Senior Sexual Health Practitioner
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Job overview
Greater Lincolnshire Integrated Sexual Health Services (G-LiSH) have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced clinician to join our Countywide service as a senior NMC registered practitioner.
LiSH provides services to a range of patients requiring sexual health and contraceptive needs.
We are looking for one part time and one full time, or 2 part time Senior Sexual Health Practitioners
This post will commence from April 2025
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have achieved a portfolio of competences to provide autonomous care within LiSH.
FSRH Letter of Competence SDI and BASHH qualifications are desirable.
We are looking for an individual who can evidence relevant experience in a sexual health/contraception role with associated skills and knowledge.
This job is mostly based at Lincoln but there will be an expectation to travel and cover other areas when needed., therefore ability to travel and support other clinics in Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire is essential.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services support travel costs from the successful candidates base.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments.Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Support B5 nurses, medical and nursing students, trainee GP's.
Provide clinical supervision, 1:1's, appraisals, Link nurse role.
Contribute to teaching sessions and provide health promotion activity.
Take part in audit and incident investigations.
Qualified practitioners will provide telephone and face to face contact, physical examinations, treatments, LARC, microscopy, cryotherapy, results management, contact tracing, referral management, triage services.
Supporting patients through their journey using sexual health services.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria- Ability to travel countywide
- Recent evidence of providing patient centred care
- Experience of mentorship and clinical supervision
- Experience in sexual health services
- LARC fitter
- FSRH or BASHH qualifications
- Experience with medicine management
- Evidence of Leadership skills
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Important Information: All new employees will be subject to a charge if a DBS check is required for the post. The Disclosure & Barring Service application form (formerly CRB) will be provided by LCHS and the fee will be deducted from your salary over a maximum of a 6 month period.
Any existing employees who require a DBS check as part of the application process will be subject to a charge for that DBS check.
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Support and/or assistance with completing an application form is available from the Human Resources Team by calling 01522 572889.
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