Nurse Practitioner – Practice Development

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and forward‑thinking Sexual Health Nurse to join our Nurse Practitioner team within our integrated sexual health service. This is a Nurse Practitioner role specialising in nursing practice development, offered as a one‑year fixed‑term contract to cover a career break.

We are looking for someone passionate about sexual health, keen to grow as a clinical leader, and committed to advancing nursing practice across the service.

In this role, you will deliver expert nursing care across sexual health and contraceptive services, while offering clinical leadership within the nursing team and wider MDT. Working closely with the Matron and Senior Sister, you will help maintain high standards of nurse‑led care and lead initiatives to enhance patient experience and support the ongoing development of nursing practice.

To succeed, you will bring substantial Band 6 experience in sexual health, a recognised qualification in contraceptive care, and a letter of competence in contraceptive implant insertion, removal, and IUD insertion. Strong organisational skills, resilience, and a commitment to quality improvement and patient satisfaction are essential.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for professional development, with a unique focus on shaping and strengthening nursing practice within our service. We look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

• To assist in the delivery of an expert specialist nursing service for people requiring Reproductive & Sexual Health Services
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of STI management and contraception, supported by appropriate clinical qualifications to undertake specialist procedures including bimanual examination, proctoscopy, contraceptive implant insertion and removal, IUD insertion and removal, and the delivery of specialist follow‑up clinics.
• To maintain primary responsibility for ensuring the department provides a  progressive learning environment for all grades of qualified and unqualified nursing.
• To support with statutory and mandatory training as required to ensure compliance within the department.
• To promote and facilitate evidence-based practice and clinical audit within the Trust, raising the profile and enhancing the contribution of nursing to patient care and informing business and service development plans.
• To work collaboratively with as other MDTs at Denmark Hill or Beckenham Beacon sites where care needs require
• To actively participate in education events provided by the trust and primary care sector.
• To act as the education and training nursing lead for the Reproductive Sexual Health department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To assist in the delivery of an expert specialist nursing service for people requiring Reproductive & Sexual Health Services

To provide specialist nursing advice, clinical assessment and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis and through treatment in line with departmental guidelines

To be highly visible, accessible, and approachable to staff, patients, and the public to ensure that open and honest communication channels are created and sustained.

Use specialist knowledge and skills for assessing and interpreting complex issues across a wide variety of disciplines, providing advice in the development of nursing standards and guidelines for patient care

To ensure continuity of a high standard of evidence based nursing care, assessing health related and holistic needs of patients, their families, and other carers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care including partner notification.

Proactive Management of Reproductive and sexual health caseload

Demonstrate advanced knowledge of STI treatment and contraception

To utilise advanced knowledge and skills and undertake procedures and practices such as bimanual examination, proctoscopy contraceptive implant insertion and removal, IUD insertion and removal, cervical cytology and specialist follow up clinics.

Initiating and interpreting tests and investigations, on-going monitoring

Making and receiving referrals based on the needs assessment of patients

Develop practice to be able to deliver nurse led clinics supporting patients requiring RSH service and needs

Support the team and organisation in delivering innovative services to support patient access to RSH

Assessing and meeting patients on going care, health and wellbeing needs and develop a care plan and action referrals as a result

Using data to identify high-risk individuals and groups and to ensure that services meet their needs

Ensuring clear documentation in the patient’s records of all significant consultations in accordance with Best Records Keeping Guidance

Identify educational needs for patients and/or carers with regard to the management of their sexual health & welling

Ensure all patients receive appropriate follow-up and that relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice about their treatment and care

Support patients with decision making about their care or treatment, ensuring shared decision making

To follow-up patients as appropriate and ensure all relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice about their care and treatment throughout their pathway of care

To deliver a seamless service through the development of Multidisciplinary team processes and communication

To work collaboratively with as other MDTs at Denmark Hill or Beckenham Beacon sites where care needs require

To participate in the identification and development of clinical protocols and strategies to enhance both the continuity and standard of specialist care whilst ensuring equity of access to the service

To participate in the process of operational policies and review annually in accordance with national standards

Review and update clinical information offered to patients every two years

To ensure all care is given in accordance with agreed protocols

Provide support and education to patients and their families

To work with the MDT to develop, implement and evaluate integrated care pathways and systems of MDT documentation

To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for improvements

To supply and administer medicines in accordance with Patient Group directions or as an Independent Prescriber if appropriate

To act as a patient advocate when appropriate, ensuring respect for patient confidentiality, privacy, and cultural/ethnic background.

To liaise with local community, primary care, and voluntary organisations to develop existing services for clients and carers

To develop and co-ordinate planned educational programmes and opportunities for all  multidisciplinary nursing staff within the care group.

To advise in relation to educational opportunities and assist nurses and HCA’s in developing themselves in accordance with their personal development plan and/or appraisal objectives.

To ensure that Training Needs Analyses are undertaken and agreed teaching programmes implemented in line with Trust and national objectives,

Lead on the drug assessment programme for midwifery in collaboration with relevant members of the education team

To support mentors/supervisors/assessors in their role, ensuring that learning opportunities are effectively utilised. Ensure student nurses are allocated an assessor and supervisor, and that a training programme is created and maintained.

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