Senior Staff Nurse
The closing date is 31 October 2025
Job summary
We are looking to recruit a part-time experienced Band 6 Senior Staff nurses to join our Contraceptive nursing team within Northamptonshire Integrated Sexual Health and HIV (NISHH)
As the Band 6 Senior Staff nurse you will be reporting to the Lead Nurse and be based at the Sexual Health Clinc at Northampton General Hospital. However, we also operate in smaller spoke sites which include Daventry, Brackley and Towcester. You may be asked to work at these sites according to the needs of the service, therefore it is essential for this role that you have the ability to across the Northamptonshire County. Our clinics have a range of opening times so we can offer appointments from 8am - 8pm, Monday to Friday. We also offer some Saturday clinics.
We offer an excellent internal teaching programme and supportive environment which will equip you with specialist skills to progress andsee the development path to becomingan autonomous practitioner, able to participate in nurse-led clinics alongside doctors.
Come and join us and be involved in shaping a sexual health service for the future!
Main duties of the job
Sexual health nursing offers job satisfaction, supporting a patient for their entire service journey. With training and relevant experience, you will be able to apply for senior roles within the nursing team. We actively engage with other agencies to safeguard young and vulnerable people. In Northamptonshire, NISHH is a forward-thinking, multi-disciplinary team, embracing change and collaboratively working with you and others to develop the service with a real opportunity to put ideas into action. Your role will underpin many elements of the service delivery and is primarily to provide crucially important support to the more senior nursing and medical team. The Band 6 role is a key component of running all the clinics and managing the patients.
- Face to face and remote assessments and management of patients attending clinic for all methods of contraception, including fitting and removing sub-dermal implants and intrauterine contraception.
- Face to face and remote assessments and testing of patients for sexual infections.
- Partner notification
- Venepuncture
- Health promotion
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Details
Date posted
21 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
270-TG430-ACS
Job locations
Sexual Health, Northampton General Hospital
Billing Rd
Northampton
NN1 5BD
Employer details
Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Sexual Health, Northampton General Hospital
Billing Rd
Northampton
NN1 5BD
Employer's website
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