Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Sexual Health Nurse

The closing date is 23 July 2025

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to join the Sexual Health services as a Sexual Health nurse working across Northumbria NHS Trust. We wish to appoint a Sexual Health Nurse to work delivering Integrated Sexual Health Services including contraception provision and STI screening to patients aged 13 years and over. We will provide our staff with training opportunities to enhance their skills, knowledge and career progression within the Sexual Health service, while providing high quality and safe service in line with the Trust Values.

The post is permanent mainly working across the service within the hours of 08:30 to 19:30 Monday to Friday.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

Provide integrated sexual health to patients aged 13 and upwards from a diverse range of cultural and social backgrounds.
Work in an unsupervised role and be able to make clinical decisions /assessments following completion of in-house training and competency-based assessments. The post holder will be supported to undertake recognised sexual health qualifications and training.
Provide evidence-based advice to patients and other healthcare professionals
Work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of clinical sessions across the geography of Northumberland and North Tyneside.
Contribute to the implementation of current and future national, local and service specific projects and standards.
Work within trust guidelines.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Date posted

09 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7315116KD

Job locations

One to One Centre Currently Ward 9 NTGH

Brenkley Avenue

Shiremoor

NE27 0PR

Job description

Job responsibilities

Promote and effectively use all methods of communication.
Demonstrate excellent personal communication. Establish and maintain effective two-way communication channels with individuals and groups.
Responsible for ensuring own clinical practice complies with data protection/Confidentiality/Fraser guidelines and Caldicott principles.
Convey complex information effectively to patients and staff often in potential crisis situations.
Participate in the assessment of factors which might negatively affect patients sexual health and refer or signpost to more appropriate services as necessary.
Provide a non-judgmental, sensitive approach at all times with a solid understanding of equality and diversity issues.
Actively contribute to supervision, individual and peer-group and to appraisal process.
Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Promote and effectively use all methods of communication.
Demonstrate excellent personal communication. Establish and maintain effective two-way communication channels with individuals and groups.
Responsible for ensuring own clinical practice complies with data protection/Confidentiality/Fraser guidelines and Caldicott principles.
Convey complex information effectively to patients and staff often in potential crisis situations.
Participate in the assessment of factors which might negatively affect patients sexual health and refer or signpost to more appropriate services as necessary.
Provide a non-judgmental, sensitive approach at all times with a solid understanding of equality and diversity issues.
Actively contribute to supervision, individual and peer-group and to appraisal process.
Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential

Registered Nurse - Part 1 of register
Study at degree level or equivalent level of experience
Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18-month period).

Experience and knowledge

Desirable

Experience of teaching or mentoring nurses.
Post registration clinical experience.
Experience working in a busy outpatient setting

Experience and Knowledge

Desirable

Experience of teaching or mentoring nurses.
Post registration clinical experience.
Experience working in a busy outpatient setting.

Other Requirements

Essential

You may also need to travel between Trust premises as required for the performance of your duties. You may also be expected to work at any of the trust sites. The Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential

Registered Nurse - Part 1 of register
Study at degree level or equivalent level of experience
Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18-month period).

Experience and knowledge

Desirable

Experience of teaching or mentoring nurses.
Post registration clinical experience.
Experience working in a busy outpatient setting

Experience and Knowledge

Desirable

Experience of teaching or mentoring nurses.
Post registration clinical experience.
Experience working in a busy outpatient setting.

Other Requirements

Essential

You may also need to travel between Trust premises as required for the performance of your duties. You may also be expected to work at any of the trust sites. The Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

One to One Centre Currently Ward 9 NTGH

Brenkley Avenue

Shiremoor

NE27 0PR

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

One to One Centre Currently Ward 9 NTGH

Brenkley Avenue

Shiremoor

NE27 0PR

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)