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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.