Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated nurse to join the Oxfordshire sexual health team for a fixed term post until March 2027. Secondments will be considered.
Responsibilities
Be a defined point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care and provide clinical care, specialist nursing advice and psychosocial support. Work collaboratively and in partnership with other health care professionals, offering advice to colleagues. Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, through a process of shared decision making. Accept referrals to agreed criteria, and work in partnership with other professionals to deliver co‑ordinated programmes of care effectively and refer patients to other practitioners as required. Deliver expert nursing care to patients in agreed practice settings, working as part of nursing/multidisciplinary teams. Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and health care. Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group. Provide appropriate education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self‑care. Use communication skills to impart information to patients and carers, and provide them with advice and emotional support in hospital or at home as appropriate. 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.
Leadership: Nurse Specialist will be able to:
* Be involved in developing standards of care, practice guidelines and, where appropriate, care pathways for the patient/client group;
* Contribute to the development and delivery of nurse‑led initiatives for the benefit of the identified client group, in conjunction with medical and nursing/AHP colleagues;
* Demonstrate and share clinical practice developments to provide evidence‑based care and contribute to service improvement in accordance with local policy initiatives;
* Contribute appropriately to clinical governance activities that relate to own area of practice and patient/client group;
* Support clinical and management teams in the delivery of Trust and Directorate objectives.
Qualifications
* Registered nurse part 1 or 8 or 12 or 15 of register (depending on area of practice)
* First degree in nursing, midwifery (HEI Level 5 or 6) or equivalent
* Recognised Sexual Health Qualification
* Recognised Contraception Qualification e.g. FRSH Diploma
* Experience in Sexual Health Specialty including asymptomatic and symptomatic history taking
* Letter of Competency for implants insertion and removal, evidence of being able to work across organisational boundaries
* Evidence of working with young people
* Experience of working in sexual health speciality or relevant speciality
* Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice
* Experience of audit
* Valid UK professional registration
Desirable Criteria
* Completed or completing Masters level (HEI Level 7) qualification or evidence of working towards
Additional Information
To qualify for Band 6 you must be able to demonstrate recognised qualification and recent experience in contraception and sexual health. A flexible approach to work patterns is essential. The ability to commute to more than one place of work is essential so a valid UK driving licence and access to a car is essential for this role due to dual‑site working. The post is full‑time although a job share would be considered; a flexible approach to work patterns is essential as late evenings and Saturday working will be required (usually around 1 in 4). If you do not meet the experience required you will be employed on a Band 5‑6 development role. Please tell us why you would like to work in sexual health in your supporting statement.
COVID‑19: The COVID‑19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID‑19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Oxfordshire Sexual Health Service is a large busy organisation offering comprehensive STI management and contraception to people attending our outpatient services in various locations across the county. Our main base is at Churchill Hospital in Oxford with additional clinics in and not exclusive to Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Didcot, Wantage and Witney. You will be required to work as part of a multi‑disciplinary/multi‑agency professional team, offering STI testing and contraceptive provision to clients of all ages and from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds.
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