Sexual Health Assistant Outreach Practitioner

This post will support the activity and productivity of outreach staff delivering targeted work with vulnerable groups at risk of sexual ill-health. The principal target groups that Sexual Health Outreach provides services to are, Utilising Trust policies and protocols, under the proximal supervision of the clinical practitioner, the assistant practitioner will:

o Undertake asymptomatic screening and be able to order routine bloods/investigations and have a basic understanding of normal and altered values.

o Undertake a designated range of patient assessments such as reviewing a medical history and reporting any changes to the clinical team.

o Utilise clinical skills appropriately to enhance the delivery of patient care e.g. Venepuncture, immunisation and provision of medication under direction of 'Patient Specific Directions' (PSD's).

o Manage and maintain own treatment lists for Chlamydia and a range of routine contraception's, with use of PSD's.

o Manage and administer cryotherapy treatment to relevant and appropriate patients.

o Undertake partner notification (PN) and/or support patients to use online 'e-PN'.

o Assess those patients with special need such as those under 16 and discuss with clinical team where appropriate and according to Trust guidelines.

o Manage recall of patients such as Hepatitis A/B & HPV vaccinations, repeat Chlamydia testing and Depo Provera injection.

o Function as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team

Organise and prioritise time effectively..

Promote and value the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people.

The post holder will also be required to work as an accountable practitioner working on their own in community settings, making decisions according to policy and protocol. Hours of work will be flexible to include evening and weekends across the axess regional footprint as required.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.