Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Sexual Health

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner post within the Sexual Health clinic at Croydon University Hospital. The focus of the post will be to provide high-quality clinical care, lead on service improvement initiatives and provide line management of the Sexual Health Nurses. You will require extensive clinical and managerial experience in Sexual and Reproductive Health. You will have to possess advanced clinical practice skills and have experience training nurses in contraception and genito-urinary competencies. We are looking for a proactive and strategic senior nurse with a vision for service transformation, to lead and develop the nursing group. We would like a candidate that can be a voice for clinical excellence and nursing expertise. Interview - TBC

Main duties of the job

Provide care to patients involving; assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment to an advanced level. This must include engagement, consultation and negotiation with patients at the centre. Provide a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. To contribute to the Trust's, Directorates and Teams Clinical Governance and Quality assurance programmes, setting and monitoring practice standards, jointly developing guidelines, protocols and innovative solutions with the service and in liaison with interdisciplinary colleagues. To lead and manage staff within the service, providing effective guidance, supervision, mentorship and performance management at an advanced level. To work in close partnership with the appropriate Clinical Lead and Operations Manager to ensure relevant national initiatives and targets in relation to speciality are met. To evaluate own practice and participate in multi-professional team and service evaluation, demonstrating the impact of advanced practice on service function, effectiveness and quality, i.e. outcomes, experience and safety. Be responsible for the nursing leadership of the Sexual & Reproductive Health Service, ensuring they are delivering within their scope of responsibility and that nursing performance and quality of service delivery does not fall below expected levels and standards.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust wasformed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide servicesfora population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.Across the NHS everyone isworkinghard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challengeyourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're lookingfor.