Are you looking for a new challenge?
Are you an experienced manager?
Have you got experience in outreach and want to work in sexual health?
If so, iCaSH Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes are ideally looking for a full-time (37.5 hours p/w) Sexual Health Outreach Co-Ordinator. Please advise us of any flexible working proposals in your application which can be discussed at the interview stage.
This role will involve operational management of the sexual health promotion and HIV prevention service targeted at vulnerable communities and high-risk groups identified in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.
It will also be responsible for ensuring delivery of outreach health promotion, Chlamydia screening, HIV point of care testing (POCT), and condom distribution across the counties.
Hours will be flexible to include evenings and weekends.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide line manager responsibility, supervision, operational management to the outreach staff teams in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.
2. Ensure the effective planning, coordination and delivery of Chlamydia screening, to include dual testing and results management, with young people aged 15-24 years across the counties.
3. Ensure the effective planning, coordination and delivery of targeted HIV POCT across the county, supporting local agencies with training and resources to deliver it within their service if appropriate.
4. Support the provision of training for the outreach workers to manage an HIV positive diagnosis following a POCT.
5. Ensure the effective planning, coordination and delivery of condom distribution services targeted at young people, vulnerable and high-risk groups across the counties.
6. Co-ordinate the GP and Pharmacy provision for condoms, NCSP and emergency hormonal contraception ensuring all relevant information, training and supplies are up to date.
7. Working with the outreach team, develop and deliver innovative health promotion interventions addressing the needs of the local population.
8. Network and build relationships with relevant community organisations encouraging them to take part in the countywide outreach schemes.
About us
Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high-quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
* Relevant clinical, management or administrative qualification to degree level or equivalent experience.
* Evidence of continuous professional development.
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working with diverse communities, vulnerable adults and young people.
* Experience delivering training to a wide range of audiences including young people and professionals.
* Relevant practical managerial/leadership and operational experience.
Desirable
* Experience of working in an outreach or community project/setting.
Skills
Essential
* Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
Desirable
* Has a knowledge of the needs of vulnerable groups and young people in regard to their sexual health.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults
Essential
* Demonstrates understanding of safeguarding issues and application to contraception and sexual health services and processes.
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
Address
Kings Brook Bedford or 624 South Fifth St, Milton Keynes (iCaSH)
5 St Johns Street
Bedford
MK42 0AH
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