requesting emergency contraception
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Evidence of specialist qualifications relevant to area of practice or willing to work towards a sexual health qualification
- Mentorship or Student Assessor/Supervisor training
Knoweldge, skills and experience
Essential
- Experience or demonstrable knowledge and interest of working in a sexual health service
- Experience of using EPR systems
- Experiencing or demonstrable knowledge of partner notification for STI's
- Ability to communicate effectively to patients including sensitive information
- Understanding of confidentiality in sexual health
- Demonsrates effective team work
Desirable
- Microscopy
- Venepuncture
- Previous use of PGD's
- Experience or knowledge on managing patients requesting emergency contraception
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
