Job summary
We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as Band 6 sexual health & HIV nurses in John Hunter and Kobler outpatient clinics on a 12 month fixed term contract.
Working flexibly across both services the post holder will ensure that they provide a patient focused service at all times. You will be a current band 5 or band 6 with current experience in sexual health and/or HIV.
We are looking for someone who possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with the ability to work and lead effectively a multidisciplinary team in across an innovative HIV and sexual health service.
The successful candidate will be able to autonomously manage the care of own caseload of patients within sexual health working with PGDs. Additionally they will have an opportunity to develop their HIV knowledge and experience within our HIV patient nurse-led Klick service.
Please see the attached job description and person specification. Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate they meet the essential criteria in the person specification in their application and if shortlisted, at interview.
For an informal visit or for further information on the post please contact the Charge Nurse, Dwayne Hunt on dwayne.hunt@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a clearly identifiable senior clinical staff member, and team leader. They will have demonstrable clinical experience, provide sound clinical expertise to their team, and coordinate and deliver high quality care. They will be a role model for expert clinical care, and lead on specific projects / management functions as delegated by the Charge Nurse they will role model the identified Trust values at all times.
They will coordinate the clinical, managerial and educational requirements of the area, and being a role model for team members, whilst delivering and overseeing high standards of care. In specialist settings, they will have a significant level of specialist clinical knowledge and expertise in the clinical functions of care delivery. They will provide advice and guidance also, and generally be known as a senior staff nurse.
About us
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.
The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Lead on assessing planning and implementing high quality care, and evaluating care options for patients in the clinical area, in line with the Trust values and objectives.
- Lead on complex clinical care for patients within their area.
- Ensure the safe custody, maintenance and administration of medication, in accordance with established Trust policy.
- Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for patients, their families and staff, according to national and local Infection Control guidelines, Health & Safety legislation and Trust policies and objectives.
- Provide sound evidence based clinical advice as required to staff and patients.
- Maintain a good understanding and implementation of clinical escalation procedures as required.
- Understand the Trust clinical governance framework, and participate in the promoting and safeguarding of high standards of care, through effective risk management & governance, and adherence to the Trust values.
- Ensure that the team promote, ensure and adhere to the Trust safeguarding polices.
- Undertake effective multi professionally work with colleagues to deliver care.
- Coordinate and manage nurse led clinics where appropriate.
- Coordinate specialist functions, including making clinical decisions where appropriate.
- Monitor quality of standards of care, in line with CQC requirements and Trust and Divisional objectives.
- Deliver and supervise a high quality patient experience.
- Work with manager to collect and disseminate data on quality indicators etc, in line with national and Trust objectives.
- Maintain a safe working environment, including ensuring equipment is safe, and used in line with Trust policy and values.
- Promote and maintain patient safety at all times, including proactively implementing falls prevention.
- Lead role in the detection, management and prevention of safeguarding issues.
- Have an awareness of current professional and clinical developments within their area of practice and promote this to others .
Leadership and Management
- Manage the day to day staffing arrangements and rotas, to ensure safe levels of practice.
- Be a shift coordinator on a regular basis where appropriate.
- Ensure staff adhere to Trust protocols of care, eg Infection Control.
- Take continuing responsibility for the Department in absence of manager.
- Participate in senior nurse / unit on call rota / bleep holder (some areas, eg paediatrics) as appropriate.
- Lead and manage their own clinical team within general clinical areas, and of the total team in the absence of the manager, in line with Trust values.
- Develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups, and staff generally within the Division and the Trust.
- Contribute to the effective management of the area by ensuring correct levels of staff are in place to deliver and assist with the planning of off duty rotas.
- Assist in the delivery of induction / orientation of new staff.
- Act as a role model, ensuring staff work to Trust guidelines and values.
- Supervise, under the direction of their manager, the work of qualified and unqualified staff and learners.
Education and Research
- Participate in the education of all learners within their area.
- Actively support and assist in preceptorship and in pre registration student support, supervision and guidance including mentorship where appropriate.
