Job Description

The Band 5 Staff Nurse post holder will provide sexual health and contraception specialist nursing care across Northamptonshire,. You will be based in our Kettering hub (Ashwood Centre) but may also be expected to visit our spoke sites Rushden, Corby and Wellingborough. They will be supported by the multidisciplinary countywide team within Northamptonshire Integrated Sexual Health and HIV Services (NISHH). The MDT includes a team of Consultants, Pharmacy, Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Band 7 senior nurses, Band 5 and 6 nurses, support workers and healthcare assistants.



You will be line managed by the Band 7 Senior Nurse.



Adminstering and dispensing treatment of Sexually transmitted infections (STI's) under Patient Group Direction (PGD)



Partner notification



Venepuncture



Asymptomatic STI testing



Symptomatic STI testing



Results management



Sexual health advice and health promotion



NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.



NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.



For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.