# Sexual Health Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** St Catherine's Health Centre
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time, Job share, 18 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-07T11:12:55.393Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Birkenhead/Wirral_Community_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Sexual_Health/Sexual_Health-v8280017
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8280017?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wchc.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The role of the Sexual Health Nurse within Sexual Health Wirral is to provide a comprehensive sexual health service including provision of contraceptive health services, screening/treatment/highly specialist health education /partner notification /and prevention of the spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) & HIV

### Main duties of the job

- As an autonomous practitioner undertake independent consultations with patients, including assessing, monitoring, evaluation, and a comprehensive health education package for individual patient’s sexual health and contraceptive needs.
- Provide STI screening and treatment according to patient group directions and clinical protocols.
- To be responsible for partner notification via provider/index referral methods.
- To be responsible to deal professionally with highly complex individual problems relating to patients sexual health condition by referrals to multidisciplinary agencies e.g harm reduction service / social worker / Sahir House / Dietician .
- To undertake near patient screening for HIV
- To relay evidence based diagnosis to HIV positive patients and deliver a community support.
- Responsible for adherence to specific code of confidentiality peculiar to GUM services /NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) Directions 2000, and Trust guidelines/Caldicott, and to maintain patients confidentiality, privacy and dignity in a non-judgmental approach due to the related stigma of contraceptive and sexual health issues.
- To be responsible to attend all Trust Annual Mandatory training and adhere to all Trust policies.
- To deliver formal/informal presentations to other agencies involved with Sexual Health matters.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details regarding this exciting role

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Personal qualities

**Essential**

- Good time management
- Motivated
- Autonomous
- Non-Judgemental

### Skills and attributes

**Essential**

- STI Screening - history taking - swab taking - venepuncture - cytology - cryotherapy - issue and administer medication using PGD’s - Microscopy
- Recognised cytology training and competent to perform cervical cytology
- Accreditation for fitting/removal of sub dermal implants or working towards
- STIF Course – Foundation/advanced level
- Leadership Skills
- Standard computer skills and experience of using an Electronic Patient Record (EPR)

**Desirable**

- In depth knowledge of:-
- Research
- Audit
- BASHH/BHIVA Guidelines
- Participation in health promotion strategies

### Experience and knowledge

**Essential**

- Recent experience within Contraception and Sexual Health or GUM Clinics
- Recent experience and knowledge of Fraser guidelines/child protection and vulnerable adults issues/safeguarding/child sexual exploitation/FGM
- Recent experience of complex partner notification
- management of patient results

### Qualifications and professional training

**Essential**

- Registered General Nurse
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Contraception and reproductive health module (ENB 901/R71 or equivalent post registration diploma/degree level module)

**Desirable**

- Teaching/Assessors Qualification
- Independent prescribing qualification i.e. V300

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10596397)
- [person specification (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10596398)

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