Staff Nurse to Senior Staff Nurse GU- Development Post

Job overview

Development Nurse GU and contraception - Band 5 - 6.

Sexual Health Clinic, based at Guildford.

Surrey Integrated Sexual Health & HIV Services are looking to recruit motivated and enthusiastic registered nurses who have excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary innovative sexual and reproductive health service.

Main duties of the job

This is a development post for a registered adult nurse. The post holder will follow an individual training programme to develop their nursing knowledge from Band 5 staff nurse to Band 6 senior staff nurse through practical, real time, on the job experience training.

The post holder will be working to deliver a high standard of integrated sexual health care to patients, including delivering nurse led clinics. During the duration of the training programme, the post holder will build knowledge and experience on the types and complexities of patient groups, working towards the Integrated Sexual Health Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse Job Description.

The post holder will be required to work shift patterns that include evenings. The post holder will have the flexibility to work across sites, particularly for training and development opportunities.

The individual training programme will be dependant on skills and qualifications prior to commencing the role. The time frame will be determined by the skill set, speed of achievement of competencies at each stage up to 2 years.

The training programme includes training and assessment of the following competencies and skills:

• DFSRH
• STIF Core & plus
• LoC SDI
• Microscopy
• Venepuncture
• Cryotherapy
• Practice Supervisor
• Appropriate Patient Group Directions

The post is part time (22hrs) but consideration will be given to suitable candidates who wish to work less part time with a minimum of WTE 0.5 (18.75hrs).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working towards the band 6 senior staff nurse job description, as below.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES CLINICAL PRACTICE

• To maintain a high standard of nursing care and service provision, testing, treatment and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and screening for HIV and other blood borne infections (BBVs).
• To inform, advise, teach and counsel clients on all methods of contraception including performing Implanon insertion and removal.
• To obtain clear and thorough relevant histories from patients.
• To examine patients and obtain appropriate clinical specimens according to clinic protocol.
• To manage a range of symptomatic and asymptomatic female and male cases including discharge, genital ulceration and genital warts.
• To manage patients attending for Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP), Post-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Sexual Exposure (PEPSE) or Post-exposure for HIV (PEP) according to local guidelines.
• To initiate Cryotherapy according to Cryotherapy protocol.
• To recognize signs and symptoms of complex and unstable health problems requiring medical review and refer on to appropriate health professionals.
• To treat patients within the confines of patient group directions (PGDs) and arrange prescriptions of treatments not covered by PGD and safely administer and supply these.
• To perform microscopy according to protocol.
• To carry out partner notification processes.
• To promote sexual health and wellbeing through advice and information giving.
• To maintain clinical case notes including electronic patients records to a high standard.
• To observe and adhere to clinic protocols and working guidelines.
• To liaise with nursing colleagues, other members of the multidisciplinary team and external agencies.
• To assist in provision of nurse led sexual and reproductive health consultation in an outreach setting.

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.