Overview
The HIV team is recruiting a 12-month fixed term (maternity leave cover) band 7 nurse practitioner in HIV. Using advanced clinical skills the post holder will deliver advanced clinical care to our HIV patients in the outpatient and HIV dayward service.
Responsibilities
* Provide specialist nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised sexual health care to patients and relatives/carers without supervision, and in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team in line with local and national targets.
* Depute for the line manager in the management of the clinical speciality, providing specialist nursing care and support in complex situations across varied settings.
* Collaborate with the MDT to provide expert sexual healthcare without direct medical supervision, using clinical guidance documents (CGDs), patient group directions (PGDs) and non-medical independent prescribing as agreed by the department and Trust. Use advanced assessment and specialist skills to independently manage unselected patients attending services provided by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
* Be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and provide cover for any area specified, acting as a professional role model and delivering direct and indirect clinical care, teaching and research.
* Based at St Mary’s hospital providing HIV care of the highest quality to over 3,200 patients.
Qualifications
* A 1st Level registered nurse (Adult or equivalent).
* Current clinical HIV experience.
* A confident and adaptable clinician who can work at an advanced level using patient group directions / independent nurse prescribing and clinical guidance documents.
* A degree in nursing / health promotion / public health or related appropriate clinical discipline.
Additional information
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
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