Senior Staff NurseNHS
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work in CNWL Sexual Health service as a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse with the Surrey Sexual Health & HIV services.
Buryfields is a free and confidential sexual health and contraception service which include STI testing and treatment, contraception and emergency contraception, condoms, pregnancy testing and wellbeing support.
This post is for a experienced Band 6 Registered Nurse 22.5 hours per week to work with the CNWL team at the Buryfields Clinic.
You will be experienced in the management and diagnosis of patients with STI concerns, PrEP, contraception with a current DFSRH and LOC SDI certificates.
Main duties of the job
- The post-holder will be responsible for delivering a high standard of sexual and reproductive health care to patients. This will include delivering nurse-led clinics for Sexual Health and contraception. To take charge of the clinic shift on a regular basis according to rota, as well as supporting health care support workers and medical staff.
- The post holder will facilitate the learning experience and environment for nurses (both pre and post registration) and other health professionals undergoing training and education in the department. This will include supervising and mentoring students undertaking contraceptive and sexual health courses.
Job description
- To maintain a high standard of nursing care and service provision, testing, treatment and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and screening for HIV and other blood borne infections (BBVs). (Relevance dependent on site of work).
- To inform, advise, teach and counsel clients on all methods of contraception including performing Implanon insertion and removal.
- To obtain clear and thorough relevant histories from patients.
- To examine patients and obtain appropriate clinical specimens according to clinic protocol.
- To manage a range of symptomatic and asymptomatic female and male cases including discharge, genital ulceration and genital warts. (Relevance dependent on site of work).
- To initiate Cryotherapy according to Cryotherapy protocol.
- To recognize signs and symptoms of complex and unstable health problems requiring medical review and refer on to appropriate health professionals.
- To treat patients within the confines of patient group directions (PGDs) and arrange prescriptions of treatments not covered by PGD and safely administer and supply these.
- To perform microscopy according to protocol. (Relevance dependent on site of work).
- To carry out partner notification processes.
- To promote sexual health and wellbeing through advice and information giving.
- To maintain clinical case notes including electronic patients records to a high standard.
- To observe and adhere to clinic protocols and working guidelines.
- To liaise with nursing colleagues, other members of the multidisciplinary team and external agencies.
- To assist in provision of nurse led sexual and reproductive health consultation in an outreach setting.
- To assist the HCSW (Health Care Support Worker) to set up clinics, maintain equipment and order supplies if required.
- To take part in initiatives to engage users in the development of the services depending on site of work