Transgender Health Clinical Nurse Specialist/NMP - NCTH Network

Job overview

To provide a defined level of specialist assessment and access to interventions for transgender patients.

The post holder will be part of the transgender health team and act as a Transgender Healthcare Professional and work as part of the service to support patients in line with the NHS England national service specification.

The role requires the post holder to be a named professional for patients and undertake both assessment and follow-up responsibilities for an identified caseload of transgender and non-binary patients.

The role involves monitoring of Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy for trans male trans female and non-binary patients.

The post holder will be part of the team providing a service to patients and, on occasions their families, including direct and indirect clinical work that supports the Clinical Leads and Service Manager in developing the service.

To demonstrate active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, to ensure that all team members receive appropriate clinical / practice supervision and that professional standards are maintained.

Through annual appraisal that mandatory training, practice education and development are actively identified for all staff, and feed into the Trust’s continuous professional development planning process.

Lead by example, motivating and empowering others and promoting positive attitudes, mutual understanding and collaboration between all services involved in the delivery of the service.

Main duties of the job

To assess, design, implement safe, creative, and effective treatment plans in collaboration with the patients’ needs.

Manage a diverse caseload of patients ensuring a high standard of clinical care.

To work as an independent Non-Medical Prescriber within this field. Work as a team member being flexible to the needs of the team. To maintain accurate, timely and relevant clinical records both written and computerised. To maintain the safe custody of healthcare records.

Support the implementation of team objectives within the multidisciplinary specialist team.

To maintain NMC registration and adhere to the revalidation requirements.

Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection, as required. To provide appropriate and relevant support, where appropriate to peers and non-registered team members.

Compliance with best practice directions (WPATH and NICE) and participation in quality initiatives.

The job description is not exhaustive. The tasks described are representative of the duties it is expected the post holder will undertake within the grade range of the post. Job content will be reviewed as necessary in consultation with the post holder, to reflect the changing nature of the post.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health is a large transgender health service based in Nottingham but is part of a wider Network that includes the East of England Service  and the Sussex gender service. The Network provides high quality assessment, referrals for treatments, case management and GP support.

Patients will receive a blended model of face to face and video consultation appointments with the clinics running 5 days a week, it is a busy working environment which requires high levels of confidentiality and person skills.

As one of the team you will undertake the provision and planning of assessment, care, and treatment for transgender patients, whilst having direct face to face and video work with patients and undertake independent Non-Medical Prescribing. You will be fully supported by experienced transgender health professionals who will work with you to provide a seamless gender service and pathway.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.