Bank SARC Sexual Offences Examiner (Nurse)

Job overview

Hope House Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) in Gloucester and Swindon & Wiltshire SARC in Swindon provides forensic, medical and aftercare services to victims of rape and sexual assault who either self-refer or are referred via the police or other agencies.

The main responsibility of the post-holder will be to carry out Forensic Medical Examinations (FME) of adults, in accordance with GHC, FSR, FFLM, and NMC guidelines, in a trauma informed manner which minimises further distress.

A £100 on-call retainer will be paid per shift to ensure availability.  £150 per call-out will be paid for each case attended. Agenda for Change pay arrangements will only apply for overtime and training,

Main duties of the job

Main duties include:

• To provide telephone information, support and specialist advice to police, professionals, crisis workers and victims/carers; handling information that is highly sensitive and often distressing in nature.
• To provide specialist advice, assessment and aftercare including delaying attendance where medical needs should take priority and taking part in best interest discussions and involving families when a victim lacks capacity to consent to the forensic medical examination.
• To independently carry out Forensic Medical Examinations of victims of rape and sexual assault for Police and self-referrals in accordance with Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine (FFLM), Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) and NMC guidelines. This should include obtaining consent for the examination and information sharing (including with police and the criminal justice system) details of the reported crime, ascertaining whether any activities may have affected the potential forensic yield, obtaining a medical, surgical, mental health, gynaecologic, obstetric (and for children, developmental) history.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will provide on-call availability, contributing to the night-time rotas, weekends and bank holidays; and will be available to attend both SARC’s (Hope House in Gloucester & The Gables SARC in Swindon), and on occasion at other off-site locations within an agreed time of 90 minutes.

The shift times are 07:00-19:15 and 19:00-07:15 Monday to Sunday.