Job summary
An exciting opportunity to recruit a Band 5 Sexual Health Advisor within the Sexual Health Team. This post delivers high quality clinical care and expert Public Health interventions, in line with local and national policy to improve Sexual Health and reduce morbidity in the population.
The successful candidate will be supported in obtaining the knowledge, skills and competencies required in Sexual Health Advising to deliver excellent patient care.
The post holder must be registered with the NMC as a Registered General Nurse
The post holder will provide clinical and Public Health interventions, treatment of STI's, partner notification and outreach activity to improve community and individual health and well-being.
A high level of autonomous clinical practice is expected from the post holder demonstrating knowledge and skills related to Public Health practice, working with hard to reach and marginalized communities. Team working is expected with a positive approach to multi-discipline/ inter-agency working.
This post includes extended clinical clerical functions; the post holder should be interested in supporting the care and management of patients remotely using computer-based technology and telephony. Excellent customer care is expected and adherence to anti-discriminatory practice is a requisite for working into this area.
The successful candidate will be supported with CPD and regular individual and group Clinical Supervision. This post is subject to DBS clearance.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will support the process of partner notification, applying public health principles in order to reduce transmission of STIs/HIV to improve sexual health in the community.
- To work within clinical governance and performance management frameworks
- To educate and inform the public and professionals in sexual health issues
- The post-holder will contribute to service modernisation and development; achieving national and local performance targets within quality standards.
- The post-holder will utilise an electronic patient record
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- With support of a mentor, to work towards assessing and meeting the needs of service users across the whole range of integrated service for sexual health services to deliver service within timed sessions, maintaining performance and productivity at an acceptable level.
- With support of a mentor, you will use the Fraser guidelines and other pertinent assessment tools for Child Sexual Exploitation, in the management of the young people (under 18), assessing capacity to give valid consent and accurately records the factors taken in to account when making the assessment.
- With support of a mentor, to work towards providing effective, efficient high-quality care to all patients within the speciality of sexual health
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates clinical care of patients/clients; gives specialist advice to clients/carers
Job description
Job responsibilities
- With support of a mentor, to work towards assessing and meeting the needs of service users across the whole range of integrated service for sexual health services to deliver service within timed sessions, maintaining performance and productivity at an acceptable level.
- With support of a mentor, you will use the Fraser guidelines and other pertinent assessment tools for Child Sexual Exploitation, in the management of the young people (under 18), assessing capacity to give valid consent and accurately records the factors taken in to account when making the assessment.
- With support of a mentor, to work towards providing effective, efficient high-quality care to all patients within the speciality of sexual health
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates clinical care of patients/clients; gives specialist advice to clients/carers
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on Adult part 1 of NMC register.
Desirable
- NB Post registration accreditation in theory and competence must be achieved within 12months of commencement of an accredited Sexual Health Advisor Education programme.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on Adult part 1 of NMC register.
Desirable
- NB Post registration accreditation in theory and competence must be achieved within 12months of commencement of an accredited Sexual Health Advisor Education programme.
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).
