Nurse Practitioner - Health Improvement

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	08 Hydref 2025
Cyflog:	£56,276.00 i £63,176.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£56276.00 - £63176.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	20 Hydref 2025
Lleoliad:	London, SE5 9RS
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9213-25-1009

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To provide health promotion, risk management/reduction, behavioural interventions and focussed psychological support for identified patients attending Sexual Health and HIV Services. To take referrals from within the sexual health teams and external sources as required to provide enhanced expertise and support to patients with identified vulnerabilities or increased sexual health risk factors including inpatients as required To maintain clinical credibility by acting as a clinical practitioner in own area of expertise including the provision of history taking, sexual health screening, diagnosis and treatment of STIs. To supply and administer medication as required via PGD or Independent prescribing as appropriate To utilise advanced knowledge and skills and undertake procedures and practices such as bimanual examination, proctoscopy contraceptive implant insertion and removal, IUD insertion and removal, cervical cytology and specialist follow up clinics. To develop and participate in specialist nurse delivered clinics as appropriate to the intervention and prevention needs of the service To ensure that robust procedures for enhanced partner notification are implemented in practice in line with National Guidance To ensure that there is a clear and consistent approach to results management across the service and the health improvement team actively support and directly contribute to the delivery of positive results as required To ensure that all patients are managed and processes are in place to support a consistent and effective active recall procedure for patients at risk of STIs, HIV, unplanned pregnancy and repeat abortion. To act as the team lead on adult and child safeguarding processes and to ensure clinical staff are supported in managing complex cases To manage the pathway of patients presenting for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV (PEPSE) to ensure that management, recall and behavioural interventions are robust To manage the pathway for patients newly diagnosed with HIV to ensure rapid access to services, provide support as required and to ensure robust partner notification To manage and oversee the pathways for women diagnosed with STIs in pregnancy, in particular ante-natal syphilis To maintain clinical credibility by acting as a clinical practitioner in own area of expertise including the provision of history taking, sexual health screening, diagnosis and treatment of STIs. To supply and administer medication as required via PGD or Independent prescribing as appropriate To be highly visible, accessible and approachable to staff, patients and the public to ensure that open and honest communication channels are created and sustained. To maintain an overview of the standards of care being delivered across defined clinical areas and instigate remedial action if necessary. To ensure that patients follow agreed pathways of care and are supported in safe and effective outcomes To provide advice on Sexual Health and HIV issues as required both internally and externally, To work collaboratively and develop relationships with external agencies, particularly those working with young people and other vulnerable groups, to promote the service and facilitate patient referrals To plan, develop and implement education and outreach activities in line with agreed service prioritie Leadership To assist in the resolution of any conflicts within the clinical area, resolving informal complaints locally and assisting in the investigation of and response to formal complaints as required To investigate accidents and incidents; identify and implement corrective action where necessary, in conjunction with the matron. To lead on specific service and team development projects as agreed with the matron. To actively participate and support the use of Adverse Incident reporting within the service. In conjunction with the Matron, support the clinical services to maximise resources, ensuring that the service priorities are met and kept within the allocated budget. To contribute to recruitment and selection of appropriate staff. To assist in identifying and implementing appropriate retention initiatives. To lead the team in the delivery and planning of a robust audit programme to improve patient care delivery. To develop tools to improve the quality of the service through audit. To act as a clinical role model, mentor and clinical supervisor for team members as required To represent the Service at appropriate Division wide groups and to actively participate in the Clinical Nurse specialist Forum. To assist the Matron/Senior Sister in implementing new policies and service developments within the team. Ensures compliance with the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy, supporting the delivery of the Trusts Race Equality Scheme and the Trust's duty to positively promote race equality and equality of opportunity for disabled people ensuring services are responsive to the needs of equality groups. Education and Training Within the team to lead and promote the development of the educational environment by actively contributing to the educational development of all qualified and unqualified staff. To work with the team in assessing the clinical skills required to deliver a safe and high quality service, identifying any deficits in this and developing programmes to address these issues. To deliver training and workforce development for members of the multidisciplinary sexual health and HIV team to ensure basic health improvement, prevention and intervention skills are maintained within the department To deliver training on external courses delivered by the department (e.g. STIF) and ad-hoc training both within the Trust and outside, e.g. to primary care, as appropriate In conjunction with the matron and Senior Sister to ensure there is a robust and detailed process for ensuring nursing, health improvement, prevention and intervention competencies and assessment within the team To proactively support the new induction, training and assessment of new team members To act as a resource for junior staff. To guide and support developmental projects and advise on further resources inside and outside the Trust as appropriate. To establish and maintain communication links with appropriate lecturers from link HEIs providing teaching input if requested To lead and promote within the team the development of an evidence-based approach to clinical care. To promote, initiate and participate in appropriate nursing research. To ensure representation at local, national and international conferences. To support the matron on benchmark and quality audits including Observations of Care, ensuring that staff receive feedback on the results, and to implement action as directed.