Job summary
The Sexual Health and HIV Services across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to work in the field of HIV.
This opportunity is open to experienced registered nurses with experience in HIV, to help deliver new models of care for HIV patients.
Working within an integrated sexual health clinic, the role involves providing direct clinical care and assessment. This role includes holding a caseload of clients living with HIV, with complex medical, treatment and/or psychosocial issues.
The role involves supporting clients with a new HIV diagnosis, identifying those requiring assessment and review, undertaking relevant clinical care and maintaining stable clients on antiviral medication, which includes prescribing.
Care coordinating requires working in close collaboration with Clinical Nurse Specialists, Consultants, and other Clinicians within the Service, as well as community and secondary care providers.
You would need to be flexible, able to use your own initiative, work with a wide range of health professionals and be sensitive to the needs of patients and families. Experience in the field of HIV care would be essential as would evidence of professional development.
Main duties of the job
The HIV Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist (ACNS) will work within MPFT HIV specialised service providing high quality healthcare for people diagnosed with HIV. This will include the continued review and development of the service in line with national guidance/standards from NHIVA, BHIVA and the West Midlands Regional Prescribing Group. Acting in partnership with stakeholders guiding local service provision and strategic response.
The ACNS will lead on the delivery of the nurse-led HIV community clinic in accordance with the Standing Operational Policy, taking responsibility for auditing and updating this and other policies/procedures relating to HIV care. Supervising, managing and assisting other team members in fulfilling the clinical component of their role.
To act as an advocate for the needs of service users, developing appropriate models of care to meet on-going changing HIV health needs. Providing highly specialised advice across professional and organisational boundaries on all matters related to HIV treatment and care.
Function in a variety of non-provider roles including educator and researcher, contributing to nursing, medical and other disciplines' practice and development.
About us
Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex.
We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide.
We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support.
Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description for further information. A summary is below:
- Directly responsible for delivering specialist nursing care to a large cohort of HIV positive clients, many with complex health and social needs related to or affected by their HIV or related conditions
- Delivering safe and effective Clinical Nurse Specialist led HIV clinics, including the running of these clinics, appointment scheduling, non-medical prescribing, routine annual cervical cytology, sexual health and contraception care and the management and monitoring of antiretroviral therapy.
- Coordinating the client journey through clinic, including the wider integrated sexual health service.
- Exercise higher levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care
- Manage a caseload of clients with differing and complex physical, social, psychological, cultural and spiritual needs.
- Demonstrate the ability to allocate, coordinate, monitor and assess own workload and that of individuals or the service.
- Recognises, understands and accepts the requirement to act as an advocate for patients, carers, service and organisation.
- Manage the HIV CNS Telephone list safely and appropriately.
- Liaising with inpatients to admit directly into the acute service.
- Improve access to, and retention into HIV treatment and care service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description for further information. A summary is below:
- Directly responsible for delivering specialist nursing care to a large cohort of HIV positive clients, many with complex health and social needs related to or affected by their HIV or related conditions
- Delivering safe and effective Clinical Nurse Specialist led HIV clinics, including the running of these clinics, appointment scheduling, non-medical prescribing, routine annual cervical cytology, sexual health and contraception care and the management and monitoring of antiretroviral therapy.
- Coordinating the client journey through clinic, including the wider integrated sexual health service.
- Exercise higher levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care
- Manage a caseload of clients with differing and complex physical, social, psychological, cultural and spiritual needs.
- Demonstrate the ability to allocate, coordinate, monitor and assess own workload and that of individuals or the service.
- Recognises, understands and accepts the requirement to act as an advocate for patients, carers, service and organisation.
- Manage the HIV CNS Telephone list safely and appropriately.
- Liaising with inpatients to admit directly into the acute service.
- Improve access to, and retention into HIV treatment and care service.
Person Specification
Registered Nurse with experience within HIV treatment and care
Essential
- Experience within the field of HIV
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Specialty qualification in sexual health and/or HIV
- Proven evidence of management/leadership skills and autonomous practice.
- Ability to carry out clinical assessment, and triage identifying HIV related illness, recognising complex unstable health issues responding appropriately.
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD through NHIVNA/BASHH/BHIVA
- Working at Level 4 NHIVNA competence
Person Specification
Registered Nurse with experience within HIV treatment and care
Essential
- Experience within the field of HIV
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Specialty qualification in sexual health and/or HIV
- Proven evidence of management/leadership skills and autonomous practice.
- Ability to carry out clinical assessment, and triage identifying HIV related illness, recognising complex unstable health issues responding appropriately.
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD through NHIVNA/BASHH/BHIVA
- Working at Level 4 NHIVNA competence
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.
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.
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).
