Package DescriptionAs a Band 5 Sexual Health Nurse, you will be part of our valued team in our Chester and West Chester Sexual Health Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: £31,049.00-£37,796.00(Band 5 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditionsMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counsellingAccess to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning EnterpriseAn open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality CommissionJob IntroductionWe are looking for a dedicated and passionate Band 5 Sexual Health Nurse to join our Chester and West Chester Sexual Health Service. This is a part time, 12-month fixed term role for 23 hours a week, which offers a unique opportunity to provide free, confidential sexual health services to the local community across Cheshire West and Chester Council.As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will work to triage and support Sexual Health, Contraception and HIV positive patients and coordinate care pathways with liaison across organisational boundaries. You will promote Sexual Health and HIV education and offer advice and empathy with patients.We welcome applicants with a background in Sexual Health, Midwifery, or General Practice. While experience and competencies in contraception are advantageous, we are able to provide training and support to develop these skills.Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle, as the role requires travel to spoke clinics across the counties.Main ResponsibilitiesAs a Band 5 Sexual Health Nurse you will:Provides a professional non-judgemental, confidential approach to patient care.Assess all patients under the age of 18 years old using HCRG vulnerability/spotting the signs toolkits and follows HCRG safeguarding policy, if safeguarding concern identified.Takes responsibility for own continuing professional development and maintaining of competencies.Provides patients with inform choice to enable them to consent to care.Assesses, plans, implements, and provides follow up care for asymptomatic and symptomatic patients, and those with complex sexual health needs including GBMSM (gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men).Assesses and provides care for patients attending for initiation and continuation of PREP.Assess and provides care for patients attending for emergency contraception.Competent in Venepuncture.Provides cytology (once training completed).MicroscopyHIV promotion, offering PREP, PEPSE, appropriate vaccination, to those who meet criteria. Discussing importance of condom usage and window periods in relation to sexual health screening.Within 2 years of commencement of post must have completed, STIF Gateway competencies.Supervises new colleagues, medical and nursing students.Please see full list on the job description attached.Ideal CandidateRegistered Nurse with NMC registrationExperience in General Practice, Sexual Health or Midwifery (desirable)A newly qualified RGN or a Band 5 with experience in any fieldExperience working with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)Experience working with Service Level Agreements (SLAs)STIF Foundation is desirableExperience with Risk Management processesIT and clinical systems experienceKnowledge of Patient record systemsExcellent communication, interpersonal skills both verbally and in writingFull UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposesPlease see the attached person specification for a full list of requirements.About the CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes.We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you'll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we'll need to process and hold information about you.If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.