Vacancies

Bank Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse

Main Responsibility

Your days will be rewarding and fulfilling, some of your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• The post holder will have a key role in the delivery of contraception & sexual health services to the population within the organisation and in provision of outreach services within the community.
• The post holder will work in all areas of the clinical area and the role will include working independently within nurse delivered clinics as well as non health care venues and clients homes.
• The role will also include health education and promotion around contraception and sexually transmitted infections.
• The post holder will keep accurate records of their clinical activity.
• The post holder will work through the clinic based competencies to achieve acceptable standards of care for patients attending the sexual health service.
• Maintain, update and develop personal and professional knowledge within the guidance of performance reviews and clinical governance.
• Supervise junior staff and take responsibility for orientation, supervision and the training of learners, HCA’s, support workers.
• Report all accidents, complaints or untoward incident to the clinic manager or nurse in charge.
• Maintain standards of care in the department by example and direction.
• Keep up to date with any relevant training and promote reflective practice.

Please see Job Description for Full Responsibilities 

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be:

Essential

• Experience of working in an Integrated Sexual Health Service
• Relevant Contraception / GUM qualification
• Ability to work in a warm, sensitive, non-judgmental manner within an equal opportunities framework
• Ability to relate to service users and hard to reach and excluded groups
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to organise own time, keep good medical records and support systems monitoring clinic activity and performance
• Extensive knowledge of sexual health needs of the population and related issues
• Understanding of the law and guidance relating to advice and treatment to under 16s
• At least one years’ experience of working in sexual health services (Contraception and/or GUM)

Desirable

• LOC in Implants / IUD
• Non Medical Prescribing
• Knowledge of national policy and strategy context for sexual health
• Knowledge of health promotion initiatives
•  Experience of working in non-clinical settings
• Working knowledge of Lilie Blithe computerised sexual health management system

Package Description

As a Bank Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse, you’ll be part of our valued team at Nye Bevan House, Rochdale. With requirements to travel across our services at Oldham and Bury. 

You will feel valued as a Sexual Health Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

• Self-booking and access to all bank shifts! Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.
• Request a Duty – Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be met
• HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
• Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
• Opportunities to work in different areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experience
• Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
• Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
• Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development
• Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
• Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• 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 you’re 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 

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's 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. 

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re 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 doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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