- Identify and respond to learning needs for area.
- Develop and deliver or organise local training sessions, mindful of the Trust values.
- Facilitate others in the development of informal teaching skills.
- Participate in the annual training needs analysis for their area.
- Participate in any local or related research projects, clinical trials etc.
- Apply and encourage others to utilise evidence based practice and relevant research findings in practice.
- Identify areas of nursing / midwifery research within their area that will be of benefit, and encourage and educate other staff to recognise the importance of research.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Lead on assessing planning and implementing high quality care, and evaluating care options for patients in the clinical area, in line with the Trust values and objectives.
- Lead on complex clinical care for patients within their area.
- Ensure the safe custody, maintenance and administration of medication, in accordance with established Trust policy.
- Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for patients, their families and staff, according to national and local Infection Control guidelines, Health & Safety legislation and Trust policies and objectives.
- Provide sound evidence based clinical advice as required to staff and patients.
- Maintain a good understanding and implementation of clinical escalation procedures as required.
- Understand the Trust clinical governance framework, and participate in the promoting and safeguarding of high standards of care, through effective risk management & governance, and adherence to the Trust values.
- Ensure that the team promote, ensure and adhere to the Trust safeguarding polices.
- Undertake effective multi professionally work with colleagues to deliver care.
- Coordinate and manage nurse led clinics where appropriate.
- Coordinate specialist functions, including making clinical decisions where appropriate.
- Monitor quality of standards of care, in line with CQC requirements and Trust and Divisional objectives.
- Deliver and supervise a high quality patient experience.
- Work with manager to collect and disseminate data on quality indicators etc, in line with national and Trust objectives.
- Maintain a safe working environment, including ensuring equipment is safe, and used in line with Trust policy and values.
- Promote and maintain patient safety at all times, including proactively implementing falls prevention.
- Lead role in the detection, management and prevention of safeguarding issues.
- Have an awareness of current professional and clinical developments within their area of practice and promote this to others .
Leadership and Management
- Manage the day to day staffing arrangements and rotas, to ensure safe levels of practice.
- Be a shift coordinator on a regular basis where appropriate.
- Ensure staff adhere to Trust protocols of care, eg Infection Control.
- Take continuing responsibility for the Department in absence of manager.
- Participate in senior nurse / unit on call rota / bleep holder (some areas, eg paediatrics) as appropriate.
- Lead and manage their own clinical team within general clinical areas, and of the total team in the absence of the manager, in line with Trust values.
- Develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups, and staff generally within the Division and the Trust.
- Contribute to the effective management of the area by ensuring correct levels of staff are in place to deliver and assist with the planning of off duty rotas.
- Assist in the delivery of induction / orientation of new staff.
- Act as a role model, ensuring staff work to Trust guidelines and values.
- Supervise, under the direction of their manager, the work of qualified and unqualified staff and learners.
Education and Research
- Participate in the education of all learners within their area.
- Actively support and assist in preceptorship and in pre registration student support, supervision and guidance including mentorship where appropriate.
- Identify and respond to learning needs for area.
- Develop and deliver or organise local training sessions, mindful of the Trust values.
- Facilitate others in the development of informal teaching skills.
- Participate in the annual training needs analysis for their area.
- Participate in any local or related research projects, clinical trials etc.
- Apply and encourage others to utilise evidence based practice and relevant research findings in practice.
- Identify areas of nursing / midwifery research within their area that will be of benefit, and encourage and educate other staff to recognise the importance of research.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Successfully completed or willingness to undertake teaching/assessing course
- Evidence of professional development
- Relevant specialist courses/training
Desirable
- Successfully completed: HIV course, Sexual health course, Counselling course, Working towards a BSc/ MSc
- Relevant specialist courses/training including a recognised family planning qualification
- Leadership training
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Proven clinical knowledge linked to area of specialty, and excellence in care delivery
- Current experience as either a sexual health (GU/FP) nurse alternatively current experience in a HIV inpatient or outpatient setting
- Venepuncture / delivery of IM injections
- Ability / experience of managing change personally and as a facilitator
- Knowledge of budgets
- Experience of data
- Microscopy
- Cryotherapy
- Assessing Fraser Competence
- Proven knowledge of safety issues through clinical governance and risk management
- Proven leadership and deputising skills in clinical area
- Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contacts, including in challenging situations, demonstrating respect and kindness.
