HIV BBV Opt-Out Testing Lead
| Posting date: | 16 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 October 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9334-25-1071 |
Summary
To lead on the electronic lab-link from pathology that alerts the department to reactive HIV results from the Early Intervention Psychosis Services. To monitor the robust functioning of lab-link and develop relationships with IT and pathology laboratory in order to quickly trouble shoot any issues as they occur, escalating any problems identified as appropriate. To be responsible for the assessment of all reactive HIV test results from the Early Intervention Psychosis Services, ensuring that all reactive results are appropriately followed up. This includes false positives, new HIV diagnoses and known HIV positive patients, some of whom may have disengaged from care. To ensure that all patients are informed of reactive HIV results and arrange confirmation testing via SHAC Services. To confirm through additional 4th generation testing if true HIV positive result. Ensure that patients are fully risk assessed and counselled about any false reactive HIV test results. Perform venepuncture according to trust and local policy To facilitate partner notification for sexual contacts that may require HIV testing, including a PEP and PrEP assessment for partners. To provide educational sessions to community mental health teams regarding BBV/HIV testing and treatment, and evaluate their effectiveness using pre and post session questionnaires. To liaise with the wider multidisciplinary team in relation to the complex needs of patients including other hospital departments and community services. To create, review and enhance guidelines and pathways for optimal management of patients To support with data management and collection required for project reporting and audit To refer the patient to appropriate specialists both within the department and external as required. Be aware of own scope of professional practice and liaise / refer to doctors /specialist nurses in the clinic and Trust as appropriate.Utilise clear patient referral pathways to allied health professionals, relevant inpatient and outpatient departments across the Trusts hospital sites and HIV community based organisations (statutory and non-statutory). Communicate very sensitive confidential condition related information to patients and relatives with empathy and reassurance. Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary ward round and clinical caseload team meetings