Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse

Job Introduction
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:

• £37,338.00-£44,962.00 (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 everyday 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 life’s 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 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
• 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

Job Introduction
We are seeking an experienced and passionate Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse to join our dedicated team working across the Oldham, Bury and Rochdale Sexual Health Service.
In this rewarding role, you will provide accessible sexual health screening, advice, treatment, contraception, health promotion, and counselling within both clinic and outreach settings. You will continue to develop your skills, knowledge and experience across sexual health, contraception, and leadership, while supporting the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care.
The successful candidate will work flexibly across all aspects of Sexual Health, Contraception and HIV, demonstrating a progressive attitude, a commitment to continual improvement, and the ability to maintain personal and professional competence. You will be expected to supervise and mentor junior staff and nursing/medical students, and to take an active role in the daily leadership and management of the nursing team. Actively participates and leads on audit and quality initiatives.

Applicants should hold recognised sexual health competencies (STIF Foundation or Intermediate), a Faculty Diploma in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (DFSRH), and have a minimum of two years’ experience in sexual health at Band 5 or 6 level.

This is a full-time role, 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, working 3 days at our Oldham site and 2 days (Thursday and Friday) at our Bury Site. Evenings and Saturdays to be covered.

Main Responsibilities

• 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 of 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 the 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 regarding sexual health and HIV promotion, offering PREP, PEPSE, appropriate vaccination schedules, to those who meet criteria. Discussing the importance of condom usage and window periods in relation to sexual health screening.

• Within 12 months of commencement of post, must have completed Loc subdermal implant training cytology.

• Within 2 years of commencement of post, must have completed sexually transmitted infections and intermediate qualification.

• Takes on champion role e.g., infection prevention, safeguarding and/or extended role LOC IUD training.

• Revalidates FSRH and BASHH qualifications every five years.

Ideal Candidate

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration
• FSRH Faculty Diploma in Contraception & STIF Foundation
• Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse, or experienced Band 5 in a sexual health setting
• Experience working within Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Teaching and mentorship experience
• Letters of Competency for Subdermal Implants
• Symptomatic screening (STIF Foundation)
• Ability to apply research evidence and theory to clinical practice
• Understanding of factors influencing intervention models and patient participation
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

While not essential, having the below would be desirable;

• V300 Independent Non-Medical Prescriber qualification
• FSRH LoC Intrauterine techniques (LoC IUT)
• Sexual Health Advising.

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.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.