- Knowledge of current challenging and issues in nursing
- Commitment to teaching and learning for self and others
- Commitment to quality initiatives and research
- Clinical decision making skills and ability to prioritise workload
- Computer literacy skills
Desirable
- Demonstrates the ability to interpret and utilise numerical and financial information
- Proven management, leadership and supervisory skills
- Human Resource management
- Knowledge of HIV and related issues
- Cervical Cytology
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post reg sexual health or HIV experience at Band 5 level
- Wide variety of clinical experience
- Proven management experience
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of excellence in leading all /part of a clinical team in practice
- Experience of teaching and supporting learners / new staff etc
- Experience of health promotion and education
- Evidence of working with staff from different professional disciplines
- Awareness of HR issues
- Able to utilise evidence in practice
- To be competent in the independent STI management of asymptomatic and symptomatic patients and / or the management of patients living with HIV infection
- Experience of managing/coordinating team work
- Experience in issuing medicine using PGD's
Desirable
- Proven management experience
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience in gynaecology, HIV, counselling, research, working in outreach settings and other experience related to the speciality or willing to undertake training
- Evidence of practice development
- Participation in audit/research
- Management training
- Experience in working with young people under the age of 16
- Recent experience of providing contraceptive care
- LARC training / willingness to undertake
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Successfully completed or willingness to undertake teaching/assessing course
- Evidence of professional development
- Relevant specialist courses/training
Desirable
- Successfully completed: HIV course, Sexual health course, Counselling course, Working towards a BSc/ MSc
- Relevant specialist courses/training including a recognised family planning qualification
- Leadership training
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Proven clinical knowledge linked to area of specialty, and excellence in care delivery
- Current experience as either a sexual health (GU/FP) nurse alternatively current experience in a HIV inpatient or outpatient setting
- Venepuncture / delivery of IM injections
- Ability / experience of managing change personally and as a facilitator
- Knowledge of budgets
- Experience of data
- Microscopy
- Cryotherapy
- Assessing Fraser Competence
- Proven knowledge of safety issues through clinical governance and risk management
- Proven leadership and deputising skills in clinical area
- Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contacts, including in challenging situations, demonstrating respect and kindness.
- Knowledge of current challenging and issues in nursing
- Commitment to teaching and learning for self and others
- Commitment to quality initiatives and research
- Clinical decision making skills and ability to prioritise workload
- Computer literacy skills
Desirable
- Demonstrates the ability to interpret and utilise numerical and financial information
- Proven management, leadership and supervisory skills
- Human Resource management
- Knowledge of HIV and related issues
- Cervical Cytology
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post reg sexual health or HIV experience at Band 5 level
- Wide variety of clinical experience
- Proven management experience
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of excellence in leading all /part of a clinical team in practice
- Experience of teaching and supporting learners / new staff etc
- Experience of health promotion and education
- Evidence of working with staff from different professional disciplines
- Awareness of HR issues
- Able to utilise evidence in practice
- To be competent in the independent STI management of asymptomatic and symptomatic patients and / or the management of patients living with HIV infection
- Experience of managing/coordinating team work
- Experience in issuing medicine using PGD's
Desirable
- Proven management experience
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience in gynaecology, HIV, counselling, research, working in outreach settings and other experience related to the speciality or willing to undertake training
- Evidence of practice development
- Participation in audit/research
- Management training
- Experience in working with young people under the age of 16
- Recent experience of providing contraceptive care
- LARC training / willingness to undertake
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Stephen's Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
369 Fulham Road
London
SW10 9NH
Employer's website
https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)