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Main area Sexual Health Service Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: Will consider part time. Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (hours worked over five to six days or condensed hours)
Job ref 349-MRI-7027345*
Site The Hathersage Centre Town Manchester Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 14/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen at Northern Contraception, Sexual Health & HIV Service to join our friendly team at our Hathersage Centre hub. Our Integrated Sexual Health Service provides a Level 3 contraception and Sexual Health services, with a number of clinics across Greater Manchester.
The post holder will have experience in sexual health, contraception and HIV care, holding the DFSRH/STIF qualification or equivalent.
The post holder will undertake duties of seeing patients independently within an integrated sexual and reproductive health service and participate in clinical duties commensurate with their banding, experience and competence.
Main duties of the job
1. To perform symptomatic and asymptomatic screening, venepuncture, vaccination as an autonomous practitioner.
2. To provide sexual health advice to clients as appropriate, including supporting the role of the health advisor.
3. To undertake the administration of hormonal contraception and medicines under agreed Patient Group Directions (PGD) or as a non-medical prescriber.
4. Your main place of work will be at The Hathersage Centre, and you will also be required to cover our spoke clinics located in Cheetham Hill, Newton Heath, and Harpurhey.
5. We will consider appointing to a band 5-6 training position if there are no applications from suitably qualified nurses.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. To be better equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, please read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that accompanies the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before submitting an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Training/Knowledge
* Current and in-depth knowledge of issues relating to confidentiality & consent
* Current and in-depth knowledge of current local and national safeguarding processes/policy and guidance relating to under 16’s, under 18’s and vulnerable adults
* Understanding of risk management/ clinical governance
* Current and in-depth knowledge of sexual and reproductive health
* Knowledge of current national developments in sexual health services
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse or Midwife
* Degree or working towards
* Recognised post registration qualification in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Experience
* Experience in sexual and reproductive health at Band 5
* Proven ability to participate in the audit process
* Teaching and assessment of pre and post registration students
* Participated in research
* Currently practising in the specialty
* Experience at undertaking staff Personal Development Reviews/ Appraisal
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Hayley Heapy Job title Senior Nurse Email address hayley.heapy@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number 0161 2765214 Additional information
Sarah Barlow / Hayley Heapy
Senior Nurse
Sarah.Barlow@mft.nhs.uk / hayley.heapy@mft.nhs.uk
Tel: 0161-276-5214
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