Sexual & Reproductive Health NurseNHS

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Sexual Health Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team.

Main duties of the job

The Sexual and Reproductive Health Nurse will provide high-quality, patient-centred sexual and reproductive healthcare services, promoting sexual wellbeing, preventing ill health, and supportinginformed choices for patients of all ages and backgrounds.

Main Duties of the Job

• Provide sexual and reproductive health advice and support to patients.
• Deliver contraception consultations and reviews.
• Support the provision of long-acting reversible contraception (where trained).
• Undertake sexual health assessments, testing and treatment within scope of practice.
• Carry out cervical screening clinics.
• Menstruation support
• Menopause support
• Promote sexual health, wellbeing and disease prevention.
• Maintain accurate patient records and ensure confidentiality.
• Work closely with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns.
• Participate in training, clinical audits and service improvement activities.
• Maintain clinical competence and comply with NMC standards and practice policies.

Skills required:

• CoSRH Diploma
• Fit/Remove Coils and Contraceptive Implants
• Experience of Menopause Patients
• Experience with patients on HRT.

Job description

• Up to date knowledge of current issues on contraceptive practice and womens health, sexuality and sexual health.
• Ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care.
• Understanding the role, values, procedures and standards of family planning and sexual health services.
• Evidence of experience in embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health outcome.
• Ability to work in a sensitive, confidential and non-judgemental manner.
• Ability to discuss sexual health issues with clients regardless of gender, age, culture, sexual orientation and disability.
• Awareness of and understanding child protection issues.
• Accurately carry out health assessments and continue to monitor patients as needed.
• Undertake diagnostic tests including cervical cytology.
• Provide pre and post-test counselling.
• To undertake home visits for patients who are housebound
• Promote health and wellbeing
• Fitting and removal of contraceptive implants.
• Fitting and removal of intrauterine device or intrauterine system.
• Support and mentor other colleagues/students within the practice

General Duties

• To maintain comprehensive, accurate and contemporaneous computerised records of all consultations and contacts with patients and when appropriate written or printed records.

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care.

• Making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team.
• Refer patients directly to other services or agencies as appropriate
• Providing assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice.
• Undertake pathological specimens and investigatory procedures
• Support and mentorship to other colleagues within the practice who are seeing similar patients.
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
• Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care and support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care
• Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery
• Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services
• Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician.
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs
• Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
• A duty to advise senior members of staff of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.

Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

About us

WGP is a large GP practice serving over 25k patients in the area. Based in the town of Westbury, Wiltshire it has excellent transport links and plenty of free staff parking.

Other benefits include:

• Minimum 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Competitive salary
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive sufficent applications.