Lead Sexual Offence Nurse Examiner (Aberystwyth)

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Join Our Team: Lead Sexual Offence Nurse Examiner

Location: Aberystwyth Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC)

Salary: £45,00 salary. Working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

Our Commitment to You: "We Nurture Your Career so that you can Nurture Others!" This isn't just our mission statement it's our promise to you. Nurture Health and Care Ltd is seeking highly skilled and compassionate professionals to expand our team of Sexual Offence Examiners.

We offer a unique opportunity to develop a specialised career that significantly impacts the care of Clients.

We promise a supportive environment where you can thrive professionally. Our comprehensive training and development programmes are designed to nurture your career aspirations in a collaborative and innovative workplace. As you embark on your journey with us, here's what you can expect:

Our Values:

• Nurturing: We invest in your professional growth from novice to expert, supporting you every step of the way.
• Psychological Safety: We create an inclusive environment where you can voice concerns and ideas freely, promoting innovation and best practices.
• Ambition: We encourage you to reach your full potential through continuous learning and leadership opportunities.
• Belonging: Join a team where you are valued, your work is meaningful, and your contributions make a real difference.
• Creativity: We value your innovative contributions.

Our Nurture Ripple Programme combined with our competency framework, and tailored development programme, are designed to help you grow professionally and personally.

About the Role:

As the Lead Sexual Offence Nurse Examiner, you will play a critical role in our multidisciplinary team, providing assessments and evidence that inform legal outcomes. Our Examiners are pivotal in ensuring high-quality care and evidential integrity for both children and adults who have been exposed to sexual violence.

To undertake clinical and forensic duties in the Sexual Assault Service, providing an immediate response to Children, Young People and Adult clients, by conducting a forensic medical examination after a sexual assault.

Providing written reports and advice to Police Officers and the SARC teams, Courts and attending Court to provide fact and opinion evidence as required.

Providing leadership to promote the service, undertake governance activities and ensure compliance with the Forensic Regulator supporting New Pathways.

This role is critical in offering dedicated care from the initial forensic examination, as often this is the first step in the client's journey of recovery, influencing both short and long-term health outcomes.

This includes self-referrals, police referrals and referrals from other organisations.

Opportunities Available:

• Practitioners: Receive training to become experienced in providing forensic examinations and evidence collection.
• Portfolio Careers: Including roles such as Investigators, Clinical Reviewers, Expert Witnesses, and Facilitators.

What We Offer: At Nurture Health and Care Ltd, we support our staff with a robust career development programme that transitions novices to expert Practitioners. Our team benefits from comprehensive training, a supportive work environment, and opportunities to grow within the wider network of forensic and clinical roles.

Competitive salary of £45,000 per annum with full training given.

6 weeks annual leave + flexible working policies and possibility for unlimited unpaid leave for sabbaticals, long holidays etc.

Company sick pay scheme.

Company pension.

Continuous paid training and development programme, including higher level educational training, leading to higher earnings.

Excellent employee assistance programme built on psychological safety foundations.

Flexible Working Hours:

Full-time is a 40-hour work week.Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

Key Responsibilities:

The post holder will regularly be involved in communicating internally and externally with Health and Social Care professionals, as well as clients and carers.

Line management of their team will require the ability to create psychological safety within the team, promoting a trauma informed approach, facilitate reflective practice and reflexivity, acting as a positive role model. This includes upholding standards, showing care and compassion, but being able to feedback honestly to ensure competent staff.

The post holder will have excellent interpersonal skills and will function effectively within the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team, receiving and communicating information regarding clients care, organisational requirements and supervision.

The post holder will have the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable format to clients. Potentially, this may include telephone communication.

The post holder will be required to:

• Receive telephone calls to organise examinations and will be required to coordinate the response of the examiners to the SARCs, provide advice and recommendations for the timing of examinations and manage crisis situations remotely.
• Receive and communicate complex and sensitive information on a daily basis. This may include giving positive results, which would have an impact on health, lifestyle and relationships
• Assess clients ability to give informed consent and consent for sharing across agencies for their participation in clinical activity

• Identify potential professional differences of opinion and manage these using motivational, influential and negotiating skills
• Includes communicating with a multi-professional team in other specialist services, such as sexual health
• Participate and chairing a range of meetings that support effective communications, regarding client care, organisational development, peer support and clinical supervision
• Communicate with external agencies
• Provide clear and concise written reports and statements detailing the findings of examinations
• Provide clear and concise oral evidence in court

• Perform holistic, forensic clinical assessments for children, young people, and adults who experienced sexual assault, with a meticulous eye for detail.
• Interact sensitively, ensuring a trauma-informed approach to care supporting self-referrals along with police referrals.
• Uphold the highest standards of data integrity and confidentiality in documentation and evidence handling.
• Co-produce individual management plans tailored to the needs of each client.
• Provide testimony in court, contributing to the integrity of legal proceedings.
• Engage in ongoing training and professional development as part of our Novice to Expert programme.
• Lead initiatives, mentor peers, and engage in programmes designed to enhance professional skills and service delivery, including our partners.
• Support the continuous quality improvement of our services under the requirements of the Forensic Science Regulator with the wider teams.

Ideal Candidate:

• Registered Nurses with experience or an interest in forensic and legal medicine and a minimum of 3 years post qualification.
• Committed to undertaking a comprehensive competency framework.
• Must have or be willing to work towards master's level study, complete educational courses and work towards being able to provide testimony to court.
• Professionals seeking a career that makes a profound impact on the lives of individuals and the broader community.

Join us and make a significant impact in a critical area of healthcare and justice. Your expertise will not only create career opportunities but also contributes to the well-being and justice for survivors of sexual violence in Wales. You will be joining a community committed to making a difference in the lives of those we serve.

This role is subject to Police vetting and 3 years of UK residency.

Person Specification

Qualities

Desirable

• Alignment to Nurtures core values
• Communication and wider team working will be assessed through interview

Experience

Essential

• Experience: minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience
• Phlebotomy skills: competence in venepuncture
• Safeguarding knowledge: thorough understanding and compliance with safeguarding principles and procedures for both children and adults

Desirable

• Forensic experience: current experience in a sexual offences examination environment or similar forensic roles
• Court experience: experience in providing written or oral evidence for court
• Examination proficiency: skilled in conducting detailed forensic examinations and collecting evidence in compliance with the Forensic Science Regulators guidelines
• Clinical care: ability to provide appropriate medical care including
• STI screening
• emergency contraception
• mental health evaluations
• Documentation: accurate and detailed record-and it technical skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration: registered nurse with current NMC registration

Desirable

• Higher education: evidence of Masters level study

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

Nurture Health and Care

Address

Cartref Tregerddan

Bow Street

Aberystwyth

SY24 5AU

Employer's website

https://nurturehealthandcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)