Sexual Health Nurse

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced sexual health nurse to work as part of our team based on the Isle of Wight. A training post (band 5-6) would be considered for the right candidate.

You will assess individual client needs and provide advice on all methods of Contraception and Sexual Health issues within a variety of settings, as directed by the management team. As part of the nursing team the jobholder works within standard operating procedures and will receive training to ensure evidence-based practices are followed. The post holder will issue first time and repeat hormonal and emergency contraception and treatment for sexually transmitted infections working to Patient Group Directions or as an independent prescriber.

We are a busy Level 3 integrated, open access Sexual Health Service covering Portsmouth, Southampton, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We operate a hub and spoke model of care to provide screening, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. We are digitally innovative; patient focused and continually strive for service-wide quality improvement.

You will have excellent communication skills, written and verbal. You will support and promote a positive approach to diversity and equality of opportunity, they will promote a culture which respects and values diversity, and support patients, visitors and staff in exercising their rights. The jobholder can work collaboratively with colleagues across a range of agencies.

This role is part time for 30.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have a recognised post registration qualification in contraception and Sexual Health at degree or diploma level to be recruited into the band 6 role. If you have no contraception and sexual health experience we may be able to offer you a band 5 developmental sexual health nurse role instead. Band 5 developmental sexual health nurses will need to complete the required diploma which we can support you with, please be aware this can take up to 18 months to complete.

The successful candidate will have skills including, excellent communication skills, written and verbal, IT literate, ability to adapt to change within work situation, time management skills, working independently with minimal support, presentation/teaching experience, good interpersonal skills, ability to relate to clients with differing cultural beliefs, promote a positive approach to diversity and equality of opportunity, promote a culture which respects and values diversity, and support patients, visitors and staff in exercising their rights, willing to alongside the unplanned pregnancy service, ability to work as part of a close-knit team, self motivated, self starter, able to organise a large and varied work programme, being flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St. Mary's Hospital (IOW)

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St. Mary's Hospital (IOW)

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

Employer's website

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

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