Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 4 Nursing Associate to join our Integrated Sexual Health team at Mortimer Market Centre. The Mortimer Market Centre is a large Integrated Sexual Health service in Central London, providing care to a diverse group of patients including a high proportion of men who have sex with men. We also provide complex contraception care through the Margaret Pyke Centre.
Band 4 Nursing Associates:
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and be accountable to the registered nurses they work with
- Be accountable as professionals registered with the NMC and work to the Code for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates
- Promote health and prevent ill health
- Provide and monitor care
- Work to improve safety and the quality of care
As a Nursing Associate you may be expected to practice any of the skills listed in the NMC Standards of Proficiency skills annexes or be responsible for the care delivered to a number of service users but you will always be supervised by a registered nurse and receive support from the wider multi-disciplinary team
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be responsible for delivering a high standard of sexual and reproductive health care to patients. This will include nurse associate led clinics under supervision of a registered nurse for Sexual Health. Supporting the wider team to ensure we can deliver excellent care to our service users.
About us
The CNWL Integrated Sexual Health Service is made up of highly motivated and passionate teams with extensive experience and expertise in sexual health and contraception. The team at Mortimer Market Centre is friendly and dedicated to continually developing the role of the nurse.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Nursing Associate will:
- Maintain high standard of nursing care and service provision for the prevention, treatment and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and other blood borne infections.
- Line manage others if appropriate within the team structure (Band 3)
- To be competent in agreed clinical skills relevant to this area of work e.g. microscopy, venepuncture, cryotherapy, cervical cytology, IUC removal, sexual history taking, and genital assessment of all genders.
- To advise patients in relation to STIs, HIV and BBV prevention and sexual health maintenance.
- Taking patient observations and measurements including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, weight as required
- Chaperoning and assisting clinicians with examination and procedures for male and female patients
- To promote sexual health and wellbeing through advice and information giving.
- To assist in the setup of clinics, maintaining equipment and order.
- To work closely with external agencies to ensure coordination between services.
- To undertake outreach work as necessary.
- To provide sexual health consultation for asymptomatic and non-complex cases.
- To obtain clear and relevant histories from patients.
- To examine patients and obtain appropriate clinical specimens.in line with competencies and role.
- Clinical experience in HIV/GUM field including vaccinations
- To observe the HIV testing policy.
- To carry out point of care testing for HIV, other STIs, urinalysis and pregnancy testing, managing negative results and referring patients to senior clinician if results are reactive or abnormal.
- To arrange prescription of treatments and safely administer/supply these as prescribed and agreed within NMC Standards and CNWL Medicines Policy, following completion of medication competency test as per policy.
- To have a good knowledge of all contraception methods, correctly referring on for emergency contraception and on-going methods, including quick starting.
- Take part in partner notification processes.
- To maintain clinical case notes (electronic patient records) to a high standard
- To recognise signs and symptoms of complex and unstable health problems requiring review of from the Registered Nurse or Medical Doctor.
- To observe clinical policies, protocols and working guidelines.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Nursing Associate will:
- Maintain high standard of nursing care and service provision for the prevention, treatment and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and other blood borne infections.
- Line manage others if appropriate within the team structure (Band 3)
- To be competent in agreed clinical skills relevant to this area of work e.g. microscopy, venepuncture, cryotherapy, cervical cytology, IUC removal, sexual history taking, and genital assessment of all genders.
- To advise patients in relation to STIs, HIV and BBV prevention and sexual health maintenance.
- Taking patient observations and measurements including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, weight as required
- Chaperoning and assisting clinicians with examination and procedures for male and female patients
- To promote sexual health and wellbeing through advice and information giving.
- To assist in the setup of clinics, maintaining equipment and order.
- To work closely with external agencies to ensure coordination between services.
- To undertake outreach work as necessary.
- To provide sexual health consultation for asymptomatic and non-complex cases.
- To obtain clear and relevant histories from patients.
- To examine patients and obtain appropriate clinical specimens.in line with competencies and role.
- Clinical experience in HIV/GUM field including vaccinations
- To observe the HIV testing policy.
- To carry out point of care testing for HIV, other STIs, urinalysis and pregnancy testing, managing negative results and referring patients to senior clinician if results are reactive or abnormal.
- To arrange prescription of treatments and safely administer/supply these as prescribed and agreed within NMC Standards and CNWL Medicines Policy, following completion of medication competency test as per policy.
- To have a good knowledge of all contraception methods, correctly referring on for emergency contraception and on-going methods, including quick starting.
- Take part in partner notification processes.
- To maintain clinical case notes (electronic patient records) to a high standard
- To recognise signs and symptoms of complex and unstable health problems requiring review of from the Registered Nurse or Medical Doctor.
- To observe clinical policies, protocols and working guidelines.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Nursing Associate Foundation Degree.
Desirable
- STIF Foundation
- Cervical Cytology Training.
Experience
Essential
- Strong interest in Sexual Health
- Working with and meeting the needs of diverse communities.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Providing and handling sensitive information.
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience
- Previous work in Sexual Health, Contraception or Infectious Disease Setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Nursing Associate Foundation Degree.
Desirable
- STIF Foundation
- Cervical Cytology Training.
Experience
Essential
- Strong interest in Sexual Health
- Working with and meeting the needs of diverse communities.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Providing and handling sensitive information.
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience
- Previous work in Sexual Health, Contraception or Infectious Disease Setting
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).
