Job summary
- Main area
- HIV
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 28.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 150-OM1461-CC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Crawley Hospital
- Town
- Crawley
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum/pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community HIV Nurse Specialist
Band 6
Job overview
This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate nurse who has a special interest in the field of HIV. If successful in this role you will be responsible for delivering high quality care to complex HIV patients in the community in West Sussex based in either Brighton or Crawley. You will be expected to work both as a team and autonomously. Your role will include holistic assessment, implementation, care planning and evaluation of care. You will be responsible for effective discharge planning and monitoring patients in the community, promoting a self-care model.
You will participate in the continual development of the Community HIV Specialist Service by ensuring the delivery of evidence-based care and sharing current practices between the professional team members and the wider MDT.
You will provide advice and support to patients, primary health care teams, and other statutory and voluntary agencies, and contribute to the development of clinical practice in respect of HIV treatment and care.
There may be times you may be required to cover the other teams in the Community HIV Specialist Service to ensure continuity of care and effective team working. The role will involve travelling over a wide geographical area in West Sussex so it is essential that you have a car and are able to drive.
Main duties of the job
- Link with hospice, acute care and continuing care services, and develop links with statutory and voluntary care agencies in the assessment of care needs, care planning and service provision.
- To offer support and advice of all aspects of HIV and sexual health.
- To facilitate discharge planning from acute care and respite care.
- Work closely with primary health care teams in the planning and provision of care at home.
- Arrange joint visits with other appropriate practitioners to patients in hospital to facilitate transfer of care on discharge and to monitor and audit referrals.
- Participate in audit initiatives.
- Facilitate effective working relationships with all disciplines and agencies concerned with the care of people with HIV.
- Develop the role to address the issues of stigma and discrimination.
- Offer support and advice on health care issues to workers involved with HIV positive clients.
- To be available to give specialist nursing care to patients in the community (for example, health assessments and blood sampling),working closely with primary health care teams.
- Liaise with specialist acute services (for example, the dedicated HIV inpatient unit) in the development of care packages for support and in conjunction with the primary health care team.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
- Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
- Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
- EMBRACE, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+ and Religion Spirituality and Belief staff networks
- Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
- Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
- Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
- Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate nurse who has a special interest in the field of HIV. If successful in this role you will be responsible for delivering high quality care to complex HIV patients in the community in West Sussex based in either Brighton or Crawley. You will be expected to work both as a team and autonomously. Your role will include holistic assessment, implementation, care planning and evaluation of care. You will be responsible for effective discharge planning and monitoring patients in the community, promoting a self-care model.
To offer support and advice of all aspects of HIV and sexual health.
To facilitate discharge planning from acute care and respite care.
Work closely with primary health care teams in the planning and provision of care at home.
Arrange joint visits with other appropriate practitioners to patients in hospital to facilitate transfer of care on discharge and to monitor and audit referrals.
Participate in audit initiatives.
Facilitate effective working relationships with all disciplines and agencies concerned with the care of people with HIV.
Develop the role to address the issues of stigma and discrimination.
Offer support and advice on health care issues to workers involved with HIV positive clients.
To be available to give specialist nursing care to patients in the community (for example, health assessments and blood sampling),working closely with primary health care teams.
Liaise with specialist acute services (for example, the dedicated HIV inpatient unit) in the development of care packages for support and in conjunction with the primary health care team.
You will organise and manage multi-disciplinary meetings, discharge planning, case conferences as appropriate.
You will maintain a high professional standard of work, and keep updated with changing patterns in all aspects of nursing HIV positive patients.
You will develop role of advisor/support for treatment and compliance issues in HIV for appropriate staff.
You will be aware of and act upon the impact of psychosocial issues for people with HIV.
The role will involve travelling over a wide geographical area in West Sussex so it is essential that you have a car and are able to drive.
Person specification
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to travel across a wide geographical area
Desirable criteria
- have a car and be able to drive
Qualifications and/or professional registration
Essential criteria
- RN first level nurse (Adults)
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate level degree or equivalent Mentoring Course or equivalent assessor
Experience
Essential criteria
- HIV clinical experience and case management experience.
- Evidence of ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Up-to-date knowledge and skills, particularly in Long term Condition management and the care of patients with HIV
- Experience in Research and clinical audit
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively
- Able to analyse complex situations and problem solve as necessary.
- Evidence of the ability to identify and manage risk.
- Evidence of ability to work with a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of knowledge and experience of working between acute and Primary Care settings
- Evidence of working in partnership and collaboration with other professionals
- Evidence of embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health outcomes
- Evidence of the ability to champion patient issues
- Evidence of the ability to work in a changing, stressful situation.
- Ability to appropriately challenge a variety of professionals about an individual’s care.
- Ability to resolve or diffuse conflict
- Evidence of ability to identify training needs of self and team to provide relevant and appropriate experience to all learners
- Evidence of one to one mentoring skills
- Evidence of teaching patients and carers. Evidence of advanced communication skills, able to understand blocks to communication and ways of developing strategies to overcome these.
- Assertive and able to negotiate in complex situations
- IT competent and ability to use Microsoft suite
- Ability to work in flexible way and respond positively to change.
- Ability to work autonomously and make own decisions
Desirable criteria
- Independent or supplementary prescribing medication review and administration
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sibusisiwe Mutambara
- Job title
- Clinical Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01293301021
- Additional information
Mobile number 07796846531
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