Job summary
- Main area
- Sexual health & learning disabilities Specialist Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will include shift patterns, evenings and occasional weekend work)
- Job ref
- 333-D-SH-0371
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Edgware Community Hospital
- Town
- Edgware includes Barnet borough
- Salary
- £49,178 - £55,492 per annum incl Outer HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/07/2024 23:59
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Specialist Nurse for Learning Disabilities
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
The role includes working within the sexual health service supporting people with learning disabilities (PLD) as part of the Bridge service. The Bridge service is a dedicated clinic at the Edgware Clinic & Vale Drive for (PWLD)
· Providing free, confidential and easy-access to sexual health services for PWLD and carers.
· Reasonable adjustments to support patients such as longer consultations and Easy Read information.
· Consultations include assessment for capacity, consent and safeguarding.
The role involves working as a specialist Nurse within the Barnet borough, a full driving licence with access to a car is essential.
The post holder will facilitate and support access to sexual health for people with learning disabilities, working in the community supporting PLD and their carers and support workers.
· Improving access and bridging any gap for PWLD and carers to sexual health advice, information, clinical services.
· Supporting health, social and VCS networks to identify PWLD, make reasonable service adjustments, assess sexual health needs and referral.
· Establishing seamless pathways between sexual health services and statutory, VCS and primary care services.
· Improving engagement of PWLD and carers in planning care.
· Embedding health promotion advice and support making-every-contact-count towards reducing health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Public Health)
Management of / provision of care for quality standards
Working collaboratively and in partnership
Being accountable
Respecting diversity and equity
Professional development of self and others
Leadership, management and team working
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention / Public Health when in Clinical Practice
Proactively develops, implements and monitors public health and health promotion activities, including own clinical work, work of team and the local community in accordance with local and national plans
To participate in clinical and educational outreach and participate in health promotion activity, contributing to the development of new services.
Participates in and influences local health policy development, including health impact assessments.
Engages and forms links with relevant stakeholders and professional agencies, providing expert training and advice where appropriate.
Identifies the needs of diverse/vulnerable groups, i.e. young people and contribute to the development of tailored services to meet their needs.
Undertakes relevant need assessment profiles
Promotes safer sex and provides sexual health information to clients as appropriate.
Keeps up to date with and prevents cross infection through application of appropriate techniques.
Management of / provision of care for quality standards
Works unsupervised in the assessment, implementation and evaluation of client care
Working for our organisation
This is an exciting opportunity to work in CNWL sexual healthservice.
CNWL is the largest community NHS Trust
• Delivering Sexual Health Services across London and Surrey
• Providing Integrated services (GUM and Contraception)
• HIV services
• Health Promotion and outreach to vulnerable and ‘at risk’ group
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Improving access and bridging any gap for PWLD and carers to sexual health advice, information, clinical services, including online services and other commissioned sexual health services.
· Providing free condoms and lube and access to the C-Card for young people.
· Supporting health, social and VCS networks to identify PWLD, make reasonable service adjustments, assess sexual health needs and refer to appropriate support services.
· Establishing seamless pathways between sexual health services and statutory, VCS and primary care services.
· Improving engagement of PWLD and carers in planning care.
· Embedding health promotion advice and support across pathways so we make-every-contact-count towards reducing health inequalities.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • RGN (NMC Sub-part 1 Adult branch)
- • University certificate or equivalent in Sexual Health training
- • DFRSH/University Certificate in Contraception/ Reproductive Health or equivalent recognized training
- • Independent Nurse Prescriber or willing to train
- • Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
Desirable criteria
- • LOC SDI or equivalent qualification
- • LOC IUT or equivalent qualification
- • Certificate in mentorship course
Skills / Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Ability to work autonomously and be selfdirected.
- • To seek support as needed.
- • Clear vision and in depth understanding of the quality agenda with working with PWLD
- • Teaching and presentation skills
- • Proficient IT skills
- • Ability to work and communicate successfully in a complex and rapidly changing environment
- • Able to work and communicate with people at all levels throughout an organisation
- • Excellent writing skills, able to produce reports about complex subjects/concepts
- • Evidence of ability to motivate, manage and lead staff or an organisation
- • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with people with LD
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- • Able to perform or willing to train in pelvic bimanual examination
- • Able to perform cervical cytology
Knowledge / Understanding
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of Sexual Health needs of all genders
- • Understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- • Understanding of the legislation relating to young people including Fraser guidelines, of legislation, policies and guidance on confidentiality and child protection issues
- • Comprehensive understanding of national and local policies relating to sexual and reproductive health
- • Understanding of the principles and practices of good sexual health and barriers to PWLD accessing services
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Substantive experience of working in Sexual Health
- • Experience of working to PGDs (if not a prescriber)
- • Experience of delivering evidence based clinical care
- • Experience of working with PWLD
- • Experience of working with client groups from a diverse ethnically mixed background.
- • Experience of working at an advanced practitioner level /Specialist Nurse
- • Experience of projects/service development
- • Delivery of workshops
- • Working effectively with different agencies in the community, voluntary or statutory sectors
- • Planning delivering and evaluating training
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
- Jacinta Ryan
- Job title
- Service manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3317 2332
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