Nurse Practitioner (Clinic Manager): Community Women’s Health Service

Job overview

Bart’s Sexual Health Services is looking for a Nurse Practitioner to join their ALL EAST team, providing community-based women's health services and integrated sexual health. The role will primarily be based at the Tower Hamlets Community Women’s Health Service at Mile End Hospital, but will involve working across other EAST services, including the Ambrose King Centre at the Royal London Hospital.

Key responsibilities include managing patient care autonomously, providing specialist clinical care, fitting and removing Long Acting Reversible Contraception, conducting termination of pregnancy counseling, and working in the Early Medical Termination Service. The successful candidate will have higher-level clinical skills, management experience, and the ability to work independently in a busy clinical environment. An essential requirement is being pro-choice on abortion.

The role offers clinical supervision and opportunities to help develop junior team members. Independent prescribing will be expected.

For more details or to arrange an informal visit, contact Lovelle Smith at [email protected]

Main duties of the job

The Nurse Practitioner in the community women’s health services and Integrated Sexual Health will use their specialist knowledge, skills and experience in providing sexual healthcare to undifferentiated clients attending integrated sexual health clinics (termination of pregnancy, menopause, female genital mutilation reversal, GUM, contraception and  associated outreach services).

They are responsible and accountable for the total episode of  care of the patient including assessment, diagnosis, treatment and referral as appropriate using Trust guidance. They will also specifically work within the Early Medical Termination Service to administer the medication for the termination and support the women physically  and emotionally through the procedure, according to the department’s guidelines. They will work in collaboration with the Multi-professional Team and within Trust governance framework.

The Nurse Practitioner in community women’s health services and Integrated Sexual Health will be a direct provider of higher level nursing practice to patients with sexual health needs. They will also function in a variety of non-provider roles including education and research. In  conjunction with the Senior Nurse – SH, HIV, CWHS & Immunology, Lead Nurses, Practice Development Nurses and other team members, they will contribute to the development of the nursing profession, nursing practice and the speciality group.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Please note: When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-medical roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under inner HCAS, while others are classified as outer HCAS.