# Sexual Health Advisor

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 18.75 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-13T09:31:10.002Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Senior_Sexual_Health_Advisor/Senior_Sexual_Health_Advisor-v8110915
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8110915?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking a Band 6 Sexual Health Advisor to join our dedicated and supportive team.  This part-time role is for 18.75 hours per week, worked between 8:00am and 6:00pm, Monday to Friday. Our Sexual Health Service offers confidential, inclusive, and non-judgemental care to people seeking advice, testing, treatment, and support for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV.

Based at Falcon Road Sexual Health Centre, you will join a multidisciplinary team of consultants, doctors, nurses, health advisers, allied health professionals and administrative staff, working together to deliver high-quality care. Our service supports people attending for a range of needs, including: - STI diagnosis and treatment - HIV testing and support,  - Vulnerable adults - Young people - Individuals requiring safeguarding or referral to specialist services.

Working collaboratively with colleagues across CLCH, local acute hospitals, primary care, social care, safeguarding teams, mental health services, drug and alcohol services, HIV specialist services and community organisations, we ensure patients receive coordinated, holistic care.

This opportunity has arisen as part of our commitment to maintaining and developing a responsive sexual health service that meets the needs of our diverse local population.

This role offers excellent opportunities to develop specialist skills in sexual health, HIV care, safeguarding, behavioural change, public health and service improvement.

### Main duties of the job

This role will include delivering confidential, inclusive and compassionate care to people accessing advice, testing, treatment and support for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. You will be working with a diverse population and partner closely with:

-    Acute hospitals  -    Primary care -    Social care  -    Safeguarding services -    Mental health teams  -    Drug and alcohol services  -    Community organisations to provide person-centred care.

As a Sexual Health Adviser, you will provide:

-    Specialist health advice and education -    Undertake partner notification  -    Support patients diagnosed with STIs and HIV -    Deliver behavioural change interventions -    Assess and safeguard vulnerable adults and young people -    Provide HIV pre- and post-test discussions -    Facilitate referrals to appropriate services and work as part of a multidisciplinary team to improve sexual health outcomes.

You will be supported you through a comprehensive induction, regular clinical and safeguarding supervision, mandatory and specialist sexual health training, continuing professional development, annual appraisal, and opportunities to participate in clinical audit, service improvement, teaching and research. You will be encouraged to develop specialist expertise in sexual health, HIV care, safeguarding and public health, with opportunities to progress your career within CLCH

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Good knowledge of STI's and HIV
- Evidence of knowledge of risk reduction models
- Ability to communicate well with patient on sensitive subjects
- Evidence of working with wider multi-disciplinary teams

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience working as a Health Adviser in a UK sexual health clinic
- Experience in Partner notification
- Experience in working 1:1 with patients in risk reduction
- Experience working with young people and other vulnerable groups

### Key Attributes

**Essential**

- Evidence of working on own initiative
- Evidence of working with minimal supervision
- Evidence of recognising stress within self and team and manage appropriately
- Understanding and flexible of working patterns and changing responsibilities
- Working within deadlines under pressure

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- RGN or degree in relevant subject or relevant significant level of experience

## Documents

- [clch trust values (pdf, 893.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10438500)
- [functional requirements form (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10410203)
- [senior health advisor 824-south-8110915 jd (pdf, 920.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10438501)

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