Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse in Oldham

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse to join our dedicated team working across the Oldham, Bury and Rochdale Sexual Health Service. In this rewarding role, you will provide accessible sexual health screening, advice, treatment, contraception, health promotion, and counselling within both clinic and outreach settings. You will continue to develop your skills, knowledge and experience across sexual health, contraception, and leadership, while supporting the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care.

The successful candidate will work flexibly across all aspects of Sexual Health, Contraception and HIV, demonstrating a progressive attitude, a commitment to continual improvement, and the ability to maintain personal and professional competence. You will be expected to supervise and mentor junior staff and nursing/medical students, and to take an active role in the daily leadership and management of the nursing team. Actively participates and leads on audit and quality initiatives.

Main duties of the job:

• To autonomously undertake clinical skills for both contraceptive and sexual health patients, including history taking, clinical examination, STI screening, microscopy, results interpretation, immunisations and venipuncture.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and provides follow up care for asymptomatic and symptomatic patients, and those with complex sexual health needs including GBMSM (gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men), within your scope of practice.
• Provide advice and opportunistic cytology screening as appropriate, according to policies.
• Provide comprehensive holistic assessment of patients' social, emotional, and sexual health needs and initiate follow-up and/or referral as appropriate.
• Promotes and educates patients and external agencies/professionals with regards to sexual health and HIV promotion, offering PREP, PEPSE, appropriate vaccination schedules, to those who meet criteria.
• Discussing importance of condom usage and window periods in relation to sexual health screening.
• Within 12 months of commencement of post must have completed Loc subdermal implant training cytology.
• Within 2 years of commencement of post must have completed sexually transmitted infections and intermediate qualification.
• Takes on champion role e.g. infection prevention, safeguarding and/or extended role LOC IUD training.
• Revalidates FSRH and BASHH qualifications every five years.

Applicants should hold recognised sexual health competencies (STIF Foundation or Intermediate), a Faculty Diploma in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (DFSRH), and have a minimum of two years experience in sexual health at Band 5 or 6 level. This is a full-time role, 37.5 hours per week, Monday- Friday 9am-5pm, working 3 days at our Oldham site and 2 days (Thursday and Friday) at our Bury Site. Evenings and Saturdays to be covered.

As a Band 6 Sexual Health Nurse, you will be part of our valued team in our Oldham, Bury and Rochdale Sexual Health Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £37,338.00-£44,962.00 (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers.
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling.
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development.
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care.
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.