East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Integrated Sexual Health Nurse

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse within the Colchester Essex Sexual Health Services.

You will plan, implement and deliver high quality individualised nursing care to the clients attending the Essex Sexual Health Services and will support senior nursing colleagues in the smooth running of the department.

This will be a full time (37.5 hours per week) post working within the opening hours of ESHS. This will include some evenings and occasional weekend work and will be based within the Colchester Town Centre

Main duties of the job

You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your clinical expertise and innovative practice within the field of integrated sexual health care.

Training opportunities are fully supported and will be provided with the expectation that you will be competent and confident in the provision of frontline clinical care, sexually transmitted infection results and data management, and specific targeted health interventions.

You will be working within a specialist clinical team in a positive learning environment which will enable the development of skills to provide contraceptive intervention and protocol guided sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infection management.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

09 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2150-23

Job locations

Colchester

66 HIGH STREET

COLCHESTER

C01 1DN

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oSafeguarding knowledge and experience of assessment

Desirable

oPrevious experience in or currently working in working in specialty of integrated sexual health or related service
oAppreciation/experience in counselling skills

Qualifications

Essential

oNMC Level 1 Registered Nurse

Desirable

oDocumented evidence of further study/training
oA recognised contraception qualification or currently working towards

Knowledge

Essential

oProfessional interest in the field of Integrated Sexual Health
oWillingness to develop STI results management skills
oInfection prevention awareness

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oSafeguarding knowledge and experience of assessment

Desirable

oPrevious experience in or currently working in working in specialty of integrated sexual health or related service
oAppreciation/experience in counselling skills

Qualifications

Essential

oNMC Level 1 Registered Nurse

Desirable

oDocumented evidence of further study/training
oA recognised contraception qualification or currently working towards

Knowledge

Essential

oProfessional interest in the field of Integrated Sexual Health
oWillingness to develop STI results management skills
oInfection prevention awareness

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

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

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

66 HIGH STREET

COLCHESTER

C01 1DN

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

66 HIGH STREET

COLCHESTER

C01 1DN

Employer's website

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