The Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse plays a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred sexual health services within an integrated clinical setting. The post-holder provides expert assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and health promotion to individuals presenting with a range of sexual and reproductive health needs. Working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, the nurse undertakes complex consultations, manages sexually transmitted infections, delivers contraception services, and supports patients with safeguarding, psychosocial concerns, and wellbeing needs.
This role requires advanced clinical decision-making, competency in specialist procedures, and the ability to manage a varied caseload while maintaining exceptional standards of care. The nurse will contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and the training and supervision of junior staff and students. Strong communication skills, resilience, and a non-judgemental approach are essential in supporting diverse patient groups and promoting inclusive, confidential care.
The Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse champions public health principles, engages in outreach and health‑promotion activities, and ensures care aligns with national guidelines and local pathways. The post-holder plays a vital part in improving sexual health outcomes and enhancing patient experience across the service.
Main duties of the job
The Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse provides high-quality, patient-centred sexual and reproductive healthcare across clinic and outreach settings. Key duties include autonomously assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for patients with a range of sexual health, contraceptive and HIV-related needs. The role involves taking comprehensive sexual and contraceptive histories, supplying and administering contraception under PGDs, fitting and removing implants and IUDs (where trained), and conducting investigations, examinations and treatment for STIs. The post-holder undertakes cervical screening, venepuncture, HIV testing, partner notification, and health advising, while supporting self‑management and onward referral.
The nurse contributes to service development, quality improvement and clinical practice enhancement. They triage urgent enquiries, manage telephone advice, and support smooth clinic flow within a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include supervising junior staff, participating in induction, supporting students, maintaining accurate records and ensuring adherence to safeguarding, infection control, equality and governance standards. The role also requires delivering health promotion, working in outreach venues, and providing sensitive support around pregnancy, termination and positive results, ensuring compassionate, safe and evidence-based care.
Job responsibilities
* Provide autonomous assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for sexual, reproductive and HIVrelated needs across clinic and outreach settings.
* Take comprehensive sexual and contraceptive histories, supply and administer contraception under PGDs, and perform implant/IUD fitting and removal where trained.
* Assess, investigate and manage STIs, including examination, testing, treatment, partner notification and compliance checks.
* Undertake cervical screening, venepuncture, HIV testing and discussion, and provide sensitive support around positive results, pregnancy and termination.
* Deliver health promotion, riskreduction advice and community outreach screening and contraception services.
* Triage urgent and non‑urgent clinical queries, manage telephone advice, and ensure efficient patient flow.
* Work within an MDT, liaising with medical staff, matron, team leaders and external agencies.
* Supervise junior staff, HCAs and students; support induction, teaching and role‑modelling professional standards.
* Maintain accurate documentation and comply with policies covering safeguarding, infection control, mental capacity, chaperoning and equality.
* Support service development, contribute to audits, research and quality improvement, and promote evidence‑based practice.
Qualifications
* oRegistered Nurse or Midwife with at least 2 years' experience.
* oRecognised sexual health qualification and/or reproductive health qualification.
* Relevant teaching and assessment qualification
* NHIVNA Nursing Competency level 2
Experience
* oExperience and evidence of continual professional development.
* oMinimum 2 years' experience working regularly in field of sexual and/or reproductive health
* oExperience of STIs and contraception
* oExperience of health advising and partner notification.
* oExperienced to use Blithe Lillie and lab system
* oCurrent experience of working clinically with HIV patients.
Skills
* oGood communication and effective use of IT skills including use of e‑mail.
* oVenepuncture
* oIUD/IUS fitting and removal
* oPhysical examination skills including vaginal examination and taking swabs.
* oSkills to provide pre and post pregnancy / termination support
* oCompetencies in use of PGDs to provide contraception and treat STIs
* oCervical Cytology
* oImplant fitting and removal
* oCryotherapy for genital wart treatment
* oCoil removal
Knowledge
* oExperience and knowledge around dealing with complex patients and safeguarding concerns.
* oKnowledge of sexual and reproductive health and HIV
* oKnowledge around the National Strategy for Sexual Health and HIV
* oClinical knowledge around HIV
Other
* oWilling to work with male and female patients.
* oFlexible approach to meet the needs of the service.
* oAbility to travel between base and community clinics.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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