Band 5 HIV Nurse

The HIV service is seeking a motivated and compassionate Band 5 Nurse to join our multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality, patient-centred care to people living with HIV. You will play a key role in delivering clinical assessments, treatment support, health promotion, and ongoing monitoring for a diverse and often vulnerable patient group.

Working alongside specialist nurses, medical staff, Sexual Health colleagues, and wider support services, you will contribute to safe and effective care pathways, ensuring timely follow-up, adherence support, and safeguarding where required. The role involves both face-to-face and telephone-based clinical work, supporting patients to manage their condition and maintain optimal health outcomes.

This is an excellent opportunity for a nurse looking to develop specialist skills within HIV and sexual health. Full training, supervision, and professional development opportunities will be provided. You will be part of a supportive team committed to delivering inclusive, non-judgemental, and evidence-based care.

Provide high-quality, patient-centred care for people living with HIV, including clinical assessments, monitoring, and treatment support.

Support patients with medication management, health promotion, and self-care.

Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure coordinated and holistic care.

Manage urgent clinical queries, triaging and escalating appropriately.

Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in line with Trust standards.

Contribute to safeguarding assessments and escalate concerns as required.

Support delivery of national HIV care standards, including monitoring schedules and recall systems.

Oversee vaccination and injectable treatment clinics, ensuring safe monitoring and follow-up.

Supervise the bloods clinic, ensuring safe phlebotomy practice and efficient sample processing.

Support outreach clinic activities.

Participate in service development, quality improvement, and audit activities.

Engage in ongoing professional development to build specialist HIV and sexual health skills.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

The Band 5 HIV Nurse provides safe, person-centred care to people living with HIV. The role includes carrying out clinical assessments, supporting treatment adherence, promoting self-care, and working closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure coordinated care. You will manage urgent queries, maintain accurate documentation, and contribute to safeguarding processes.

You will oversee the vaccine clinics, supervise the bloods clinic, and support home visits and outreach clinics to improve engagement and continuity of care. The post also involves contributing to service development, quality improvement, and ongoing professional training to develop specialist HIV and sexual health skills.