Clinical Outreach Team Lead

Job description

Job summary

Sexual Health Hertfordshire is seeking an Outreach Team Leader to coordinate and oversee sexual health education and outreach programmes across Hertfordshire.

This role offers an opportunity to lead and support a skilled outreach team, develop and deliver targeted health promotion and prevention campaigns, and help ensure services are accessible to individuals and communities who may benefit most. The post holder will build and maintain effective partnerships with local pharmacies, voluntary and community organisations, healthcare professionals, educational settings, and other key stakeholders to maximise the reach and impact of the service.

We are looking for someone who is committed to reducing health inequalities, promoting sexual wellbeing, and engaging diverse communities through innovative and evidence-informed approaches. Strong leadership, communication, and partnership-working skills are important, along with the ability to work collaboratively across organisations to improve sexual health outcomes for Hertfordshire residents.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to public health while leading a supportive and dedicated outreach team.We welcome applications from clinical and allied health professionals, and from candidates with relevant qualifications or equivalent experience in areas such as sexual health, public health, psychology, health promotion, community engagement, or related fields.

Main duties of the job

• Lead clinically focused outreach services for vulnerable and at-risk populations.
• Deliver accessible, evidence-based healthcare interventions, including testing, vaccinations, and prevention initiatives.
• Manage the Hertfordshire National Chlamydia Screening Programme and condom distribution schemes.
• Ensure services meet local and national targets through data-driven population health approaches.
• Provide leadership, supervision, and support to the outreach team, promoting continuous improvement.
• Build effective partnerships to enhance service accessibility, engagement, and outcomes.
• Lead community needs assessments and support education, prevention, and health promotion activities.Act as deputy for Team Leads, supporting wider clinical and operational priorities.

About us

We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.

What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.

**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**

Job description
Job responsibilities

Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.

**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level qualifications in healthcare, health education, public health or health promotion, youth work, other relevant degree, or deemed comparable experience or is a Registered general Nurse.
• Able to work under PGD (patient groups directions) or PSD's (patient specific directions)

Desirable

• Evidence of working in management for role

Experience

Essential

• Experience working within outreach and evidence of working with at risk groups.
• Experience in delivering Health promotion campaigns
• Evidence of using evidence-based practice within the outreach setting
• Evidence of working with external stakeholders
• Evidence of managing/co-ordinating teams
• Able to demonstrate the importance of lesson planning and feedback
• Able to comply written reports
• Can evidence the application of local KPI's to outreach events

Desirable

• Evidence of local resolution of complaints
• Holds a recognised management training qualification

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge on sexual health and sexual health strategies
• Recognised teaching and assessing skills
• Understand the need for clear and concise record keeping
• Knowledge of NHS processes
• Can adapt outreach strategies to meet the changing needs of the local population
• Maintains up to date knowledge of local public health strategies
• Comprehensive understanding and experience working within safeguarding children & adults
• IT skills in word, excel and mail.
• Able to use NHS EPR (electronic records) systems

Desirable

• Has undertaken or been part of a clinical audit

Key Attributes

Essential

• Can demonstrate the use of diplomacy under pressure
• Is empathic and compassionate

Desirable

• Car driver or willing to use public transport to get to outreach events

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level qualifications in healthcare, health education, public health or health promotion, youth work, other relevant degree, or deemed comparable experience or is a Registered general Nurse.
• Able to work under PGD (patient groups directions) or PSD's (patient specific directions)

Desirable

• Evidence of working in management for role

Experience

Essential

• Experience working within outreach and evidence of working with at risk groups.
• Experience in delivering Health promotion campaigns
• Evidence of using evidence-based practice within the outreach setting
• Evidence of working with external stakeholders
• Evidence of managing/co-ordinating teams
• Able to demonstrate the importance of lesson planning and feedback
• Able to comply written reports
• Can evidence the application of local KPI's to outreach events

Desirable

• Evidence of local resolution of complaints
• Holds a recognised management training qualification

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge on sexual health and sexual health strategies
• Recognised teaching and assessing skills
• Understand the need for clear and concise record keeping
• Knowledge of NHS processes
• Can adapt outreach strategies to meet the changing needs of the local population
• Maintains up to date knowledge of local public health strategies
• Comprehensive understanding and experience working within safeguarding children & adults
• IT skills in word, excel and mail.
• Able to use NHS EPR (electronic records) systems

Desirable

• Has undertaken or been part of a clinical audit

Key Attributes

Essential

• Can demonstrate the use of diplomacy under pressure
• Is empathic and compassionate

Desirable

• Car driver or willing to use public transport to get to outreach events

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust
Address

Stevenage sexual health clinic

Southgate

Stevenage

SG11HB

United Kingdom

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