Assistant Practitioner within sexual health services

Job summary

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Assistant Practitioner

This is an new opportunity for a proactive and enthusiastic individual to join the established integrated sexual health service in Bradford focusing on the outreach and prevention element of sexual health service including joint service delivery with Yorkshire MESMAC.

Main duties of the job

Do you have a passion for providing innovate community services for vulnerable and marginalised populations including looked after children, people who engage with substance misuse, sexual exploitation, those involved in the sex industry, men who have sex with men and those with complex health and social needs?

Bradford sexual health service is excited to recruit to a new innovative role within its clinical outreach model to support the expansion of existing outreach delivery.

The sexual health services provide clinical outreach, prevention, and health promotion to a wide cohort of patients/service users across a range of settings including sex on premises sites, residential care homes, homeless and refuge provisions, street outreach and public health venues.

The post holder will be required to allocate a proportion of their time to work with Yorkshire MESMAC in the delivery of the overall sexual health model. Information for Yorkshire MESMAC can be found here: Bradford - Yorkshire MESMAC

The post holder would be joining a well-established multi-disciplinary team of advanced nurse practitioners, nurses, prevention workers, engagement workers and partnership managers, where partnership working is integral to the delivery of sexual health care within the community.

This is a new opportunity for an experienced health care assistant or equivalent with advanced skills to work autonomously and under the supervision and guidance of the senior clinician.

About us

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.

Generous pension - We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%

Development opportunities - We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos. Be part of an organisation doing things differently. One that delivers CQC-rated "Good" NHS healthcare services, as well as having a "positive social impact in local communities."

Job description

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