Job summary
As a Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse, you will be part of our valued team in our Oldham, Bury and Rochdale Sexual Health Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £38,682.00 - £46,580.00 (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Main duties of the job
- To autonomously undertake clinical skills for both contraceptive and sexual health patients, including history taking, clinical examination, STI screening, microscopy, results interpretation, immunisations and venipuncture.
- Assesses, plans, implements, and provides follow up care for asymptomatic and symptomatic patients, and those with complex sexual health needs including GBMSM (gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men), within your scope or practice.
- Provide advice and opportunistic cytology screening as appropriate, according to policies.
- Provide comprehensive holistic assessment of patients social, emotional, and sexual health needs and initiate follow-up and/or referral as appropriate.
- Provide treatment.
- Undertake Partner notification and escalate to Health Advisor.
- To undertake triage of patients and refer them to appropriate service/care pathway.
- Takes an active role in the leadership and management of the nursing team.
- Participates and carries out annual appraisals for more junior staff.
- Actively participates and leads on audit and quality initiatives.
- Promotes and educates patients and external agencies/professionals with regards to sexual Health and HIV promotion, offering PREP, PEPSE, appropriate vaccination schedules, to those who meet criteria. Discussing importance of condom usage and window periods in relation to sexual health screening.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Details
Date posted
20 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/1580/18242
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Oldham
Lancashire
OL1 1NL
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Oldham
Lancashire
OL1 1NL
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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