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Specialist Nurse in sexual health for Learning Disabilities
| Posting date: | 05 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,178 - £55,492 per annum incl Outer HCAS (pro rata if P/T) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 August 2024 |
| Location: | Edgware includes Barnet borough, HA8 0AD |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6382896/333-D-SH-0371 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
The role includes working within the sexual health service supporting people with learning disabilities (PLD) as part of the Bridge service.The Bridge service is a dedicated clinic at the Edgware Clinic & Vale Drive for (PWLD).
• Providing free, confidential and easy-access to sexual health services for PWLD and carers
• Reasonable adjustments to support patients such as longer consultations and Easy Read information
• Consultations include assessment for capacity, consent and safeguarding
• The role involves working as a specialist Nurse within the Barnet borough, a full driving licence with access to a car is essential
• The post holder will facilitate and support access to sexual health for people with learning disabilities, working in the community supporting PLD and their carers and support workers
• Improving access and bridging any gap for PWLD and carers to sexual health advice, information, clinical services
• Supporting health, social and VCS networks to identify PWLD, make reasonable service adjustments, assess sexual health needs and referral
• Establishing seamless pathways between sexual health services and statutory, VCS and primary care services
• Improving engagement of PWLD and carers in planning care
• Embedding health promotion advice and support making-every-contact-count towards reducing health inequalities.
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Public Health).
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention / Public Health when in Clinical Practice.
Proactively develops, implements and monitors public health and health promotion activities, including own clinical work, work of team and the local community in accordance with local and national plans.
To participate in clinical and educational outreach and participate in health promotion activity, contributing to the development of new services.
Participates in and influences local health policy development, including health impact assessments.
Engages and forms links with relevant stakeholders and professional agencies, providing expert training and advice where appropriate.
Identifies the needs of diverse/vulnerable groups, i.e. young people and contribute to the development of tailored services to meet their needs.
Undertakes relevant need assessment profiles.
Promotes safer sex and provides sexual health information to clients as appropriate.
Keeps up to date with and prevents cross infection through application of appropriate techniques.
Management of / provision of care for quality standards
Works unsupervised in the assessment, implementation and evaluation of client care
This is an exciting opportunity to work in CNWL Sexual Health service.
CNWL is the largest community NHS Trust
• Delivering Sexual Health Services across London and Surrey
• Providing Integrated services (GUM and Contraception)
• HIV services
• Health Promotion and outreach to vulnerable and ‘at risk’ group
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
**Please see full job description for further information**
Improving access and bridging any gap for PWLD and carers to sexual
health advice, information, clinical services, including online services and
other commissioned sexual health services.
• Providing free condoms and lube and access to the C-Card for young people.
• Supporting health, social and VCS networks to identify PWLD, make reasonable service adjustments, assess sexual health needs and refer to appropriate support services.
• Establishing seamless pathways between sexual health services and statutory,VCS and primary care services.
• Improving engagement of PWLD and carers in planning care.
• Embedding health promotion advice and support across pathways so we make-every-contact-count towards reducing health inequalities.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jul 2024
The role includes working within the sexual health service supporting people with learning disabilities (PLD) as part of the Bridge service.The Bridge service is a dedicated clinic at the Edgware Clinic & Vale Drive for (PWLD).
• Providing free, confidential and easy-access to sexual health services for PWLD and carers
• Reasonable adjustments to support patients such as longer consultations and Easy Read information
• Consultations include assessment for capacity, consent and safeguarding
• The role involves working as a specialist Nurse within the Barnet borough, a full driving licence with access to a car is essential
• The post holder will facilitate and support access to sexual health for people with learning disabilities, working in the community supporting PLD and their carers and support workers
• Improving access and bridging any gap for PWLD and carers to sexual health advice, information, clinical services
• Supporting health, social and VCS networks to identify PWLD, make reasonable service adjustments, assess sexual health needs and referral
• Establishing seamless pathways between sexual health services and statutory, VCS and primary care services
• Improving engagement of PWLD and carers in planning care
• Embedding health promotion advice and support making-every-contact-count towards reducing health inequalities.
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Public Health).
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention / Public Health when in Clinical Practice.
Proactively develops, implements and monitors public health and health promotion activities, including own clinical work, work of team and the local community in accordance with local and national plans.
To participate in clinical and educational outreach and participate in health promotion activity, contributing to the development of new services.
Participates in and influences local health policy development, including health impact assessments.
Engages and forms links with relevant stakeholders and professional agencies, providing expert training and advice where appropriate.
Identifies the needs of diverse/vulnerable groups, i.e. young people and contribute to the development of tailored services to meet their needs.
Undertakes relevant need assessment profiles.
Promotes safer sex and provides sexual health information to clients as appropriate.
Keeps up to date with and prevents cross infection through application of appropriate techniques.
Management of / provision of care for quality standards
Works unsupervised in the assessment, implementation and evaluation of client care
This is an exciting opportunity to work in CNWL Sexual Health service.
CNWL is the largest community NHS Trust
• Delivering Sexual Health Services across London and Surrey
• Providing Integrated services (GUM and Contraception)
• HIV services
• Health Promotion and outreach to vulnerable and ‘at risk’ group
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
**Please see full job description for further information**
Improving access and bridging any gap for PWLD and carers to sexual
health advice, information, clinical services, including online services and
other commissioned sexual health services.
• Providing free condoms and lube and access to the C-Card for young people.
• Supporting health, social and VCS networks to identify PWLD, make reasonable service adjustments, assess sexual health needs and refer to appropriate support services.
• Establishing seamless pathways between sexual health services and statutory,VCS and primary care services.
• Improving engagement of PWLD and carers in planning care.
• Embedding health promotion advice and support across pathways so we make-every-contact-count towards reducing health inequalities.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jul 2024
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