Specialist Nurse CASH

The CASH nurse is a member of a multi-disciplinary team employed to provide an excellent clinical and counselling service to male and female clients of all ages, on all aspects of sexual and reproductive health. The post holder will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care. The post holder will be required to deliver care in a variety of settings, including outreach venues and non-traditional settings e.g. schools, colleges. The post holder will demonstrate a high level of skill in clinical practice, supported by specialist knowledge:

• To provide contraception and sexual health services to service users attending the main clinic and outreach settings.
• To promote and support access by looked after young people to mainstream contraceptive and sexual health services.
• To ensure that sexual health needs are addressed including targeting the most vulnerable with complex needs and/or are difficult to reach.
This nurse will work in line with the national strategies for sexual health and our local strategy of working towards reducing the incidence of unwanted pregnancies and rate of sexually transmitted infections.,
• To line manage Band 5 Trainee nurses and Band 3 Health Support Workers.
• To ensure smooth running of clinics, including nurse in charge and triaging roles.
• To be responsible for infection control within the clinical settings, management of pharmacy, ordering of clinical equipment, results and auditing,
• To be an effective role model for all junior members of staff.
• Provide a welcoming, non judgmental confidential service to all clients.
• Make an assessment of the client, take an accurate and relevant medical sexual and social history and reassess at follow up visits.
• Recognise the rights of young people especially in the under 16 age group to a confidential service adhering to the Fraser Guidelines. Be fully aware of, and act in accordance with, child protection policies and guidelines.
• Teach student nurses and post registration nurses the fundamentals of Sexual & Reproductive Health. Organise a clinical programme of learning in conjunction with the student.
• Be responsible for mentorship and preceptorship of students and staff as required.
• To act as a mentor to students, taking responsibility for completing any learning documentation and assessing their competence to practice.
• Support and advise young people following diagnosis of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
• To work with young people who have physical and learning disabilities.
• Covering an extra clinic, often at short notice, in order to meet service needs.
  
  Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
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