Sexual Health Nurse | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2025 |
| Location: | Halifax, HX1 1UB |
| Company: | Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7245040/372-FSS2824 |
Summary
The post is for a band 6 Nurse when fully trained, if applicant doesn’t have all essential criteria, it will be a Band 5 training position until completed OTE and BASHH competencies.
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for the client group accessing Sexual Health Services. This will include the assessment and treatment of sexually transmitted infections including the care of patients who are affected and infected by HIV.Inform and advise individuals on all methods of contraception including LARC, regardless of age, gender or sexual orientation and to provide up to date advice and excellent sexual health promotion.
· To deliver a high standard of patient care as a Sexual Health Nurse Specialist
· To support, assist and advise patients providing excellence in Sexual Health Promotion.
· Work as an autonomous practitioner at specialist nurse level within latest guidance and best practice.
· Managing self and time to ensure you are physically and mentally well to perform your duties.
To assess, examine, undertake investigations including the skills eg. microscopy and phlebotomy, manage and treat STI's within agreed areas of expanded practice working to Patient Group Directives.
To provide risk assessment for individuals who may identify as high risk and perform the necessary testing required, including the provision of pre and post test discussion for HIV.
To undertake a public health role to the reduction of infection by performing partner notification.
To promote the provision of LARC (long-acting reversible contraception) and to be confident and competent in Implanon and IUD/IUS insertion and removal techniques.
To provide appropriate sexual health provision to young people applying Fraser guidelines and be confident in relation to safeguarding referral policies.
Cervical cytology screening and be aware of the referral process to colposcopy for any abnormal smear results.
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
· To deliver a high standard of patient care as a Sexual Health Nurse Specialist
· To support, assist and advise clients and their families, providing excellence in Sexual Health Promotion.
· Work as an autonomous practitioner at specialist nurse level within latest guidance and best practice.
· Managing yourself: taking care of your time and needs, to ensure you are physically and mentally well to perform your duties.
• Responsible for setting up and clearing all clinical areas in accordance to infection control policies.
• To assess, examine, undertake investigations including the skills required by a tier three service eg. microscopy and phlebotomy, manage and treat sexually transmitted infections within agreed areas of expanded practice working to Patient Group Directives.
• To provide risk assessment for individuals who may identify as high risk and perform the necessary testing required, including the provision of pre and post test discussion for HIV.
• To assess individuals who may attend for the provision of Post Exposure Prophylaxis treatment and advise accordingly.
• The ability to deliver positive results such as HIV and Hepatitis and STI results, explaining the diagnosis and implications of this and providing ongoing support.
• To undertake a public health role contributing to the reduction of infection within the community by performing partner notification as per BASHH standards.
• To inform, advise, counsel and teach individuals and couples on all methods of contraception following assessment of clinical choice.
• To promote the provision of LARC (long-acting reversible contraception) and to be confident and competent in Implanon insertion and removal techniques.
• Follow current policies and procedures in relation to contraception and sexual health as indicated according to patient group directions.
• To provide appropriate sexual health provision to young people applying Fraser guidelines and be confident in relation to safeguarding referral policies.
• To perform cervical cytology screening as specified through the National cervical cytology programs and be aware of the referral process to colposcopy for any abnormal smear results.
• To perform pregnancy testing and offer advice re options including referral for termination of pregnancy.
• To provide clinical services taking into account service user diversity including age, race, disability, gender, sexual orientation.
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Jul 2025