Nurse Practitioner - Sexual Health

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

• To use advanced sexual health/HIV knowledge and skills to independently manage total episodes of care within their own scope of professional practice
• Provide clinical guidance and specialist advice to the nursing team and act as a role model for advanced practice
• To supply and administer medicines under the Patient Group Directions or as a Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) for both sexual health/HIV and contraception patient's
• Contribute to evidence based practice and research projects within the clinical areas and ensure that written standards for clinical care are formulated, utilised and reviewed regularly and as necessary
• Collaborate with the Lead Nurses appropriately for professional support and guidance
• To develop in collaboration with the Lead Nurses , Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANP's) and Clinic Manager guidelines and protocols relevant to sexual health/HIV and contraception

Managerial Responsibilities

• Assist the Clinic Manager with responsibility for the day to day management of the nursing staff in their absence
• Contribute to the business planning process for the clinic ensuring that the relevant aspects of the Nursing Strategy are incorporated and that the information is shared within nursing team as appropriate
• Ensure the departmental budget and resources are utilised effectively
• Assist with monitoring department activity, especially Young People's, Outreach and Contraception Services through audit and other measurement tools and lead on action in response to outcomes
• Advise on the composition and skill mix of the nursing team taking into account the developments of advanced practice roles

Education/Research Responsibilities

• Act as a mentor and role model for new members of staff and students, including family planning students
• Facilitate the development of team members in their professional educational role.
• Work with the Clinic Manager and ANP's to assist in research initiatives
• Access clinical supervision within the Trust
• Encourage an appropriate and effective learning environment for staff and learners allocated to the area and participate in educational initiatives as required

Professional Responsibilities

• To ensure communications with patients and their relatives are supportive and informative with due regard to confidentiality
• To be responsible for and demonstrate ones personal professional development and maintain up to date clinical skills
• To be aware of responsibilities under the Nursing & Midwifery Council's (NMC)'s Code of Professional Conduct
• To recognise clinical and professional limitations and seek advice from senior colleagues as necessary

Financial and Business Responsibilities

• Contribute to the business planning process ensuring that the relevant aspects of the Nursing Strategy are incorporated and that the information shared within the nursing team as appropriate
• Contribute alongside the Clinic Manager and the Heads of Department to review the budget and identify the cost pressures and service developments etc, at year end, which need to be considered as part of the business planning cycle

Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.

Person specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Successfully completed teaching/assessing course
• Evidence of comprehensive professional development
• Contraception qualification
• Willingness to undertake Non Medical Prescribing course

Desirable criteria

• HIV course
• Sexual health course
• Counselling course
• Working towards an MSc
• Leadership training

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

• Extensive GUM experience including managing male and female patients
• Experience of working in contraception services
• Experience of working in outreach or non-NHS services
• Participated in clinical audit and research
• Evidence of effective teaching and assessing
• Evidence of MDT working
• Experience of utilising evidence in practice
• Evidence of practice development
• Willingness to undertake advanced contraception training i.e. Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)

Desirable criteria

• Experience in womens health, HIV, counselling, research, and other experience related to the specialty
• Experience of leading clinical teams
• Experience of working with Human Resource issues
• Experience of working with high risk, hard to reach groups including Young People,CSW,MSM
• Experience in effective service and or change management

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE - SPECIAL

Essential criteria

• Highly developed communication skills and ability to convey complex and sensitive information to others
• Demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialty
• Advanced clinical practice in the treatment and assessment of patients in HIV/GUM
• Ability to utilise Patient Group Directions for supply and administration of medication
• Develops and contributes to development of guidelines in GUM/HIV/contraception
• Able to perform sexual history taking and examination in accordance with local and Trust guidelines
• Demonstrates knowledge of stress management
• Able to identify nursing and relevant clinical needs of patients within the specialty
• Demonstrates an understanding of current developments in the Trust, NHS and Government strategies
• Ability to manage violence and aggression within the clinic environment
• Competent in IT

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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