NHS
Sexual Health Nurse, Band 6
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Job Description
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- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/training
- DFSRH contraception and sexual health qualification
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/training
- DFSRH contraception and sexual health qualification
- FSRH LOC -insertion
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
- Level 3 safeguarding children training
- Able to prioritise own workload
- Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment.
- Excellent presentational, communication and interpersonal skills
- Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's Values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice.
- Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
- Demonstrates ability to question and challenge practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved.
- Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative and prioritise workload
- Able to independently travel to work countywide
- Able to demonstrate contribution to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/protocols/guidelines /audit relevant to area of practice.
- Demonstrates ability to keep up to date with professional issues that influence practice relating to area of clinical practice, management, education and research.
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Recent experience of working in contraception and sexual health
- Experience of working with patients who may have multiple complexes and safeguarding concerns.
- Nurse prescriber qualification.
- Experience in undertaking Audit
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/training
- DFSRH contraception and sexual health qualification
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/training
- DFSRH contraception and sexual health qualification
- FSRH LOC -insertion
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
- Level 3 safeguarding children training
- Able to prioritise own workload
- Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment.
- Excellent presentational, communication and interpersonal skills
- Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's Values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice.
- Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
- Demonstrates ability to question and challenge practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved.
- Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative and prioritise workload
- Able to independently travel to work countywide
- Able to demonstrate contribution to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/protocols/guidelines /audit relevant to area of practice.
- Demonstrates ability to keep up to date with professional issues that influence practice relating to area of clinical practice, management, education and research.
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Recent experience of working in contraception and sexual health
- Experience of working with patients who may have multiple complexes and safeguarding concerns.
- Nurse prescriber qualification.
- Experience in undertaking Audit
Job summary
Sexual Health Nurse, Band 6 (22.5 hours a week)
Are you a driven and motivated Registered Band 6 sexual health Nurse who is passionate about providing safe, effective, personalised care to women and families? If you have a passion for delivery of high-quality service, then we want to hear from you.
A very exciting opportunity has arisen for a sexual health Nurse to work within the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT) maternity department following the successful pilot of Gloucestershire's 'preventing unplanned pregnancy pilot'.
The post holder will assist the lead contraceptive specialist midwife (Band 7) with the development of contraception services in maternity.
Working as an independent practitioner, the postholder will provide an effective and evidenced based service through assessing, planning and implementing contraceptive provision for patients with complex social needs.
You will professionally lead the service in the absence of the band 7.
Additional contract details: End date November 2026
Main duties of the job
- The post holder is responsible for working within the contraceptive specialist team to provide an effective and evidenced based service.
- Provide support for audit, including data collection and data utilisation, and dissemination of findings.
- Contribute towards the continuing development of professional practice in the clinical area
- Take on responsibility for personal development and support the development and supervision of others by developing and maintaining specialist knowledge of contraceptive practice
- Maintain and develop high standards of care
About us
Here at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and pivotal to this are our nurses, midwives and care staff, whose dedication, expertise and kindness ensures that patients receive the very best care throughout their treatment.
We provide acute hospital services from two large district general hospitals, Cheltenham General Hospital and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Maternity Services are also provided at Stroud Maternity Hospital. We remain the major provider of secondary care services in the area and analysis shows that for Gloucestershire we are the leading acute healthcare provider by a significant margin.
At the very centre of our organisation is our dedicated nursing, midwifery and care staff, being part of the team here at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a huge privilege and if successful you will be joining over 2,000 nursing, midwifery and care colleagues each committed to delivering great experience and outcomes for our patients.
Details
Date posted
10 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £44,962 a year (pro rata if part time)
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
16 months
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
318-25-T0495
Job locations
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Great Western Road
Gloucester
GL1 3NN
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Patient care
- Demonstrate and promote a family centred style of clinical practice.
- Use motivational interviewing techniques to assess, and plan and offer a range of safe contraceptive options; deliver, evaluate and amend the plan. This will include clients with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies. Working as an autonomous practitioner with access to guidance from specialist sexual health services when necessary.
- To be responsible for the organisation of your own work and ensure effective time management. To assist the midwifery teams in administering contraception and offer support and guidance as required.
