Sexual Health - Clinical Practitioner

As an autonomous practitioner undertake independent consultations with clients, including assessing, monitoring and evaluating individual client's contraceptive and sexual health needs including referral to other Health Professionals required. Issue methods of contraception according to Patient Group Directors & clinical protocols Provide STI screening and treatment according to Patient Group directions & clinical protocols. Encouraging partners attendance and treatment when necessary. Provide advice and cytology screening as appropriate, according to local policies. To take responsibility for the smooth running of the day to day management of the GUM service.

Experienced RGNs who have both/either a contraception (DFSRH or equivalent) and STI qualification (STIF Intermediate) will be considered. The successful applicant will be required to deliver patient care and manage all areas within the department demonstrating professionalism, clinical expertise with excellent communication skills in all aspects of their work. The work is varied and includes conducting consultations for both contraception and STI screening. Working from PGD to dispense both contraceptive and STI treatments, STI management and health advising & results management is also required as part of the role. The provision of LARC methods including sub dermal implant insertion. This role is to work across all access Liverpool sites ( RLH, Garston & The Beat), therefore travel will be required on rotational basis., The successful applicant will be required to deliver patient care and manage all areas within the axess service, demonstrating professionalism, clinical expertise with excellent communication skills in all aspects of their work.,

• First level Registered Nurse
• Contraception & Reproductive Health Certificate (ENB 901/R71 or equivalent postregistration Diploma/degree level module) and/or willingness to undertake and maintain DFSRH qualification
• Ability to be a Clinical Mentor (ENB 998/997 or equivalent post-registration degree level module) following appropriate training
• Degree (health related) or equivalent
• FSRH LoC in SDI I-R
Desirable criteria
• Sexually Transmitted Infection Foundation Course (STIF) or equivalent experience
• HIV and AIDS related conditions (ENB 934 or equivalent)
• Care and provision for HIV/AIDS (ENB 280 or equivalent)
• NVQ trainer (D32/33)
• Counselling skills/certificate, Significant post-registration clinical experience within Sexual Health field (or equivalent experience)
• Recent clinical experience within Sexual Health/Contraception field ( or equivalent)
• Evidence of participation in Audit & Research, Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of clinical issues within Sexual Health/Contraception
• Evidence of maintaining own level of knowledge and expertise within Sexual Health/Contraception
• Experience & knowledge of Fraser guidelines/Child Protection & vulnerable adults issues, Ability to undertake a sexual health consultation autonomously
• Ability to undertake cytology following appropriate training
• Ability to undertake sample collection for STI screening and pregnancy testing (bloods/urine/swabs etc) following appropriate training)
• Ability to undertake client consultation and administer drugs/treatments according to PGDs following appropriate training
• Ability & experience in participating with surgical procedures and treatments (for example cryotherapy and colposcopy)
• Evidence of ability to relate to the needs of young people
• IT skills (basic keyboard skills)
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills, To travel between sites (internal and external)
• Flexible
• Able to motivate others, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  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.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band. For agenda for change banded roles; salary payments will reflect the 2023/24 pay scales. The 2024/25 pay scales will be paid in October 2024 including any backpay due. Therefore should the successful applicant start in post prior to October, the salary will initially reflect the 2023/24 pay scales.