Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
About
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
Key details
Location
Site: Hope House
Address: Great Western Road
Town: Gloucester
Postcode: GL1 3NN
Major / Minor Region: Gloucestershire
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: Band 6
Specialty
Main area: Sexual Health Nurse
Job overview
The role is centred upon working within Gloucestershire’s Integrated Sexual Health (ISH) service and the Pregnancy Advisory Service (PAS). ISH is a hub and spoke model whilst PAS is based at our hub (Hope House). The role involves providing confidential and consistent contraception and sexual health services within nurse-led clinics and alongside medical colleagues.
Working as an Independent Practitioner, the role requires professional leadership – acting as a role model to junior staff and treating patients within Sexual Health, as well as acting as the Senior Nurse at clinics when required and deputising in the absence of the Lead Nurse.
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* Work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines, taking responsibility for the assessment of care and health education needs.
* To take charge of clinics and ensure the continuity of the day-to-day management of the service.
* Participate in and run nurse-led clinics (to include assessment and diagnosis). Use professional judgment to seek advice or refer to medical colleagues as clinically indicated.
* To provide a range of nursing skills within the Pregnancy Advisory Service to include the termination suite, Integrated Sexual Health clinics and outlying locality clinics.
* To support, monitor and nurse patients attending for termination of pregnancy.
* To perform ultrasound scanning for the assessment of patients in pregnancy advisory and complex contraception (if qualified to do so), or be prepared to undertake training to do so.
Working for our organisation
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To deliver high-quality sexual health care in Integrated Sexual Health and the Pregnancy Advisory Service after appropriate training. Identifying the needs of the patient using a professional non-judgemental approach, respecting their views and values, accepting responsibility to run clinics as requested by the Band 7 lead.
Triage patients and assess those requiring routine or urgent treatment within an agreed clinic protocol and care pathway.
Participate and run Nurse led clinics to assess individual patient needs and requirements, without supervision. Planning, implementing, and evaluating relevant programmes of care for individual patients aligned with national and local guidance, using professional judgement to seek advice or refer to medical colleagues as required.
To provide the full range of nursing interventions, within the specific competency framework for the Pregnancy Advisory Service, providing non-directive support, and care for patients attending for termination of pregnancy.
To provide ultrasound scanning assessment for patients attending the Pregnancy Advisory Service or the Complex Contraception Clinic.
Provide Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) options for service users by the fitting and removal of LARC devices.
Administer and record medication, including Patient Group Directions (PGD) and repeat prescriptions, in accordance with service policy and following Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) professional guidelines.
Communicate expertly with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their sexual health, being sensitive to issues of age, sexuality, ethnicity, spirituality, cultural needs and socio-economic status.
To work within Fraser Guidelines regarding the provision of care for patients under 16 years of age. To assess Fraser competence and be aware of the referral pathways for safeguarding children and ensure follow up completed.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse - Adult (Diploma and or Bachelors/Masters Degree)
* NDFSRH or equivalent
Desirable criteria
* NMP or willing to undertake
* SDI/IUD fitter.
* Ultrasound qualification
NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
* Relevant sexual health experience
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Adam Godwin
Job title: Lead Nurse ISH
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0300 4216548
Name: Judith Suddes
Job title: Lead Nurse PAS
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0300 4216546
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