# Specialist Nurse Sexual Health Outreach

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Worthing Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist
- **Salary:** £49387.00 to £56515.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-02T09:27:37.796Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8333125
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8333125?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The post holder:

Takes a role in the implementation and provision of Sexual Health outreach activities across West Sussex, reflecting the key findings of the West Sussex Sexual Health Needs Assessment (2025) and Public Health Outcome Framework Indicators. The post holder will demonstrate specialist knowledge in the assessment, development, care, delivery and evaluation of programmes of care for clients of all ages, working with health inclusion groups and often in non-health care settings, they will also share specialist knowledge, health promotion and skills with all staff within the ISHS and those services being supported

Works with the Operational Group to ensure the service design and processes meet local and national initiatives, targets, contractual expectations and key performance indicators, demonstrating the planning and implementation of an integrated model for sexual health.

Acts as a role model for best practice, demonstrating Trust Values and providing specialist knowledge and advice to other staff both within the service and in partner agencies.

### Main duties of the job

Provides up to date, accurate information, health education, advice and support to service users and their relatives/carers such as explaining diagnosis of a STI/HIV or contraceptive choices to a patient or partner, using skilled interpersonal interactions. Communicates varied, highly sensitive and complicated information (verbally and in writing) in a way that is understood and gets important facts across and where there may be barriers to understanding such as challenging behaviour, language, cultural, mental health or neurodiversity vulnerabilities.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Leads and works within nurse provided clinical sessions, often working as a lone worker in mainly non-clinical settings, providing highly specialised advice concerning the care of health inclusion groups, many of whom find accessing mainstream services for their treatment and care difficult. Issues or prescribes medicines/treatments in accordance with local care pathways and in accordance with the NMC Administration of Medicines Guidelines

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

### 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

### Experience/Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered nurse Associate member or Diplomate of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care
- Nationally recognised approved CASH qualification e.g. NDFRSH; NA 298/NA394/NA6138; ENB 90/900/R71
- Letter of Competence for Sub Dermal Implants insertion and removal
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training to masters equivalent level

### Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

**Essential**

- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)

## Documents

- [all staff networks about us flyer (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2583)
- [guide to completing an application form (pdf, 385.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2915)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 256.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10656315)

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