Senior Staff Nurse

Main area Sexual and Reproductive Health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: We have additional post for 22.5 hours per week available also. Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 270-TG283-ACS

Site Ashwood Centre, St Mary's Hospital. Town Kettering Salary £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/08/:59

Job overview

We are looking to recruit x2 part-time experienced dual trained Band 6 Senior Staff nurses to join our team in Northamptonshire Integrated Sexual Health and HIV (NISHH). X1 successful candidate will be offered a 30 hour contract and another x1 successful candidate will be offered 22.5hour contract.

As the Band 6 Senior Staff nurse you will be reporting to the Lead Nurse of the department, based in one of our hub's Ashwood Centre, St Mary's Hospital in Kettering, Northamptonshire. However, we also operate in smaller spoke sites which include Wellingborough, Corby and Rushden. As well as our other main hub in Northampton General Hospital. You may be asked to work at these sites according to the needs of the service, therefore it is essential for this role that you have the ability to across the Northamptonshire County. Our clinics have a range of opening times so we can offer appointments from 8am - 8pm, Monday to Friday. We also offer some Saturday clinics.

We offer an excellent internal teaching programme and supportive environment which will equip you with specialist skills to progress andsee the development path to becomingan autonomous practitioner, able to participate in nurse-led clinics alongside doctors.

Come and join us and be involved in shaping a sexual health service for the future!

Main duties of the job

Sexual health nursing offers job satisfaction, supporting a patient for their entire service journey. With training and relevant experience, you will be able to apply for senior roles within the nursing team. We actively engage with other agencies to safeguard young and vulnerable people. In Northamptonshire, NISHH is a forward-thinking, multi-disciplinary team, embracing change and collaboratively working with you and others to develop the service with a real opportunity to put ideas into action. Your role will underpin many elements of the service delivery and is primarily to provide crucially important support to the more senior nursing and medical team. The Band 6 role is a key component of running all the clinics and managing the patients.

• Face to face and remote assessments and testing of patients attending clinic with GU symptoms or concerns.
• Face to face and remote assessments and management of patients attending clinic for contraception and contraceptive concerns.
• Dispensing treatment for STI's and Contraception including IM injections
• Partner notification
• Microscopy
• Venepuncture
• Health promotion

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.

Person specification Qualifications

• DFRSH Implant fit and removal LoC
• Recognisable post-reg qualification in GU or CRH such as STIF or CRH module

Skills and Experience

• Previous experience working in GU or CRH setting as Band 5 or above
• Venepuncture trained
• Ability/willing to travel across county
• Microscopy trained
• Experience working under PGD's

Knowledge

• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of contraception including emergency contraception and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC).
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), STI testing and management.
• Good understanding of confidentiality specific to sexual health
• Demonstrates good knowledge of safeguarding relating to GU and CRH
• Understands important of partner notification

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK ()

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.