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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Integrated Sexual Health Nurse

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available for a registered nurse within the Colchester Essex Sexual Health Services.

The successful applicant 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 running of the department.

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

For informal enquiries please telephone Andie Aquino on (01206) 745375/74.

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 one of the largest NHS organisation in England, 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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Details

Date posted

20 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2412-24

Job locations

66 High street

Colchester

CO1 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

  • Safeguarding knowledge and experience of assessment

Desirable

  • Previous experience in or currently working in working in specialty of integrated sexual health or related service
  • Appreciation/experience in counselling skills
  • Understanding of risk management issues including incident reporting

Knowledge

Essential

  • Professional interest in the field of Integrated Sexual Health
  • Willingness to develop STI results management skills
  • Infection prevention awareness

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Level 1 Registered Nurse

Desirable

  • Documented evidence of further study/training
  • A recognised contraception qualification or currently working towards
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Safeguarding knowledge and experience of assessment

Desirable

  • Previous experience in or currently working in working in specialty of integrated sexual health or related service
  • Appreciation/experience in counselling skills
  • Understanding of risk management issues including incident reporting

Knowledge

Essential

  • Professional interest in the field of Integrated Sexual Health
  • Willingness to develop STI results management skills
  • Infection prevention awareness

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Level 1 Registered Nurse

Desirable

  • Documented evidence of further study/training
  • A recognised contraception qualification or currently working towards

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

66 High street

Colchester

CO1 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

66 High street

Colchester

CO1 1DN


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Andie Aquino

andrea.aquino@esneft.nhs.uk

01206745375

Details

Date posted

20 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2412-24

Job locations

66 High street

Colchester

CO1 1DN


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