Nurse Practitioner

We have an exciting opportunity for a full time, experienced Band 6 sexual health nurse to join the community sexual health team in CDDFT

The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary sexual health team in a integrated role across contraception and GUM within the community Sexual Health Service, providing comprehensive, evidence based, patient focused contraception and sexual health care.

The post holder will be a 1st Level Registered Nurse with previous experience in Contraception and Sexual Health.

The successful candidate will be responsible for making professional, autonomous decisions for patients presenting in the clinics who need contraception and/or sexual health screening or problems. They will be accountable for assessing patients needing contraception and safely issuing all methods of contraception, including LARCs using Patient Group Directions/ Non- medical prescribing.

The successful candidate will work within the designated community sexual health team across various venues.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder is responsible for the comprehensive care of patients, assessing, implementing and evaluating care plans within an integrated model of sexual health. The post holder will be expected to support the delivery of local sexual health improvement strategies and provide a high level of clinical service.

The post holder will be responsible for making professionally autonomous decisions, for which they are accountable, assessing patients who may present with both undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, as well as for follow up routine care.

The post holder will work within a designated team but will be responsible for providing this level of cover when required across any other locality and will also liaise closely with the Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Sexual Health Hub Manager.

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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