HIV Clinical Nurse Specialist (Developmental role)

Job summary

Closing Date: 22.09.25

Shortlisting to take place in the week following closing date: commencing 23.09.25

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 29.09.25

Are you interested in HIV? Do you want to become a Specialist Nurse?

The Bradford HIV service is excited to offer an opportunity to develop specialist nursing skills which may lead to a substantive post in the future as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in HIV. This can either be offered as 11 hours a week secondment, working with the HIV team, with your current post being backfilled by the HIV budget, or as a 11 hours per week fixed term contract paid at band 5.

The successful applicant will work with the current HIV nursing team, to develop the skills required to work as a specialist nurse, using the National HIV Nurses association competencies and Model of Nursing. Once settled into the team you will be supported to undertake the NHIVNA/STIF intermediate study, which is an essential steppingstone to HIV specialist nursing. It is anticipated that by the end of the placement/contract the successful candidate will have the skills required to become a band 6 specialist nurse.

HIV Nurse specialists are involved in the care and support of people living with HIV from diagnosis onwards. They are an integral part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team supporting clients with their diagnosis, providing monitoring, and assisting in making treatment decisions with the patient and the MDT.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute to the care needs of People living with HIV.
• Gain knowledge of HIV targets and how these effect the care of our HIV patients in Bradford.
• Gain knowledge of the variety of treatment options available to people living with HIV and how these impact on patients' quality of life.
• Utilising good communication skills, basic clinical awareness and appropriate tools, procedures, to ensure efficient case management
• Act as patient advocate and facilitator to resolve issues that may be perceived as barriers to care
• Make pre planned outbound telephone calls to patients to assess needs, liaise with the CNS or members of the health care team as appropriate for proactive prevention approach to patient care
• With collaboration from the CNS, continue to advise patients on individual self-care management principles and provide consistent planned follow-up to reinforce and further promote this information
• Take responsibility for the maintenance of accurate paper and electronic information resources, ensuring confidentiality
• Utilise Information Technology to enter, document and monitor all aspects of patient care needs and service delivery
• Assist the Clinical Nurse Specialists to develop education and information resources for the public and other professionals regarding all aspects of HIV.
• Deliver patient-centred, self-management support and education as necessary in conjunction with CNS team.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.