- To run satellite clinics providing postnatal contraception.
- To communicate with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to aid effective care, this will include taking an active role in team meetings.
- To communicate effectively with clients with potentially complex, sensitive or distressing circumstances. Patients may have communication, perceptual or cognitive/understanding difficulties.
- To maintain clear, accurate and concise patient records in line with departmental and professional standards.
- Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times
Professional practice
- Develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to deliver and evidence based service.
- With supervision and direction from Team leader take on increased responsibility recognising own limitations and seeking help appropriately
- Be competent in the use of all relevant Trust IT systems.
- Maintain regular use of emails to keep abreast of information disseminated in the Trust
- Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model at all times
Leadership and management
- In conjunction with their manager, identify training needs of self.
- Report near misses and untoward incidents.
- Maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with lead staff.
- Ensure a smart, professional image that enhances the public perception of the Trust and the professionalism of its staff is portrayed.
- Act as a role model by applying best practice in motivating staff to drive improvements
- Under the direction of lead Midwife contribute to service development using quality improvement methodology.
Education and training
- To consolidate and learn new skills and competencies
- To support lead in providing training and education to midwifery staff
- Undertake all mandatory training
- Demonstrate a commitment to research-based practice and clinical excellence and play and active part in the introduction of research-based change to improve patient centred care.
Improving quality and developing practice
- Comply with requirements to register and identify own learning needs and ensuring own professional development is maintained by keeping up to date with practice developments.
- With support from your lead be involved in interpreting and understanding Audit data to conduct improvement initiatives.
- Develop and share own clinical knowledge with other members of the wider clinical team both locally and nationally.
- Engage in clinical supervision
- Understand and contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/ protocols/ guidelines.
- Openly question and challenge practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved.
- Undertake a QI project.
Job responsibilities
Patient care
- Demonstrate and promote a family centred style of clinical practice.
- Use motivational interviewing techniques to assess, and plan and offer a range of safe contraceptive options; deliver, evaluate and amend the plan. This will include clients with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies. Working as an autonomous practitioner with access to guidance from specialist sexual health services when necessary.
- To be responsible for the organisation of your own work and ensure effective time management. To assist the midwifery teams in administering contraception and offer support and guidance as required.
- To run satellite clinics providing postnatal contraception.
- To communicate with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to aid effective care, this will include taking an active role in team meetings.
- To communicate effectively with clients with potentially complex, sensitive or distressing circumstances. Patients may have communication, perceptual or cognitive/understanding difficulties.
- To maintain clear, accurate and concise patient records in line with departmental and professional standards.
- Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times
Professional practice
- Develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to deliver and evidence based service.
- With supervision and direction from Team leader take on increased responsibility recognising own limitations and seeking help appropriately
- Be competent in the use of all relevant Trust IT systems.
- Maintain regular use of emails to keep abreast of information disseminated in the Trust
- Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model at all times
Leadership and management
- In conjunction with their manager, identify training needs of self.
- Report near misses and untoward incidents.
- Maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with lead staff.
- Ensure a smart, professional image that enhances the public perception of the Trust and the professionalism of its staff is portrayed.
- Act as a role model by applying best practice in motivating staff to drive improvements
- Under the direction of lead Midwife contribute to service development using quality improvement methodology.
Education and training
- To consolidate and learn new skills and competencies
- To support lead in providing training and education to midwifery staff
- Undertake all mandatory training
- Demonstrate a commitment to research-based practice and clinical excellence and play and active part in the introduction of research-based change to improve patient centred care.
Improving quality and developing practice
- Comply with requirements to register and identify own learning needs and ensuring own professional development is maintained by keeping up to date with practice developments.
- With support from your lead be involved in interpreting and understanding Audit data to conduct improvement initiatives.
- Develop and share own clinical knowledge with other members of the wider clinical team both locally and nationally.
- Engage in clinical supervision
- Understand and contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/ protocols/ guidelines.
- Openly question and challenge practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved.
- Undertake a QI project.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualification and Training
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
Desirable
Qualification and Training
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Great Western Road
Gloucester
GL1 3NN
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Great Western Road
Gloucester
GL1 3NN
Employer's website
About the company
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