Use expertise and clinical skills to accurately assess patient’s individual needs in relation to contraception and sexual health and manage their care appropriately.
Perform sexual health screening, venepuncture, vaccination, and health advice for patients as appropriate including supporting the work of the health advising team
Support people to consider their contraceptive choices, provide in-depth counselling and information and facilitate the initiation/continuation of their chosen method
Undertake clinics examination using observation as appropriate working as an autonomous practitioner.
Undertake the administration of medication under Patient Group Directions .
Work independently as required, this will include a number of early evenings and include Saturdays on a rotational basis.
Work flexibly within the service undertaking clinical sessions at other clinics/venues as required.
Insert and remove sub dermal contraception implants
Undertake pregnancy testing as clinical indicated and provide appropriate discussion of options and referral’s as required
Provide support and on-going management to complex patients i.e. PEP/sexual assault
Undertake safeguarding as required of young people and adults
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced contraception and sexual health nurses to join our Sexual and Reproductive Health Service based at Withington Community Hospital. The service will offer you the opportunity to further develop your skills in the specialty, within a small team of highly experienced clinical staff.
The service is part of the large Northern Service which incorporates Central Manchester, North and South Manchester, Trafford and Salford.
Applicants must demonstrate a non-judgmental attitude, be enthusiastic and have excellent communication and organisational skills. You must be flexible as you will be required to work at our Wythenshawe Forum spoke site and on rotation at the Hathersage Centre covering the Saturday morning clinic.
Consideration will be given to recruiting to the post in a band 5-6 training position.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Juliet Barratt Job title: Senior Nurse Email address: juliet.barratt@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0161 217 3242
Ali Smith 0161 217 3180
