Sexual Health Nurse (One Year Fixed-Term) Maternity Cover
| Posting date: | 15 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,485.00 to £52,521.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £44485.00 - £52521.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 August 2025 |
| Location: | Enfield, EN2 6AE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9391-25-1631 |
Summary
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Observe Departmental and Trust policies, protocols and working guidelines to ensure high standards of clinical nursing care are achieved. 2. Provide information, counselling and health advice to patients with contraception and sexual health needs. 3. To maintain high standards of care for the prevention, treatment and management of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. 4. Independently manage asymptomatic and non-complex symptomatic patients within the clinic and outreach settings. 5. Independently examine patients and perform specific techniques as necessary, e.g venepuncture, speculum insertion, proctoscope insertion, and perform bimanual examination. 6. Provide nurse-led clinics, which necessitate skills and competencies within advanced practice guidelines and patient group directions. 7. Process specimens and samples to achieve an investigation outcome and/or diagnosis as per BASHH and FSRH standards. 8. Competent delivery of clinical skills relevant to reproductive health, or working towards, e.g. initiate all methods of hormonal contraception, including sub-dermal implants and intrauterine devices. 9. To keep up to date with current issues in sexual health and contraception and develop clinical competence. 10. Exercise clinical judgement in all aspects of clinical care.