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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the 'SHINE' Sexual Health Integrated Service within Bolton Foundation NHS Trust for a innovative, committed, experienced nurse with leadership qualities to manage the nursing service based at Crompton Health Centre, Bolton.  The successful candidate will have relevant experience within this field and be passionate about leading the service into the future by means of demonstrating compassionate care for both service users and staff, whilst maintaining the clinical governance agenda in striving to continuously improve service delivery, encouraging service user feedback and embedding into practice where appropriate.

Main duties of the job

§   The post holder will be responsible for maintaining a comprehensive nursing service for patients attending integrated sexual health services, supporting the Matron and Operational Business Manager.

 The post holder will provide a service for patients with sexual, reproductive health and HIV who require counselling, treatment and management as per protocols and guidelines.

The post holder will lead on the day-to-day clinical management of staff, patients and departments.

 The post holder role encompasses four main areas:

§  Clinical practice

§  Management/Service development

§  Education/Training

§  Research/Audi

(All these areas encompass Clinical Governance)

Working for our organisation

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.                                                          

 Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

 The Family Care Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care in maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children’s services. We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1,500 gynaecological procedures each year. The Trust also has a tertiary level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, enabling 1 in 4 women across Greater Manchester to receive in-utero transfer and birth at extreme premature gestation at Bolton.