Senior Sexual Health Nurse

Clinical • Lead on assessing planning and implementing high quality care, and evaluating care options for patients in the clinical area, in line with the Trust values and objectives. • Lead on complex clinical care for patients within their area. • Ensure the safe custody, maintenance and administration of medication, in accordance with established Trust policy. • Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for patients, their families and staff, according to national and local Infection Control guidelines, Health & Safety legislation and Trustpolicies and objectives. • Provide sound evidence based clinical advice as required to staff and patients. • Maintain a good understanding and implementation of clinical escalation procedures as required. • Understand the Trust clinical governance framework, and participate in the promoting and safeguarding of high standards of care, through effective risk management & governance, and adherence to the Trust values. • Ensure that the team promote, ensure and adhere to the Trust safeguarding polices. • Undertake effective multi professionally work with colleagues to deliver care. • Coordinate and manage nurse led clinics where appropriate. • Coordinate specialist functions, including making clinical decisions where appropriate. • Monitor quality of standards of care, in line with CQC requirements and Trust and Divisional objectives. • Deliver and supervise a high quality patient experience. • Work with manager to collect and disseminate data on quality indicators etc, in line with national and Trust objectives. • Maintain a safe working environment, including ensuring equipment is safe, and used in line with Trust policy and values. • Promote and maintain patient safety at all times, including proactively implementing falls prevention. • Lead role in the detection, management and prevention of safeguarding issues. • Have an awareness of current professional and clinical developments within their area of practice and promote this to others. Leadership and Management • Manage the day to day staffing arrangements and rotas, to ensure safe levels of practice. • Be a shift coordinator on a regular basis where appropriate. • Ensure staff adhere to Trust protocols of care, eg Infection Control • Take continuing responsibility for the Ward / Department in absence of manager. • Participate in senior nurse / unit on call rota / bleep holder (some areas, eg paediatrics) as appropriate. • Lead and manage their own clinical team within general clinical areas, and of the total team in the absence of the manager, in line with Trust values. • Develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups, and staff generally within the Division and the Trust. • Contribute to the effective management of the area by ensuring correct levels of staff are in place to deliver and assist with the planning of off duty rotas. • Assist in the delivery of induction / orientation of new staff. • Act as a role model, ensuring staff work to Trust guidelines and values. • Supervise, under the direction of their manager, the work of qualified and unqualified staff and learners. • Provide clinical support and guidance to staff. • Act as a resource for clinical knowledge to staff. • Initiate action on complaints & incident management and responses, and assist in their investigation and resolution. • Participate in recruitment and selection, and develop effective selection and interviewing skills. • Undertake appraisals of staff, following training. • Chair team meetings as required. • Lead on specific projects, as indicated and agreed by manager. Education and Research • Participate in the education of all learners within their area. • Actively support and assist in preceptorship and in pre registration student support, supervision and guidance including mentorship where appropriate. • Identify and respond to learning needs for area. • Develop and deliver or organise local training sessions, mindful of the Trust values. • Facilitate others in the development of informal teaching skills. • Participate in the annual training needs analysis for their area. • Participate in any local or related research projects, clinical trials etc. Professional development • Maintain professional registration. • Ensure mandatory training and a satisfactory appraisal is in date. • Undertake a professional development plan and demonstrate achievement of objectives. Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details. Job description Job responsibilities Clinical • Lead on assessing planning and implementing high quality care, and evaluating care options for patients in the clinical area, in line with the Trust values and objectives. • Lead on complex clinical care for patients within their area. • Ensure the safe custody, maintenance and administration of medication, in accordance with established Trust policy. • Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for patients, their families and staff, according to national and local Infection Control guidelines, Health & Safety legislation and Trustpolicies and objectives. • Provide sound evidence based clinical advice as required to staff and patients. • Maintain a good understanding and implementation of clinical escalation procedures as required. • Understand the Trust clinical governance framework, and participate in the promoting and safeguarding of high standards of care, through effective risk management & governance, and adherence to the Trust values. • Ensure that the team promote, ensure and adhere to the Trust safeguarding polices. • Undertake effective multi professionally work with colleagues to deliver care. • Coordinate and manage nurse led clinics where appropriate. • Coordinate specialist functions, including making clinical decisions where appropriate. • Monitor quality of standards of care, in line with CQC requirements and Trust and Divisional objectives. • Deliver and supervise a high quality patient experience. • Work with manager to collect and disseminate data on quality indicators etc, in line with national and Trust objectives. • Maintain a safe working environment, including ensuring equipment is safe, and used in line with Trust policy and values. • Promote and maintain patient safety at all times, including proactively implementing falls prevention. • Lead role in the detection, management and prevention of safeguarding issues. • Have an awareness of current professional and clinical developments within their area of practice and promote this to others. Leadership and Management • Manage the day to day staffing arrangements and rotas, to ensure safe levels of practice. • Be a shift coordinator on a regular basis where appropriate. • Ensure staff adhere to Trust protocols of care, eg Infection Control • Take continuing responsibility for the Ward / Department in absence of manager. • Participate in senior nurse / unit on call rota / bleep holder (some areas, eg paediatrics) as appropriate. • Lead and manage their own clinical team within general clinical areas, and of the total team in the absence of the manager, in line with Trust values. • Develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups, and staff generally within the Division and the Trust. • Contribute to the effective management of the area by ensuring correct levels of staff are in place to deliver and assist with the planning of off duty rotas. • Assist in the delivery of induction / orientation of new staff. • Act as a role model, ensuring staff work to Trust guidelines and values. • Supervise, under the direction of their manager, the work of qualified and unqualified staff and learners. • Provide clinical support and guidance to staff. • Act as a resource for clinical knowledge to staff. • Initiate action on complaints & incident management and responses, and assist in their investigation and resolution. • Participate in recruitment and selection, and develop effective selection and interviewing skills. • Undertake appraisals of staff, following training. • Chair team meetings as required. • Lead on specific projects, as indicated and agreed by manager. Education and Research • Participate in the education of all learners within their area. • Actively support and assist in preceptorship and in pre registration student support, supervision and guidance including mentorship where appropriate. • Identify and respond to learning needs for area. • Develop and deliver or organise local training sessions, mindful of the Trust values. • Facilitate others in the development of informal teaching skills. • Participate in the annual training needs analysis for their area. • Participate in any local or related research projects, clinical trials etc. Professional development • Maintain professional registration. • Ensure mandatory training and a satisfactory appraisal is in date. • Undertake a professional development plan and demonstrate achievement of objectives. Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.